{"id":10485,"date":"2023-10-11T13:35:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?page_id=10485"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T04:53:58","slug":"light-for-all","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/support-for-activists\/light-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Light for All on the Longest Night-"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter Solstice Worship Service 2023 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dear Community,<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here is a recording of our Solstice Service. We hope you are able to find grounding for the remaining months of Winter ahead and find nourishment in both the darkness and the light.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Solstice 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/897059322?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Winter Solstice occurs when Earth&#8217;s axis tilts away from the sun, making it the shortest day and longest night of the year for those living in the Northern Hemisphere.&nbsp;It also marks the time of celebration that daylight begins to grow to shed more light on us Earth! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us the evening BEFORE the Winter Solstice for music, reflection, meditation, and spiritual grounding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this longest night, we featured the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/energydemocracy.us\/\">Energy Democracy Project<\/a> and shared a portion of our offering with them. Let\u2019s work for light for all on the longest night of the year. Our service is part of the larger arc of Clean Energy as a Human Right being led by Side with Love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Order of Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Welcome and Chalice Lighting<\/strong> &#8211; Rev. Kelly Dignan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gathering Music<\/strong> &#8211; <em>We Shall Be Known<\/em> by MaMuse &#8211; Li Kynvi and Kristin Leary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Winter Solstice Across Traditions<\/em> &#8211; Rev. Jerrie Hilldebrand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Message<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Winter and Light <\/em>&#8211; JeKaren Olaoya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Light Art<\/strong> &#8211; JeKaren Olaoya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong> &#8211; <em>I Am Light<\/em> by India.Arie Simpson &#8211; Li Kynvi and Kristin Leary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meditation <\/strong>&#8211; Rev. Kelly Dignan&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Message <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Light for All<\/em> &#8211; Crystal Huang, National Coordinator, Energy Democracy Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Offering<\/strong> &#8211; Rev. Daniel Lawlor and Zo\u00eb Johnston<br>Donation link: <a href=\"https:\/\/uuministry4earth.app.neoncrm.com\/np\/clients\/uuministry4earth\/donation.jsp?campaign=40&amp;\">https:\/\/uuministry4earth.app.neoncrm.com\/np\/clients\/uuministry4earth\/donation.jsp?campaign=40&amp;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;(In the comment section, please add \u201cWinter Solstice\u201d. A portion will be shared with The Energy Democracy Project.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Music<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Winter Solstice Round <\/em>by Becky Reardon &#8211; Li Kynvi and Kristin Leary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Closing Words and Extinguishing the Chalice<\/strong> &#8211; Rev. Kelly Dignan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Closing Music<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Lord of the Dance<\/em>; melody: American Shaker song <em>Simple Gifts<\/em>; original Christian lyrics by Sydney Carter with alt. lyrics crowd sourced from various Pagan sources &amp; adapted by Li Kynvi<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong> &#8211; <\/strong>Li Kynvi and Kristin Leary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UUMFE Staff Participating<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-for-light-for-all-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10668\" width=\"1064\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-for-light-for-all-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-for-light-for-all-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-for-light-for-all-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-for-light-for-all-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/webpage-for-light-for-all-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Winter-solstice-page-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10555 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Winter-solstice-page-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Winter-solstice-page-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Winter-solstice-page-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Winter-solstice-page-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JeKaren Olaoya (she\/her) is a life-long UU, poet, writer, mixed-media artist, and Chaplain to religious professionals. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>She serves on the UUA Board of Trustees and has an MDiv with Chaplaincy concentration from Starr King School for the Ministry. As an earth-based African spiritualities practitioner with foundations in Christianity, she draws from the guidance of her ancestors for spiritual care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Rev. Jerrie Hildebrand<strong> <\/strong>serves as a consultant to the board of trustees of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans as President Emerita.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> She is accountable for organizational communications. She is an ordained minister with Circle Sanctuary in Wisconsin and attends First Church Unitarian in Salem, Massachusetts. She is an co-editor and co-author of the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuabookstore.org\/Pagan-and-Earth-Centered-Voices-in-Unitarian-Universalism-P18173.aspx\">\u201cPagan and Earth-Centered Voices in Unitarian Universalism\u201d.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jerrie-hildebrand.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10556 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jerrie-hildebrand.png 310w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jerrie-hildebrand-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10558 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-24.png 384w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-24-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crystal Huang, National Coordinator, The Energy Democracy Project <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Energy Democracy Project serves as a collective resource to advance the work of organizations democratizing energy for everyday people across the country. It consists of a decentralized group of Project Collaborators who believe in the idea that community ownership and control of the clean energy transition are a means to bring about racial and economic equity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music Provided by :<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Li Kynvi (they\/them) is the student minister-in-residence at First Parish Church of Groton, MA.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They have worked 17 years as a hospice music therapist and are a candidate for UU ministry, completing their MDiv at Starr King School for the Ministry. Li leads a weekly hybrid&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1pA0-09wlCW4Aq_q03LI46mVVfgKjOjWGpdDdP9wjkcw\/edit\">singing-as-a-spiritual-practice group<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10669 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0660-edited.jpeg 1994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kristin Leary is happily retired and sings <\/strong><br><strong>with Li whenever she can.<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>She lives in Haverhill, MA, with her cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Much gratitude! Tech support provided by: Wendy Weirick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Side with Love:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sidewithlove.org\/climatejustice\">https:\/\/sidewithlove.org\/climatejustice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UU Women&#8217;s Federation<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuwf.org\/ \">https:\/\/www.uuwf.org\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UU Congregation of Danbury<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uudanbury.org\/\">https:\/\/uudanbury.org\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UU College of Social Justice <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uucsj.org\/ \">https:\/\/uucsj.org\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UU Church of Richmond <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richmonduu.org\">https:\/\/richmonduu.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and more to come! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Solstice Worship Service 2023 Dear Community, Here is a recording of our Solstice Service. 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