Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? — Alice Walker, author, from The Color Purple Story: we will share selected poems from Trees of Strength website. The details about Sunday morning: Babies … Continue reading Family Resources for Sunday October 28
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Story: Trout Are Made of Trees The details about Sunday morning: Babies – 4 year olds chalice lighting and joys & concerns play inside in our very popular wooden kitchen sing together: Standing Like a Tree play outside. Kindergarten- grade … Continue reading Family Resources for October 21
To be poor and be without trees is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman … Continue reading Family resources for Sunday October 14
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. — Chinese proverb Story: “The Tree in the Ancient Forest” This story illustrates the interdependence of the ancient forest and connections with the web of life. The details about Sunday morning: Babies – 4 year olds … Continue reading Family Resources for Sunday October 7
Story: Brother sun, sister moon: the life and stories of St. Francis Background info: Blessing of the Animals is celebrated in many UU congregations on the Sunday closest to October 4. In the Roman Catholic tradition, October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis (1182-1226) was a monk who founded the contemporary … Continue reading Family resources for Sunday September 30, Blessing of the Animals
