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Rev. Meg Barnhouse
December 20, 2020
First UU Church of Austin
4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756
www.austinuu.org
We raise our voices in story and song to greet Christmas with our annual Christmas Pageant.
Chalice Lighting
In this season of anticipation we raise our voices in story and song to greet Christmas. May the lessons of compassion, trust and generosity alight within us and lead us into the new day, renewed.
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Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.
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Meditation Reading
IN THIS NIGHT
Dorothee SolleIn this night the stars left their habitual places
And kindled wildfire tidings that spread faster than sound.
In this night the shepherds left their posts
To shout the new slogans into each other’s clogged ears.
In this night the foxes left their warm burrows
And the lion spoke with deliberation
“This is the end revolution.”
In this night roses fooled the earth
And began to bloom in the snow.
Unison Reading
For so the children come
And so they have been coming.
Always in the same way they come
born of the seed of man and woman.Each night a child is born is a holy night.
Fathers and mothers-
sitting beside their children’s cribs
feel glory in the sight of a new life beginning.Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,– Sophia Lyons Fahs
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