{"value"=>"<p>Sermons comprise the greatest share of this subseries. They are arranged according to holidays and events of the liturgical calendar. Materials relating to a given holiday or event are filed together, starting with those occurring in January and running through those that occur in December. \"Order of service\" bulletins, which document regular Sunday worship services and often include short statements written by Weston, are plentiful throughout this section. Files rarely hold complete runs of sermons from every year. The early 1970s is the most well-represented period. Files frequently include sermon manuscript drafts and typescripts; Weston's handwritten notes exploring subjects to be addressed and bible verses to be cited in sermons; and outlines for sermons. Sermon themes are specific to the spiritual meaning associated with each holiday.</p> <p>Weston drew inspiration for his sermons from many sources, including poetry. A file of Christmas sermons from 1969 to 1979, for example, includes poems by Langston Hughes and Kenneth Patchen. News clippings and journal articles found in these files demonstrate Weston's intention to speak to the most relevant issues of the day, principally, national and local civil rights struggles. Newspaper clippings in these files indicate Weston's interest in the activities of the Black Panthers, and the campaign for and eventual passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Some of the earliest materials in these files, from the 1930s and 1940s, which Weston may have referred to in the process of writing his own sermons, are from Weston's predecessor, Reverend Shelton Hale Bishop. A few sound recordings of sermons delivered by Weston in the early 1970s are present. Notes, manuscripts, and transcripts of sermons delivered by guest preachers appear from time to time in these files. Samples of pamphlets and Advent and Lent donation cards for parishioners are also present in these files.</p>"}