[Fuusm-l] Order of Service Dec. 20 2020 Winter Solstice Spiral

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Order of Service     Dec. 20, 2020        
Winter Solstice Spiral 
	Swirling through Time from the first cell floating on the first sea 
at the first outbreath of the world, that breath stiull circles, chanting Yes!  -Oak Chezar

11am  Zoom 	Our main FUUSM Zoom Link is the one we use for Sunday Services 
(and other meetings & gatherings).
https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323
The Sunday Service is also streamed live to Facebook, and you can find it there later as a video.


 
Prelude   Sonata in F- Major  K.300   - W. A. Mozart		Randall Kidder

Welcome								Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker   		
Opening Words	from Black Elk Speaks -John G. Neihardt

Chalice Lighting		Give Light  -Hal Walker
	Give light, and people will find a way (3x)-
	People will find a way I do believe.

Advent Candles   	Let The Spirit Come To You (adapted)   -Anodea Judith
Let the Hope come to you, run through you, renew you.
	Let the Love shine onto you, pursue you, undo you.
		Let the Joy shine above you, be of you, that loves you.
			Let the Peace settle in you, within you, begin you.


Chant 	Round & Round (unknown)
Meditation		Roots in the Earth
Musical Meditation	 Solstice Chant  -Anne Bearheart  (drum heartbeat)

Poem	Darktime  -Shae Savoy

Offering & Blessing	Benedicta Es (Blessed Be)  
				-Chris Carol,  arr. by Susan Schleef

	
Reading	In the Beginning    by Brandi Auset

Song		Kore Evohe 
Ancient Story	Demeter & Persephone

Special Music		A Blessing 		
FUUSM Choir, Directed by Martha Webster, produced by Mike Bailey


Benediction		Be a Blessing
Postlude

Circle of Community	Joys & Sorrows		
	I enter a twisting path that has shapes much like my life
	As I move, shift directions I can shift my Seeing
	The path is clearer now, more peaceful, more sure.  -Feather Williams


Announcements
TODAY	12 Noon 	Live Solstice Spiral & fire in the Courtyard.
* Open to the public and available all hours through Jan. 3, 2021

TODAY	12:30pm – Green Sanctuary – Zoom 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89504329061?pwd=WXp1MWVsQVRXOXZaaU9rTk9ZSWdyZz09  
Meeting ID: 895 0432 9061 		Passcode: green1 


Winter Solstice  Live Stream - Monday, Dec. 21 | 5pm MST  7pm EST
This “Great Conjunction” happens next on December 21, 2020, the night of the winter solstice, and the peak of the Ursid meteor shower. It will be viewed in the southern sky just after sunset.
If you begin observing the southern sky before the 21st, you can follow the two planets.
For most Great Conjunctions, Jupiter and Saturn are separated by about 1 degree, which is the width of two full moons in the sky. This year, they will be separated by just one-tenth of a degree, which is one-fifth the size of the full moon. This gives the effect of the "Christmas Star."
Join Lowell Observatory on Mon., December 21, 2020, to celebrate the Great Conjunction with an evening of telescope viewing and commentary from Lowell’s own astronomers and educators.








Thurs. Dec. 24    Annual Christmas Eve Greeting – Ring Out Wild Bells
Because of the early sunset, the time has been changed to make the Reverse Parade safer.
Gather before (5pm) when we will start the parade past FUUSM to share greetings, 
ring bells and share holiday cheer.
Let us bring Joy to the World and answer the call to celebrate in unity and peace.

Line up in the bank parking lot before 5pm, bring your bells if you have them.
The parade of cars will turn right out of the bank drive-thru aisles onto 3rd Street, move slowly past the front of FUUSM and turn right again at the light onto Putnam Street, where attendants with baskets with gratefully receive your gifts and offerings.  Enjoy the rest of your evening as you go about your merry way. 
Please join us for a Candlelight Service on Zoom (8pm) 
-use the FUUSM Main Link to gather from home.
There will be music, readings and a bedtime story; plan to have your candles ready at home for a glowing time on Zoom.


Sun. Jan. 3, 2021  Fire Communion
11am Zoom & Live in the Courtyard @ Noon
Undecorate the fence after the services.
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