Many thanks to all who showed up for our Solstice Circles in the church yard. We honored the age old tradition of many generations gathering around a fire to share in the delight of songs, stories, and food over the fire as a way to honor the longest night! Ironically, we were all especially savoring the sunshine in the church yard! Special thanks to Sarah Hooker and Sarah Franklin, past / present members of the Worship and Arts team for their support and assistance.
Above: Some kids opted to roast apples. Below: Some kids opted to roast marshmallows for s'mores.
Chalice lighting by Rev. Scott Tayler
In the soft light of this flame may our lives shimmer anew.
May we notice new possibility in those relationships that seem lost.
May the turning of year give birth to a dream.
May the emerging light pull a new story into view.
May what is, give way to what might be.
May we believe again in the world we imagine.
Help us to be the always hopeful
gardeners of the spirit
who know that without darkness
nothing comes to birth
as without light
nothing flowers.
– May Sarton
To Know the Dark by Wendell Berry
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
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