CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS

This Holiday Season we have a lot to celebrate in the Circle, because for the first time since 2005, both Christmas and New Year's Day fall on Sunday mornings, and the Winter Solstice is on Wednesday. So, here's our schedule for the Holidays:

 

This Sunday, December 18   

Festival of Lights

Join Rudi and Zet for this unique, light-filled celebration honoring the Winter Solstice, as well as the winter holidays of several faith traditions, with words, music, meditation and creative ritual, along with a special poem and altar created by Don Mathis. We'll also enjoy the music of vocalist Kimberlyn Montford, and the Circle Band, along with a delightful, seasonal song from the Circle Singers.

 

Wednesday, December 21, 7:30pm

Winter Solstice

To celebrate the first day of winter, Rudi Harst will lead a special blend of guided meditation, music and sacred silence focused on the balance of darkness and light. This promises to be a particularly powerful Meditation Circle, and all are invited, experienced and beginning meditators alike.

Quaker Meetinghouse, 7052 N. Vandiver at Eisenhauer, 78209.

 

December 25

What Child is This?

Come celebrate Christmas Day with an upbeat interfaith service like you could only find in the Celebration Circle. The word on the street is that Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer will be making a special appearance to give his side of the story, which is rumored to involve spiritual principles. Plus music from vocalist, Sarah Gabriel, accompanied by the Circle Band. Afterwards, we'll be serving Pan Dulce (Mexican pastries), hot cider and coffee - and hosting our first-ever Recycled Gift Circle. To participate, simply bring a wrapped, new or gently-used item from home that you are ready to gift to someone else (along with the story behind it that you can tell the receiver, if possible). Joy to the world, indeed!

January 1

Something Old, Something New

Start the New Year on a v-e-r-y powerful, positive note! Rudi and Zet will conduct our annual Burning Bowl Ritual, in which you're invited to release old limitations and past events in consciousness, accompanied by the lively, pulsing sounds of the Circle Band, featuring vocalist, Sarah Gabriel. We'll also share an extended meditation focused on setting sacred intentions for the New Year, during which you'll write a Letter of Intention to yourSelf which will be mailed back to you at the end of the year. We've done this on the first Sunday of January for the past 18 years, and many people have reported amazing results from this process!

 

And, last, but certainly not least, please consider making a donation of any size to our Year-End campaign, to help the Circle erase our budget deficit and end our fiscal year in the black. The wide variety of speakers, musicians, gatherings and programming we enjoy in Celebration Circle are funded solely by donations of all sizes from individual donors like you. You can make your donation now by clicking HERE.  Thank you!