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Covenant Group meeting

 

Gather in circle with empty chair

 

Check-in / Sharing

 

Administrivia

-         Next meeting, Tuesday, November 22 at Frank & Susan’s – Communion Sermon?  Potluck dinner?  Meet a little early?

 

Opening Meditation – Emmy Lou Belcher

Let us take a moment to settle into the silence.

Hear and feel your quiet breathing.
Hear and feel the quiet of this room
    and this community of quiet people.

As we sit in the quiet, feel the life that stretches between us,
    that fills this room.
Feel the opening of all the windows of our beings,
    and the full out-stretching of our spirits,
As we reach outward to the life around us,
    beyond this room,
        throughout all creation.

For this life --
    for the freedom we have to shape and pursue our lives --
        we are grateful and rejoice. Amen.

 

 

Discussion Topic – The Spirit of Childhood

Close your eyes, relax & breathe.  Let yourself be comfortable – relax your mind.  What is your most vivid memory from childhood?  What is your earliest memory?  Do you ever think of it other than when someone asks you about your childhood?  Why do you think we carry these memories?  Do we have any choice?

    

Final Responses / Check-out

 

Closing Words - From Rachel Carson:

                If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder…he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, the excitement, the mystery of the world we live in.