No. 16 Mothers

Facilitator______________
Date___________________

Group Session Plan from UUCCA* - Rev. Calvin O. Dame

Chalice/Candle Lighting

Opening Words:

Earth mother, star mother,
You who are called by a thousand names,
May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.
You are grain and the loaf that sustains us each day,
And as you are patient with our struggles to learn
So shall we be patient with ourselves and each other.
We are radiant light and sacred dark -- the balance --
You are the embrace that heartens
And the freedom beyond fear.
Within you we are born, we grow, live, and die --
You bring us around the circle to rebirth,
Within us you dance
Forever.
Starhawk -- Singing the Living Tradition #524

Check-in/Sharing

Topic:
In the matters of mothers, our culture swings from the saccharine sentimentality of Mother's Day to laying blame for every shortcoming imaginable at the maternal feet. Everyone has a mother, we are the same in this. But the story of every mother and child is different. Some stories have a great deal of turbulence in them, though every story is a story of gifts. What is your story?

Select the topic and location for the next meeting

Check-out / Likes and Wishes

Closing Words:

"Because of those who came before, we are.
In spite of their failings, we believe.
Because of, and in spite of the horizons of their vision, we, too, dream.
Let us go remembering to praise,
to live in the moment,
to love mightily,
to bow to the mystery."

Barbara Pescan

* Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Augusta, Maine