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'''Poetry,
:'''Music,
'''Meaning-making,
:'''Community,
'''Connection with the Holy.
'''Please join us for our first SolSeed Service.'''
:Saturday, February 6, 2010
:11 am Service.
:12:30 pm Potluck. Please bring a drink, dessert, or side dish (e.g. salsa) to share. Shelley & Brandon will provide Haystacks (aka American Taco)
:Sanders' home, 1824 SE Oak St, Portland OR 97214
==Order of Service==
Lighting of the Chalice
Opening Words
: '''All: Our [[Terra|world]] is one world, and we are one people.'''
: Reader: We gather this day in celebration of [[life]] and spirit.
: '''All: The human heart can hold both joy and sorrow.'''
: Reader: This day let us hold one another and all that is sacred.
Song: "Spirit of Life" from [http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Tradition-Unitarian-Universalist-Association/dp/1558962603 ''Singing the Living Tradition''], p. 123
Poem: [http://www.potw.org/archive/potw29.html "Spring and Fall" by Gerard Manley Hopkins], read by [[Shelley Sanders]]
Empathy Presentation and Discussion with [[Mark Hansen]]
Song: [http://www.weddingvendors.com/music/lyrics/b/bill-withers/lean-on-me "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers], performed by Steve and Judy Sibelman
Meditation
: Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.
:: -Thich Nhat Hanh
Song: "Our World is One World" from ''Singing the Living Tradition'', p. 134
Silence
Closing Words
: Reader: So with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.
: '''All: So may it be.'''
: Reader: Blessed be.