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office@uuutica.orgClimate Action Team leads our Flower Communion, a Unitarian Universalist ritual. Bring a flower or two if you can. Take a different flower home with you. Every flower is unique, just like each of us. Each of us contributes our uniqueness to this community. We celebrate one another with the flower communion, and this morning, and every … Continue reading UU Flower Communion
Let us gather and practice some Winter Solstice traditions as we enter this special season. We will cast a Sacred Circle, sing, reflect, and Raise the Cone of Power as we delve into the gifts of darkness and the return of the light.
December 21 will be Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. Traditionally, it is a time of both foreboding and expectancy, as the longest night leads to the return of the sun. Some consider this time the seasonal dark night of the soul, a time in which we honor both the … Continue reading “Honoring the Light and the Darkness of Winter Solstice”
Carol and her friend, Valerie, spent a week last spring traveling the U.S. Civil Rights Trail which was officially launched by the National Park System in 2018. They started in Atlanta, the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. and ended in Memphis, the place of his assassination. Carol reflects on some of what they saw … Continue reading Some Thing I Learned Traveling the US Civil Rights Trail
December 19’s service will be a celebration of Winter Solstice, a pagan tradition grounded in a respect and reverence for the natural world. Hearing from several voices, we will cast a circle honoring the four directions as we embrace the coming darkness and prepare for winter’s rest. The longest night of the year and season … Continue reading Solstice Service
