Welcome to the month of Stillness. Here’s a poem from this month’s Soul Matters packet being used by our covenant groups. Check out this month’s calendar and join us for Vespers or one of the other programs offered this month.
Keeping Quiet
Pablo Neruda
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still
for once…
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines…
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves…
Full poem at https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=2298
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5kjfqbt-FA
A few questions to consider:
- What if the doorway into spiritual stillness is learning to look at your present life and say “This is enough?
- Is your identity rooted in busyness or stillness? And which one do you want it to be rooted in?
- Is busyness your way of running and hiding from stillness?
SPIRITUAL DEEPENING GROUPS:
Buddhist Fellowship: 2nd & 4th Tues.; 7 PM; Contact: Jim Steffe jf.steffe@gmail.com
Covenant Groups: groups set meeting time; Contact: Iris Hardin irisphardin@gmail.com
Covenant of UU Pagans -CUUPS: Contact: MaryAnn Somervill maspro1@yahoo.com
Me And White Supremacy Reflection Groups: Contact: Eleanor Lane elane@northstarlane.com
Drop-ins welcome in all our programs.
WEDNESDAY THING VESPERS 6:30PM
PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM:
2020-2021 Focus
Spirituality & Building the World We Dream About: Disrupting Racism
2nd & 4th Wed.; Building the World We Dream About;
Contact: Rev. Claudia faithdev@uuasheville.org
3rd Wed.; Spiritual Practices: Exploration and Challenge
Contact: Nancy Bragg njbragg1@gmail.com
December – Stillness
2
Vespers Leader: Rev. Mark
Program: Human Rights Day Discussion, Deb Holden & Rev Claudia
9
Vespers Leader: Rev. Terry Davis
Program: Navigating the Landscapes of Power, Joy M
16
Vespers Leader: Rev. Claudia
Program: Spiritual Practices IV: Activism Practices
23 NO VESPERS
30 NO VESPERS