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Across

1. give up
5. one of our congregation's missions: _________ for others
9. bird reminding us of the prophets and their message about God paying attention to what we do
10. ancient city in Mesopotamia; birthplace of Abraham
11. abbreviation for state of Iowa
12. bird reminding us of the renewed Moravian church because the bird species recovered from near extinction
14. small rodents
16. engage in the craft of making lace from a series of knots and loops (also the airport code for Poprad-Tatry Airport)
17. deliberately confuse the meanings of a word (or of more than one very similar words) to make a joke
19. American cartoonist, Alcaraz ____ [https://www.gocomics.com/laloenespanol]
21. body of Christ; all the Christ followers
24. group of people in the renewed Moravian church who lived together and supported each other; also a group of people who get together to sing
26. name of the worldwide church known in North America as the Moravian Church
29. to be, first person singular; God's name as given to Moses
30. bird which reminds us of Jan Hus because its name is his last name
31. _____ Chelčický; his name is the same as the name given to Jesus' apostle Simon
32. not false
35. abbreviation for licensed practical nurse
36. colloquial expression of agreement or assent; or to indicate conditions are as expected
38. suffix indicating a system of opinion or bellief
39. rule over or govern; what a king will do
42. abbreviation for Michigan; also a note of the scale
43. airport code for Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
44. Irish female name from the word for "fair shoulder"
46. theologian of the ancient Unity; exchanged letters with Martin Luther
48. small, common bird used by Jesus' in his teaching
49. common nickname for Emma

Down

1. bird used for food during the exodus from Egypt; reminds us of how God provides for our needs
2. abbreviation for Underwriter's Laboratories
3. pronoun (like he or she) for something which is not a living being
4. medium sized container (maybe for food, maybe for flowers, maybe for a bath)
5. abbreviation for dates measured from the time of Jesus Christ, the "Christian Era"
6. outside of the city; an area of farming
7. "man from the Tribe of Ephraim, grandson of Ammihud, son of Elishama, and father of Joshua" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nun_(biblical_figure)]
8. founder of the original Moravian Unity
9. enthusiasm and energy; full of ___ and vigor
12. abbreviation for Connecticut
13. name of a specific position in the Japanese game of Go; more familiar as a brand of video games
15. arrow of other icon on a computer display which moves as the mouse moves
17. get rid of; clean out
18. abbreviation for North Carolina
20. alternating current; or air conditioning
21. last bishop of the original Moravian Unity; worker for world peace; novelist; influential educator who created the first textbook with pictures
22. informal greeting
23. priest and preacher in Prague; spiritual ancestor of the Moravians; his name means "goose"
25. occur in the course of things or by chance, not because of planning
27. openwork fabric in which the threads are tied together where they cross; or a device for catching fish made of such material
28. official of the congregation with responsibility for the building and finances
33. chance of failure or harm
34. emergency medical technician
35. abbreviation for the element Lawrencium
36. sacred syllable used with chanting in Hinduism
37. prefix for thousand, especially with ____gram and ____meter
40. vacant position in a sequence, such as when one person in missing from a line of people
41. code for Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola, Zambia
45. abbreviation for Argon; also abbreviation for Arkansas
47. abbreviation for University of Washington (sometimes also University of Wisconsin)