Rev. Lori On Returning to Community Like Rivers Flowing Back Together
This reflection was originally published in the previous week’s Friday Flyer.
Hello Good People,
Hello Wonderful People!
I AM SO EXCITED TO BE COMING TOGETHER AGAIN ON SUNDAY! There is magic in our gathering and it will feel especially so this time as the kiddos join us for an intergenerational service. We will fold their rituals into our service and have them participate in water communion and our commissioning too!
The music begins again. How wonderful to hear the choir and the organ again! For me however, it is seeing all your faces, getting all those hugs and of course snagging a cookie after church! Shout out to the BOT who are hosting our first coffee hour. Dont forget the cookies please!
It is our water communion service. Please remember to bring some water of significance that you can add to our shared waters along with a story about it. Or even some tap water and a story from the summer you want to share! It is wonderful to have us inextricably joined back for this next year!
The website goes went on Sunday! I invite you to explore the site under our newish name. www.uuchurchsacobiddeford.ORG. That’s the change. The .org. Rev. Morgan Rowe, our web designer, is so amazingly talented and extremely generous with her time and patience. I can’t wait for you to experience the site and meet her at some point! While she lives down east a bit, we will have to convince her to visit for a special service!
I share these words with you:
We come from many rivers,
hands cupped with the summer’s yield—
grain and memory,
clear drops gathered from journeys
near and far.
Here, in the hush of return,
we pour what we carried:
water, hope, the rough and shining
stories of our year.
Together, we make one stream—
an ingathering of hearts,
flowing forward, whole again.
In the lectio tradition, I invite you to read these words in your head and then read them out loud.
Notice if a word or phrase stands out to you. Pause with that word or phrase and repeat it out loud or in your head. Ask what meaning it has for you in this moment or time in your life. Take it into meditation or prayer. Take it into the weekend and bring it to church!
My best wishes for you!
Peace and Blessings,
Rev Lori Whittemore
(she, her, hers)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco Biddeford