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azinke@uuannapolis.org
What does it mean to be an interdependent community?
Over this coming church year, we will be engaging with the seven values embedded in our “Proposed Article II.” For November and December, we will explore the theme of “Interdependence.”
Included in this packet:
- Chalice Lighting
- Read and Reflect
- Read and Discuss
- Sharing
- Closing Reading
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
~ Thomas Merton
This we know… the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to earth. All things are connected, like the blood which connects one family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life – he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
~ Chief Seattle, 1854