these are our earlier memories
within our families, our
clans,
sitting, gathering around
the campfires
these places of sanctuary,
community
since the beginning of time
gathering in circles
gathering together
into the circle, gathering,
together as one
these are our deepest
desires,
our prayers as people, as a
people together,
our one hope of unity, of
belonging,
within the circle, held,
loved within God’s arms;
to experience, to feel, grace
gathering in circles
together one people
surrounded in love
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edited December 28, 2016
gathering in circles – v4
(merging edits to original and versions 2 and 3)
edited December 2, 2015
gathering in circles – v3
(editing version 2)
edited November 19, 2015
gathering in circles – v2
July 3, 2015
gathering in circles
July 3, 2015
since the beginning of time
July 3, 2015
we are the stones of the temple
July 3, 2015
gathering living stones
edited July 3, 2015
He was a living stone – v2
July 3, 2015
He was a living stone
story by Thom White Wolf Fassett
about Willie, an Inuit member of the Methodist Church
in Nome, AK, janitor in the school system, and revered
elder
a bridge to the modern age and a follower of ancient ways
July 3, 2015
a spiritual house - 2
July 3, 2015
each a living stone
Luke 3:8
1 Peter 2:4-15
July 3, 2015
Repentance - 2
July 3, 2015
Circle of Hope
New England
Conference of United Methodist Church
Annual
Conference 2015 (#NEAC15)
worship guides
NEUMC Photos
my photos
Worship
Director Marcia McFee
Guest Preacher
Bishop Gregory Palmer
New England Annual Conference Resolution on shooting in
Charleston
speech 6/23/2015
South Carolina State Senator Paul Thurmond (R), son of former
South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, remarks on Confederate Flag. Paul
Thurmond remarks on Confederate Flag.
Mark 4:4-8
(bible study topic on 6/17/2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
&
I forgive
you statements of victims’ family –
Nadine Collier, Anthony Thompson, Felicia Sanders
&
Hate Won’t Win
campaign
&
Jon Stewart’s
June 18, 2015 opening monologue on Charleston shooting
&
The funeral for
the Reverend Clementa Pinkney 6/26/15
&
President Barack Obama’s Eulogy (video and full text)
&
June 22, 2015
We pray for our sisters, our brothers
@dreamUMC #dreamumc tweetup on Charleston shooting
Guest Preacher Thom White Wolf Fassett
COMMENTARY: 2012 Act
of Repentance of The United Methodist Church
Recap of
Thursday sessions
Act of
Repentance
by Pat Warrior
Woman Parent
&
story by Thom White Wolf Fassett about Willie,
an Inuit member of the Methodist Church in Nome, AK,
janitor in the school system, and revered elder,
a bridge to the modern age and a follower of ancient ways
&
Recap of
Friday sessions
extract of
sermon
Bishop Palmer
Recap of
Saturday sessions
bible study on
Luke 10 (Good Samaritan)
led by Bishop
Palmer
worship
Laity Address
by Janet
O’Neill
opening prayer
for morning session on Saturday, 6/20/15
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Christ, God, grace, hope, love, Marcia McFee, NEAC15,
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White Wolf Fassett, UMC, United
Methodist, prayer, Inuit,
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White Wolf Fassett, umc, circle, prayer,
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