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and other GLBT rights issues. The church pro-
duced and broadcast commercials that included a
gay couple.
United Church of Christ was the first organiza-
tion to receive the award.
The Rev. Michael Piazza, dean of the cathe-
dral, said church leaders had already decided to
present the award this year to Williams, who
oversees national and international ministries at
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San
Francisco, in recognition of his work for social
change.
Cathedral decided to present a second award to
Seelig after he announced earlier this month that
he will resign as artistic director of the Turtle
Creek Chorale at the end of the 2007 perform-
ance season. Seelig will remain on the chorale's
staff.
Seelig's announcement followed a highly pub-
licized conflict last year that resulted in the resig-
nations of several board members who objected
to Seelig's leadership style.
But the chorale's 2006 season was one of the
most successful in its 26-year history, with
record-breaking attendance at a performance
with the "Greater Tuna" cast and the highest
income ever from ticket sales, Seelig said when
he announced his decision to step down.
"Like me, Tim has had his critics from time to
time," Piazza said in a written statement. "But I
have never seen a statue of a critic."
Piazza added, "Tim Seelig is the one most
responsible for creating the masterpiece that we
call the Turtle Creek Chorale. Furthermore, Tim
alone knows the name and face and voice and
soul of every man the chorale has lost to AIDS,
yet he has borne that loss with great grace and
courage. He has kept us singing when our hearts
were breaking, and that is why he is a Hero of
Hope."
Seelig was surprised with the award during the
cathedral's 9 a.m. service last Sunday after he had
performed a medley arranged by Anne Albritton
and often performed by the chorale to express the
grief and loss the GLBT community has endured
throughout the AIDS epidemic, Piazza said. The
medley included "Empty Chairs at Empty
Tables," "Isfe One is Alone" and "Wishing You
Were Somehow Here Again."
Williams will receive the Heroes of Hope
award at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services on
Sunday. He will deliver the sermon at both tser-
vices.
Williams was one of five students who, in
1955, became the first African-Americans to
graduate from Perkins School of Theology at
Southern Methodist University.
He has been pastor of Glide Memorial United
Methodist Church for 37 years, and during that
time has created a 10,000-member church that
practices diversity, spirituality and compassion,
Piazza said.
He is respected as a minister, community
leader, author, lecturer and spokesman for the
poor and marginalized, and is recognized as a
national leader at the forefront of the movement
for social change* Piazza said.
"What brings this community of people
together is the common search for acceptance,
spiritual growth and social justice," Piazza said.
"Williams' spirituality demands action through
good works, as staff and thousands of volunteers
feed more than 1 million meals a year to the hun-
gry and offer the hope of recovery and healing in
the lives of the city's most marginalized. His tire-
less work ... has made Glide one of the most
active, dynamic churches in the world."
Cathedral of Hope is located at 5910 Cedar
Springs Road.
E-mail nash@dallSsvoice.com
CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON GETS AWARD
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Local Congresswoman Eddie
Bernice Johnson, pictured with U.S.
troops last month at the U.S.
Embassy in Baghdad, received the
NAACP's Jesse Brown Distinguished
Leadership Award on Tuesday.
During her 15-year career as a psy-
chiatric nurse, Johnson served as
chief psychiatric nurse at the Day
Treatment Center of the V.A.
Hospital in Dallas. The NAACP's
four-day convention wrapped up
with a gala dinner Tuesday night in
Washington.
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