Closing (5 minutes), Workshop 2: Prophetic, Parallel, and Institutional
In "Resistance and Transformation," a Tapestry of Faith program
Materials for Activity
- Worship or centering table and chalice
- Participant journals
- Copies of Singing the Living Tradition for all participants
- Taking It Home handout
Preparation for Activity
- Customize the Taking It Home section of this workshop and copy for all participants.
Description of Activity
Invite participants, if they wish, to share a few words or a sentence from their journals.
Invite everyone to join in reading the closing words, by T.S. Eliot, Reading 685 in Singing the Living Tradition. Invite a participant to come forward and extinguish the chalice as you say these words: "As we extinguish this chalice, may we let the light of our tradition kindle our hope for a better world."
Distribute Taking It Home and invite participants to continue to write in their journals between workshops.
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Last updated on Saturday, December 10, 2011.
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