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Exhibit A RULE NO. 25 INVOCATION 1. For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions apply: (a) "Church" shall mean body, group,or organization of religious believers. (b) "Invocation" shall mean a prayer or entreaty to a higher authority. (c) "Kahu" shall mean a person who holds a position of responsibility or authority in Native Hawaiian culture, such as an `aina steward, a spiritual leader, or a cultural practitioner. (d) "Kumu" shall mean a teacher of Native Hawaiian cultural practices. [(c)](e) "Minister" shall mean one who officiates over or leads a church worship service. [(€1)](f) "Non-denominational" shall mean without regard to the tenets of a particular church. 2. Subject to the discretion of the Chairperson, an invocation may be delivered by a kahu, kumu, or minister [of a church] prior to the call to order for any Council meeting. The Chairperson shall approve the selection of the kahu, kumu, or minister. 3. The Office of the County Clerk shall maintain a list of kahu, kumu, and ministers of all faiths who have been asked to, or who have expressed an interest in, delivering the invocation. The participants on the list will be called rotationally so that no one individual is asked to say the invocation more than a few times per year. [If-a participant on the list is asked, and declines more than three different Council meeting dates, he or she will be passed over for the remainder of that calendar year.] A kahu, kumu, or minister who is on the list as of the adoption date of this rule will be maintained on the list until the kahu, kumu, or minister asks to have [flier] his or her name removed. A kahu, kumu, or minister who would like to become part of the list maintained by the Office of the County Clerk subsequent to the adoption of this rule will be asked to submit[, on church letterhead,the minister's name, church address, home addYess church„hone ^ mber „d home pho e " w,ber] his or her contact information to the County Clerk. 4. This program of invocation shall be non-denominational.