[Uucf-bible] Taize

[Jim Tarvid]

Not exactly a record delay but can you tell us a bit about how you use Taize?

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 2:23 PM, Lisa Harris <clairraven99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tomorrow night at Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington, D.C. we are having a holiday healing service with a laying on of hands ritual and Taize.  Christmas Eve we will have lessons and carols with a nice mix of traditional and contemporary.
>
>  During Advent, we have an interesting candle lighting liturgy that we use to begin each Sunday worship during Advent.  I won't type the whole thing, but very briefly we are rejoicing in the coming of Jesus Christ Sophia.  The congregation has mixed feelings about this term.  Our minister explains that you can't have Christmas without a woman, so she uses this alternative trinity formula.  I'm interested to know how others feel about this term.  Any thoughts?
>
> "Bohanon, Cecil E." <cbohanon at bsu.edu> wrote:
>  We had a small but very powerful Lessons and Carols service last night
> here at the UU Church in Muncie. The service was led by Rev. Derek
> Parker who found an 1866 Universalist Prayerbook published by the
> Massachusetts Universalist Convention. We used the prayers for Christmas
> from that book. We also had readings from Habakkuk, and Luke (all four
> of the lay adults attendees read) followed by hymns from the UU hymnbook
>
> Derek gave a great sermon that we all really enjoyed-- I was especially
> pleased my 9 year old son, Dmitri was at the service and seemed to get a
> lot out of it
>
> Christmas Blessings on All
>
> Cecil Bohanon
> Muncie, Indiana
>
>
>
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> Subject: [Uucf-bible] Christmas around the UU world
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> What's going on where you are?? blessings, Ron? Robinson
>
> At First Unitarian in Providence, RI Rev. Nichols' sermon for this
> Sunday is "Filling in the Manger --?The story of Joseph and Mary's
> journey to Bethlehem is a perfect paradigm of our lives, which is why we
> treasure it."??We'll have two services on Christmas Eve that mostly
> consists of readings and carol singing.? The later service is my
> favorite because we distribute candles to everyone and lower the lights
> in the Meeting House as the flame is passed from person to person.? Last
> year, we ran out of candles at over 200, so we are stocked with about
> 350 this year!
>
> Our Re-imagining Religion group led by Tom Hall, an editor and long-time
> supporter of the Jesus Seminar, is studying Matthew this month and
> looking at the birth narrative in particular.? We read an interesting
> article on Matthew by JS Fellow Robert J. Miller who argues that
> Matthew's version does not include a "virgin" birth for Jesus.? Rather,
> he says that the?role of the "Holy Spirit" in conception was understood
> more metaphorically by Matthew's audience.? Perhaps "love child" may
> suggest a modern interpretation, but that's not quite?in the same
> spirit.??A better example might be?pre-Christian?Europe where children
> born?after?the Beltane festival, which featured a relaxation of marital
> fidelity rules, were said to be "Children of Beltane" and were not
> stigmatized by questionable?paternity.
>
> However He got here, I'm just thankful for the wisdom of Jesus!
>
> Merry Christmas and Peace On Earth,
>
> Kevin?
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