What Tends Your Wholeness In These Divisive Times?
Sunday, December 31, 2023, 10:25 am
Online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620
Passcode: BUF
Zoom by phone, for audio only: (346) 248-7799
Meeting ID: 738 363 620
Passcode: 306220
Gathering Music TJ Anderson
Welcome Steffany Raynes and Su Livingston
Prelude Anthem, written and performed by Su Livingston
Chalice Lighting
Covenant
Love is the spirit of this fellowship, and service gives it life.
Celebrating our diversity, and joined by a quest for truth,
We work for peace, and honor all creation.
This is our covenant.
Children’s Focus Anna Matheson, We are all the Waves of One Sea
Sharing
- Liz Copeland quilt “Gaia’s Dance”
- Jeff Copeland essay “Mrs. Buckingham”
- Lee Willis “Directions,” a poem by Rick Hermann
- Steffany Raynes art and poem “Trees Lean In”
Singing Together #108, My Life Flows on in Endless Song
led by Lisa Heezen & Rev Tessie Mandeville
Sharing
- Maren Larson watercolor “My First Coat”
- Pam Graham textile art
- Tessie Mandeville “I Name Them One by One”
Sharing Our Gifts Tessie and Lisa, Filled with Loving Kindness
Sharing
- Susan Pope Kramer painting “Eruption”
- Jan Cavitt poem
- Lizz Roberts You Will Be Found
& Grace Nyblade - Rod Haynes photography
- Ann Stevenson Parting Glass
& Karen Nuckles-Flynn,
& Jane Ronca-Washburn - Lin Skavdahl photography
“Nature Keeps Me Going” - Constance Ohana painting “Renewal”
- Tom Nicholas poem by Gary Snyder ‘Without”,
song Voice Still and Small - Carolyn Koehnline poem “The Pleasure of Puzzling”
- Steffany “Kit and Caboodle/Coda and Caboose”
a poem by Betty Scott
Singing Together #155, Circle ‘Round
Circle ‘round for freedom, circle ‘round for peace.
For all of us imprisoned, circle for release.
Circle for the planet, circle for each soul.
For the children of our children, keep the circle whole.
Afterward
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