Saturday, October 18, 2008

Sacred September

We were back on track with our full Fall program this September.
September 2008 was Jewish Awareness Month. We now have fun trivia cards for each faith to learn more during fellowship hour. Our first Sunday we honored Ramadan remembering all our connections:
La Illa ha Illa Allah, there is no God but God.
Shema Yisraeil, Adenoi Eloheinu, Adenoi Echad.
La illa ha illa Allah, there is no God but God.
Hear Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
We are all sustained by the love of God. We need to discipline ourselves to that truth.

This month Dr Phil's father died. He loved to share food and fellowship at our picnics.
We had this picture up at the wake.
He is waving to you all from the head of the table.
Thank you for your love.

The following people made generous donations to
Gathering of Light in memory of Philip F. Scime
Ruth Bahr, Orestes Dioguardi, Imants & Maija Kalnins, Wendy & John McGee, Michael & Kathy Ragonese, Cathy Rodezno, Paul Sobera, Maija Thielmann, William Turner, Anthony & Tony Vittorioso
Thank you and bless you all.

Our WELLNESS EXPO was a wonderful success!
Cathy and Ronna led a great team to make the day successful. Sammy Anello, Louella Murphy, Orestes Diguardi, Colleen Scully, Linda Furtmullar, John Speed, Burt Kopito, Clairissa Thomas, Rev. Annie Mark, Bill Turner, Mike Monte. We wish to thank all who helped and attended. A special thanks to our great vendors.
I hear one vendor even stayed and cleaned up!! Thanks John.




We had the honor of participating with the United Nations International Day of Peace with a special service. Thanks to Zach Mandernach for sharing his amazing talent on the piano for our procession of peace flags and the singing of Imagine. We even signed and sent in a proclamation to the UN and were listed on the website for International Day of Peace.
Our Autumnal Equinox celebration brought healing to many.
The Goddess is alive and magic is afoot!
Our guest speaker for Rosh Hashanah, Dr, Rev Lucille Rosen,
our Rabbi, taught us about the joys of the Jewish High Holy days and the importance of remembrance. It was a powerful healing for all!
Our Annual meeting ignited much enthusiasm and commitments were made by many to reach new goals for GOL.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a great log of our experiences at GOL! Since October my experiences with GOL have been so rewarding - celebrating with the Sikh community, winter solstice, Pre-New Year's Eve Party to name just a few! I am forever blessed to be involved with such a great fellowship!

Reverend JoAnn said...

Thanks Colleen! You are such a big part of all the Light here!