• Chalice, candle, and matches or LED/battery-operated candle
• Newsprint, markers, and tape
• Peace sign ornaments cut from card stock (see Welcoming and Entering)
• Markers, pens, and pencils

• Set up chalice.
• Write the words of James Vila Blake's covenant on newsprint, and post:

Love is the spirit of this church,

and service its law.

This is our great covenant:

To dwell together in peace,

To seek the truth in love,

And to help one another. - James Vila Blake

• If you will not do the Welcoming and Entering activity (where the early arriving participants make peace sign ornaments), make some in advance-one for each participant, plus a few extra.
• Set peace sign ornaments, and pencils, pens, and markers by the chalice.

Invite a participant to light the chalice. Lead the group to read aloud the Blake covenant. Say something like:

Today we will explore the idea in our covenant which says we covenant "to dwell together in peace".

Invite everyone to select a peace sign ornament and a marker, pen, or pencil. Encourage them to write on their ornament a way in which people can dwell together in peace. Allow participants a few minutes to write. Then, invite them, one at a time, to tie their peace sign ornaments to the wall hanging, and as they do so, if they feel like sharing what they have written, read or say it aloud to the group.

After everyone has had a chance to attach an ornament, gather around the chalice and extinguish it together.

Invite participants who may be unable to write on an ornament to share verbally while you or another participant serves as "scribe." If you know some participants may feel uncomfortable sharing in a group, let them know as they enter the room that later they will be invited to share about ways we show love to another person. This may help them prepare an idea before the sharing time; they can also pass if they choose.