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At Uta’s Green Scene
What a month and a half! It
started with a little wind the evolved into Hurricane Irene
which stripped our pastor & Mary’s home of several of its
sheltering trees. The trees were snapped in half and took their
garage down. Both cars were smashed, one salvageable after
several weeks of extensive repairs and thanks to Kit Kitner, a
fine replacement for the other.
As we took a deep breath, many
of us found ourselves in preparation for flooding conditions.
While the rummage sale was postponed a week, our left-over
merchandise was well received by flood relief coordinators and
our own reverend’s “Need A Garage” sale. We pray for sunshine
and eager shoppers.
Our friend, Kirk, has been found
and his address is in the office. Let’s write to support his
healing often.
Then we had our first Health
Fair, meticulously prepared by our own Betty Habler and Grace
Taylor. Wow! What an overwhelming success! You two are super
organizers! Every available corner of the center found yet
another health participant offering massages, lectures,
demonstrations, classes, testings, recipes, samples, and Zumba
dancing! Every vendor deserves our deepest thanks for sharing
their expertise.
Is that enough now? NO! Even
with the postponement of movie night, “The Lamp” was presented
and greatly received. There’s even a special setting on the gift
DVD for the visually impaired. The way the story’s narrative is
woven also conveys the audio message brilliantly. Great stuff!
Still my report isn’t finished
without celebrating the One Love concert, brought in by Grace
Taylor. Thank you, thank you, for sounds we’ve never seen,
instruments we’ve never heard, and songs we’ve never known we
missed! I don’t know in how many languages we honored Divinity
throughout the many world cultures. The chants were so
hauntingly beautiful that while we had difficulty clapping in
applause, our hands were moved along to their primordial
rhythms. With blissful abandon, the dancing and hula hooping
began in the aisles. We celebrated the love of God as He and She
is experienced in realms far removed from the every day patterns
of our little NEPA world. A song sheet with translations has
found a home on our bulletin board or on
onelovechant.com with
several recordings. I also want to thank you, Grace for the
amazing array of authentic foods and thank you, 21st century for
appreciation of diversity!
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