Gathering Music (Mary Bopp)
Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Calling the Elements
A Pantheistic Winter Solstice Ritual to Honor the Sun
by roseladenmagdalene
ad. by Rev. Josh Pawelek
Prelude
"Darkness Into Light"
by Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Unison Opening Words
#542 "Solstice"
by Diane Lee Moomey
ad. by Rev. Josh Pawelek
Again did the earth shift
Again did the nights grow short,
And the days long.
And the people
of the earth,
and all its creatures
were glad
and celebrated
each in their own ways.
Opening Hymn
#1063 "Winter Solstice Chant"
words and music by Phillip Palmer
led by Rev. Josh (9:00) and Sandy Johnson (11:00)
Children of the Earth,
we have come to
sing to each other,
Sister to Brother,
songs of our Mother Earth.
Children of the Earth,
Autumn soon will
breathe her last breath and
quick will her death bear
witness to Winter's Birth.
Children of the Earth,
can you feel the
air getting cold as
darkness takes hold and
sleep covers Mother Earth?
Children of the Earth,
we have come
to sit in the darkness,
breathe in the silence,
think of our Mother Earth.
Time for All Ages
Musical Interlude
Joys and Concerns
Musical Interlude
Offering
"We do not gather our gifts only for ourselves, but to share with the larger community."
Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month of December will go to three area shelters: McKinney Men's Shelter (Hartford), East Hartford Community Shelter, Cornerstone Shelter (Rockville).
Offering Music
"Fantasia on Greensleeves"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Anhared Stowe, violin
Mary Bopp, piano
Sermon
"On Being Present as the Sun Returns"
Rev. Josh Pawelek
Closing Hymn
#226 "People Look East"
Words by Eleanor Farjeon
Music: traditional French carol
led by Sandy Johnson
People, look east. The time is near of the crowning of the year.
Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth and set the table.
People, look east and sing today: Love the Guest, is on the way.
Furrows be glad. Though earth is bare, one more seed is planted there.
Give up your strength the seed to nourish, that in course and flower may flourish.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Rose, is on the way.
Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim, one more light the bowl shall brim,
shining beyond the frosty weather, bright as sun and moon together.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Star, is on the way.
Extinguishing the Chalice and Dismissing the Elements
Closing Circle
May faith in the spirit of life
And hope for the community of earth
And love of the light in each other
Be ours now, and in all the days to come.
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