Theme “Letting Go”

This day is warm

By Rev. Celia Cartwright

This day is warm
The air is still
Gone is the threat
Of thunder
And rain.

This day requires
A slowing down
A letting go
Of musts and
Shoulds and
Oughts.

This day
Is a day
Simply
To Be.

Today is a day
To open

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All that is

By Rev. Mark Hutchinson

I close my eyes with gratitude
I open my ears to hear another’s voice
I let go of what I think of how things should be
I feel the wind or rain or sun if I make sure that I do
I dance I move I take heartbeat shaking actions
And beauty
I create
I

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We leave this house

By Rev. Clifford Reed

We leave this house
with the blessing of the Spirit we have shared.
As we go out to walk the green Earth
under the vault of heaven,
we remain one body,
whether together or apart.
Amen.

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In the darkness of grief

By Rev. Clifford Reed

In the world’s grief and darkness
we keep a flame burning –
the flame of hope, the flame of truth,
the flame that warms the heart with loving kindness.

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Bereavement

By Rev. Dr Linda Hart

Spirit of Love and of Life, we gather here this day to remember. To remember those who have touched our lives by their living and their dying. Blessed be their lives, and our memories of them.
 
We stand in the presence of a mystery, that life is, that we know the pleasures of family

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