Celebrant:  Jen Elliott

This annual contemplative service is centered on the ritual of burning the things from the previous year we are ready to let go of- and holding on to the things we have learned and want to carry forward with us.

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Welcome
Greeting and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Opening Hymn:  #389, Gathered Here
Time for All Ages:  Flame Of Learning, Chalice Of Love, by Janeen Grohsmeyer, adapted
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Meditation:  The Work of Creation, by Israel Buffardi, abridged and adapted
Hymn:  #1009, Meditation on Breathing
Reading:  The Seed That Needs Fire, by Nina Montenegro, in Worry Medicine:  Remedies and Rituals for Anxious Times
Reflections
The Burning Ritual Part I
Hymn:  #362, Rise Up, O Flame
Reading:  New Beginnings, by Lang Leav
The Burning Ceremony Part II/
Closing Hymn:  #396, I Know This Rose Will Open
Closing Reading:  At the End of the Year – Blessings, by John O’Donohue
Musical Benediction:  There Is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction

Topics: Emergence