Thanksgiving - GIVING

ThanksGIVING

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” 

― Mother Teresa

A Prayer of Thankfulness For today, I am grateful For tomorrow, I am hopeful For my life, I am blessed I thank my ancestors for their labors and survival I thank my contemporaries for their companionship I thank my descendants for carrying me with them For today  .  .  .  I do my best in all things For tomorrow . . .  I honor and heal the environment For my life . . . I work to be a healthy cell in the body of the Universe I honor the journey of my life with conscious living and honor the the lives of all I meet and those I will never know. Copyright Abby Willowroot 2007 Write a prayer of your own for Thanksgiving or Gratitude:

Sunflower Blessings of Thanks

Sunflower Blessings of Thanks

T he Earth shares with us food

H elp us to remember how much work it is to grow

A mazing magic with hard working hands,

N atural sunlight, rain and song

K inship to all who care 

Strength, we thank you sunflowers everywhere!

Print and color

Supper and Solidarity

Supper and Solidarity

Add who is at the table as well! What stranger will you open your table to?

Using our hands, sharing in community together

(Friday Night Supper Program @ Arlington Street Church, Boston MA)

The Purpose of human life is to serve 

and to show compassion and the will to help others 

- Albert Schweitzer

Bulbs as Memories

Bulbs as Memories

We will be planting bulbs in honor of those 
who have passed on, that are no longer with us.

For each bulb, and then blooming flower 
will remind us of them!

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. -Rosa Parks 

Butterflies and Beasts

Butterflies and Beasts

Question:

What do you get when you put together a season of butterflies migrating and little beasts?

Answer:

Day of the Dead!

How do you honor those who are no longer with us, who have died? 

What special things do you do? 

What stories do you remember about these people and animals?

Come Sunday to hear a story called: Butterflies, Bonfires and Beautiful Beasts -a little history about this season of death and how we celebrate it.

Autumn AWE-some-ness!

Autumn AWE-some-ness!

what does it looks like outside your window?

As the colorful leaves fall to the ground, 

they have died in one sense but,

they also are giving life in another sense.

The leaves will give warmth to the new flower bulbs that 

are sleeping all winter long. The leaves bring us great joy to 

jump and lay and travel through them. 

Question:

The leaves .............. What do they share with you?

As the Bulbs rest and the little birds gather leaves and nuts and treats for their winter home, ....

How do you spend your Autumn season?

The Bulbs are Ready for Bed

The Bulbs are Ready for Bed

"Where flowers bloom so does hope."

-  Lady Bird Johnson, Public Roads: Where Flowers Bloom

Goodnight little bulbs in the earth;

don't worry if you get a little cold before your birth.

In the fall and winter you will rest well;

and arrive in the spring and summer like the ringing bells!

Colorful little ones that sleeps in the dark,

your amazing beauty makes a mark.

Smells and sights that bring joy to the streets

in our souls and down to our feets!

So rest well and we will pray for you;

we know it takes a bunch of time,

for you to do what you need to do.

We will have hope as the snow and cold wind blows,

for your glory will truly grow! 

- Laura Evonne Steinman

Do you plant bulbs in the autumn time near your home, school, neighborhood?

Why do we do this? 

Who does it effect?