PAINT BRANCH UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
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INGATHERING MUSIC The Holly and the Ivy
Keith Miller, pianist and PB Member
GREETING Tricia Most, Worship Associate
PRELUDE Carol of the Bells Mykola Leontovych
Keith Miller, pianist and PB Member
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Tricia Most, Worship Associate
INTENTION During the Winter Solstice Penney Hughes, PB Member
INVOCATION We Welcome Winter Tricia Most, Worship Associate
UNISON CHALICE LIGHTING Cerridwyn & Angela Peerman, PB Family
We light the chalice to celebrate Unitarian Universalism.
This is the church of the open mind, the helping hands,
the loving heart, and the radiant spirit.
Encendamos este caliz para celebrar el Unitarismo Universalismo.
Esta es la iglesia de la mente abierta, de las manos amigas,
del amor del corazón, y del espíritu radiante.
MUSICAL INTERLUDE Keith Miller, pianist and PB Member
CREATING SACRED SPACE
Clearing and Centering Mary Rooker, PB Shamanic Studies
Casting Circle Mason Jean, Community Member
Honoring the Directions April Doyle, Joy Holt, Elizabeth Stephens, Sonya Gross, Community Members
Honoring the Masks of the Divine Jonathan White, Community Member
Honoring the Ancestors and Descendants Tosha O’Neal, PB Member
GUIDED MEDITATION Honoring Darkness Penney Hughes, PB Member
SPECIAL MUSIC Honor the Dark Lea Morris
performed by Lea Morris
POEM READING Fallow, the Land Lies Fallow Abi Hanley
reader: Penney Hughes, PB Member
SPECIAL MUSIC Green Grow’th the Holly (trad. c. 16th Century)
Diana McFadden, cellist and PB Member
REFLECTION The Shortest Day Susan Cooper
Louise Waugh, PB Member
MUSICAL REFLECTION Hail the Bless’d Sun lyrics Eldritch; arr. Amanda Kennedy
Eldritch, soloist and PB Member;
Diana McFadden, cellist and PB Member
OPENING THE CIRCLE
EXTINGUISHING THE CHALICE Cerridwyn Peerman, PB RE Participant
CLOSING MEDLEY Deck the Halls; Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town
Keith Miller, pianist and PB Member
TOASTING Raise A Glass to the Coming Light
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Decembers SAC Special Collection is for Community Crisis Services. You can make tax-deductible donations by check payable to ‘CCSI and mail it to:
Community Crisis Services, Inc.
PO Box 149 Hyattsville MD 20781
or donate at their website, www.communitycrisis.org
For more information about other Pagan and Earth-Centered services and events at PBUUC, please email pagans@pbuuc.org