Covenant Group meeting

Gather in circle with empty chair

 

Check-in / Sharing

 

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

 

Lighting of Chalice

 

 

Opening Reading – Ray Nasemann

We gather around this flame that symbolizes:
     the truth we know
         and the truth we seek,
     the community we share
         and the community we aspire to,
     the learning that enables us
         and the mystery that encompasses.

Here we speak the languages
     of memory and hope.
Here we are welcomed,
     our journeys embraced and shared.

 

 

 

Topic – What have you learned this past year?  How has that learning changed your course?

    

Final Responses / Check-out

 

Closing Reading – Richard S. Gilbert

 

As we leave this community of the spirit,
May we remember the difficult lesson
That each day offers more things than we can do.

May we do what needs to be done,
Postpone what does not,
And be at peace with what we can be and do.

Therefore, may we learn to separate
That which matters most
And that which matters least of all.