Harvest Home
Harvest Home- It is the time of the Fall Equinox. Traditionally a time to mark the transition from the fruitfulness of Autumn to the work and custodianship of Winter. We are not our own. Earth forms us, through generations. We live in community, in tribes, in institutions that welcome us home, over and over again. So this is the time of year to give thanks, and celebrate with ritual, and by giving back. Let us remember, we are not alone, and let this be a house of welcome where we support one another and gladly show all our neighbors we are not our own!
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SAMPLE OOS
Welcome and Announcements
Bell
Call to Worship - Amy
Chalice Lighting
Gathering Song* 69, give thanks
Time for all ages -Amy
Joys and Sorrows
Prayer and Meditation - Amy
Pastoral Song
Reading "September Celebrations" by Jason Mankey, a Pagan Priest in Sunnyvale California
Offering/Offertory
Homily "Harvest Home " Amy Beltaine
Song of Celebration* 317, we are not our own
Extinguishing the Chalice
Benediction - Amy
Suggested hymn options (Gathering Hymn, Pastoral Hymn, Blessing Hymn ):
Chant for the seasons #74 Grey Hymnal
Return again (Teal hymnal)
67, We Sing Now Together
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To everything there is a season)
69, give thanks (Same tune as “do you hear” #112)
317, we are not our own
Where do we come from (Teal hymnal)
277, when we wend homeward
Suggested reading options (Chalice lighting, responsive reading, chalice ext.):
Sukkot and Yom Kippur
First Fruits
Litany of Forgiveness