Dear UUSS~

Today is crisp and cold. We took a walk as the sun was just coming up. It is hanging so low in the sky and it is still nice to see after all the gray and gloom. What a beautiful planet we share! This evening, we plan to enjoy the night sky with as little light as possible. There is a certain kind of beauty and peace in the dark. As Lea Morris sings, “Honor the dark, as you would the light. Receive the gifts that come to you by day and by night.” This Sunday we will be honoring the dark as we also welcome the return of the longer days in the morning Winter Solstice service, and in the evening drum circle (details below).

We had already planned on including using a paper finger labyrinth as a ritual in the service, and then recently learned from one of our local interfaith colleagues how to draw one! If you have the printed labyrinths that were included in the worship bag, lovely! Or you can go to this google folder and click on it to get to the chalice (and other printed docs from the goodie bags) https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/13C37twDJhFqhNnEx9026l4KEnCCFS2R_

We will also share how to draw your own to use in the meditation. So you might want to have a blank piece of paper and a pencil. After the service this past Sunday, one of you shared that you were grateful for the service, because it allowed you to slow down. We hope that each of us has the gift of slowing down, (even for a bit,)… in the dark, and in the light, in these final weeks of an incredibly strange year.

In faith and with love,

Rev. Lynn & Rev. Wendy