Blanketed in Beauty: A Winter Solstice Ritual Honoring the Gifts of the Darkness

Sunday, December 21st
4pm PT / 7pm ET
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Winter solstice offers an opportunity to pause at a pinnacle, honoring Earth’s longest night. For many moons leading up to this darkest moment, trees have been baring themselves of their leaves, offering a blanket to the Earth below. How can we as humans enter into the energy of this sacred time, using it as medicine, and aligning with the season’s offerings?

Join the UU Ministry for Earth and some very special guests on the evening of Sunday, December 21st for our 5th annual winter solstice service that honors the energy and teachings of Earth’s darkest time of year, which encourages us to rest and seek nourishment in the sacred dark.

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About our speakers

UUMFE Acting Director Rev. Lauren Levwood will lead the ritual. Our special guest speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Kristen Harper, UU minister, theologian, and author of The Darkness Divine: A Loving Challenge to My UU Faith. Our special music will be provided by Li Kynvi, hospice music therapist and UU minister-in-formation. UUMFE Board Chair Swamini Adityananda Saraswati will lead our meditation.

Check back soon to learn more about our speakers!