A Solstice Celebration - Dec 20, 2020

20/12/2020 48 min
A Solstice Celebration - Dec 20, 2020

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Order of Service for Sunday, December 20, 2020, 10:30 am Solstice
Prelude – Solstice Night performed by Chorealis
Welcome
Land Acknowledgment
Opening words – Winter Solstice by Yvonne Mireau
Kindling the Chalice - In the Bleak and Cold Winter by Cynthia Landrum
Lighting the Advent Wreath
Hymn 55# – Dark of Winter
Reading - The Meaning of the Solstice by Barbara Wellsten Hove Sharing Our Abundance
From You I Receive
Reading - Winter Solstice Meditation by Lyn Cox
Hymn #123 – Spirit of Life
Candles of Care and Concern
Music – To Drive the Cold Winter Away performed by Loreena Mckennitt
Homily - Let Us Not Wish Way the Winter by Gordon Ritchie
Music – Wintry Lullaby performed by Erin Van Der Molin-Pater and Gordon Ritchie
Responsive Reading - Winter Solstice Litany by Florence Caplow
Closing Words – Reading from John o’Donahue Postlude – To The Green Holly performed by Chorealis Extinguishing the Flame
Solstice Prayer by Sara Eileen LaWall
Carry the Flame
Announcements