All things pertaining to spiritual progress in life depend upon peace.In September, The Gathering has focused on the spiritual discipline of living and cultivating peace - both without and within. We do so in observance of the Season of Peace, which began on September 9th and will conclude with the International Day of Peace on September 21st. We have participated in prayer services and vigils, the 9/11 memorial service, worship, conversation, and of course, showing the movie One Peace at a Time. This Sunday we will continue to explore the theme as we worship together, 5:30 PM September 19th, 618 Locust Street. Many thanks to Nancy York and Trudy Darling for their efforts in helping create the worship experience.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan quoted in The Heart of Sufism edited by H. J. Witteveen
Women for Women International will be our offering recipient as they are cultivating peace by providing women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. They state: We're changing the world one woman at a time. Our potluck will play on the old "peace" bumper sticker "Imagine Whirled Peas" (after all, one of our Practices is "humor"). Do with that what you will!
GATHERING FOR WORSHIP
Sunday, September 19
5:30 PM, 618 Locust Street
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