Upcoming Winter SolstiCelebration
15th annual
Winter SolstiCelebration
A presentation of Earth Rhythms: www.earthrhythms.org
theme: Singing Our Soul
Friday December 21, 2007
seating music at 6:30
service from 7 to 9 pm
social hour from 9 to 10 pm
Cathedral of Hope
5910 Cedar Springs at Inwood
northeast corner, access from Nash St. off Inwood
map & complete printable driving directions:
http://www.cathedralofhope.com/NetCommunity/
Page.aspx?&pid=313&srcid=305
If you get lost, call 214-351-1901
$5 donations requested, discount for seniors & kids
(For credit cards, visit PAYPAL, click on Send Money and enter: newsmoon@sbcglobal.net)
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The service will be signed for the deaf.
!!! Please bring a flashlight to participate in the light service !!!
We’ll be accepting donations of canned meat, fish and saltine crackers for the Cathedral of Hope food pantry.
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Cast aside the illusion of separation as the Winter SolstiCelebration performers and presenters explore the concept of We Are One. Whole-bodied and experiential, singing, dancing, chanting and yoga, along with participatory rituals and ceremonies, blend with fine performances of music, dance, song and storytelling. Following is a social hour of groove music and great food, plus roving characters, origami peace-crane folding, and pictures with Father Winter.
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Help make it happen!
Promote yourself in the process!
Become a Sponsor or Big Heart Supporter.
Or buy a love ad in the program - it's only $20!
Or donate to the silent auction.
More info here.
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Created, promoted and produced by Amy Martin with the help of the other fabulous volunteers who are collectively called Celestial Rhythm Celebrations. Send an email to join the folks who make it happen!
Made possible through the generosity of the Cathedral of Hope.
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Winter Solstice
Long before there was Christmas, Hanukkah or even New Year’s Day, there was Winter Solstice, the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year. On this date, the Sun in its apparent passage east to west across the sky has gone from being nearly overhead in the hot summer to shifting downward a little more each day until its path was as low along the horizon as it could go.
At that winter moment, so dark and cold, the ever consistent Sun seemed to halt in its path, rising and setting in the same spot for three days in a row before shifting directions and heading north again. Winter Solstice is the middle day; the word solstice means "Sun stands still."
Cast into the darkness of the longest night of the year, people chose this date to gather, forming a circle to affirm the continual cycle of life and burning a Yule Log to evoke the increasing light. Thousands of years later, now in the urban city rather than the wilderness, we still feel a need to observe the Solstice in a way that connects us with our roots as human beings and celebrates the Earth and our shared bonds.
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