Rev. Sophia preaching, with Kyle Belmont, Charlyn Bethell, Carole Katz, and Guy Urban.
This Sunday we will honor the Autumn Equinox by reflecting on Earth’s slow turning from summer to fall, and the invitation this shifting offers us. The natural world provides so much wisdom for us to draw from–let’s come together to explore some of it and to remember that our thriving in this beautiful interdependent web of existence matters. We will also offer a blessing to one of our babies through a child dedication ritual. Slow down and give yourself the gift of church this Sunday
Reading: “Blessing for the Center,” from The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature, by Starhawk.
We give thanks and gratitude for the center, the heart and the hearth, and for the complex and beautiful patterns of life.
We give thanks for the flow of sap through branches, water through rivers, blood through our veins.
Thanks for the spiral vine and the sunflower, the daisy and the dandelion, the sunburst and the star.
We bless the random element that brings freedom into the pattern, and thank the weaver of the web of life for teaching us that all is interconnected.
May we be aware of our patterns, able to change those that do not serve us and to cherish and strengthen those that do.
May the cycles of the moon’s and the sun’s journeys through the year help us remember that light arises from dark, rebirth from death.
Blessings on the cycles, the patterns, and the center.
Reverend Sophia Lyons
Rev. Sophia is committed to radical welcome and spreading the good news that is our bold Unitarian Universalist faith. Some of her areas of interest include interfaith partnerships, addictions ministry, spiritual direction, and working towards collective liberation for all. Rev. Sophia aspires to live her life and fulfill her ministry guided by spiritual seeking, big love, and the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism.