[Margaret Harper]

Thomas and Cheryl’s Group Agreement
https://archive.broadviewunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/One-Page-Small-Group-Agreement-May-25-2021.pdf

[Margaret Harper]

Blessed Are You Who Bear The Light by Jan Richardson

Blessed are you
who bear the light
in unbearable times,
who testify
to its endurance
amid the unendurable,
who bear witness
to its persistence
when everything seems
in shadow
and grief.

Blessed are you
in whom
the light lives,
in whom
the brightness blazes–
your heart,
a chapel,
an altar where
in the deepest night
can be seen
the fire that
shines forth in you
in unaccountable faith,
in stubborn hope,
in love that illumines
every broken thing
it finds.

[Margaret Harper]

A Blessing (From the Black Rock Prayer Book)

The world is too dangerous
and too beautiful for anything but love.
May your eyes be so blessed that you see God in everyone.
Your ears, so you hear the cry of the poor.
May your hands be so blessed
that everything you touch is a sacrament.
Your lips, so you speak nothing but the truth with love.
May your feet be so blessed you run
to those who need you.
And may your heart be so opened,
so set on fire, that your love,
your love, changes everything

[Margaret Harper]

GROUP AGREEMENT (WENDY BROWN’S BASIC GROUP)

group covenant/norms/agreement.

Those of us who met agreed that in order for our group to discover and develop a feeling of real connection with one another, we all need to:

– mutually respect one another’s views
– engage with a spirit of openness and positivity
– listen deeply to one another with head and with heart
– share our experiences and stories with honesty and depth
– determine a common purpose and set goals
– honour confidentiality; what we bring to the group, stays in the group unless permission is given for sharing beyond the group
– resolve any conflicts that may arise
– commit to the group, to participating and to our shared experience

This group is meeting approx. once/month via Zoom for two 40 minute segments.
They are taking turns with offering the opening and closing prayers/readings. etc.

This group of women has decided for their first learning/study that they will each research a woman of the bible, and present their learnings to rest of group.

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