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to do what they do because they’re committed to it. Their desire to accomplish
effectively the goals before them seems to be the source of their motivation.
What others say or do appears to have little effect on their effort and attention.
The education of children and young people has been the primary focus
of this Church for more than a hundred years. Generations of parents and
teachers have recognized the effect for good that education can have for
children and young people – particularly education that recognizes that
human development is a process and that the best way we can serve the Lord
in His work is to guide those children and young people wisely from where
they are, step-by-step, toward something better.
This is an education that realizes that mere external behavior is not the
goal. The goal is providing settings in which a young person comes to make
better choices for her or himself. Choosing a better life, a more useful life, is
the source of lasting happiness.
We have gathered to acknowledge and celebrate the life of Morna Hyatt.
Her dedication to a life of useful service, and particularly to the uses of New
Church education, has influenced many lives for good, and through them, still
countless others.
Morna Hyatt was born February 2