Gather in circle with empty chair

Opening Reading – Jeanne / Arthur

Lighting of Chalice

Check-in / Sharing

Check in on Group Discussion Guidelines (especially if new people)

• Respect the Talking Stick
• Make I statements whenever possible
• Use Active Listening
• Avoid giving advice
• May ask clarifying questions
• Speaker may ask for advice
• Share time so everyone who wishes to may speak
• Holding silence is encouraged

Topic – Forgiveness

- What Is forgiveness? What is it not? When can it and should it be used? Think of a time when you were faced with forgiveness – when you felt wronged or you felt you had wronged another. Were you able to forgive? Were you able to receive forgiveness? How did that experience feel?

Final Responses / Check-out

Closing Reading – Forgiveness Prayer

God, teach us to forgive:

To look deep into the hearts

Of those who wound us,

So that we may glimpse

In that dark, still water,

Not just the reflection

Of our own face

But yours as well.

-- Sheila Cassidy

Administrivia

• Next meeting date and place
• Next topic

Standing Circle closing

Dessert