Samhain
Samhain |
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89115
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THE PRIDE TREE
Their mission is to create safe environments where LGBTQ+ youth and allies in the greater Las Vegas area can build community and learn about themselves. They strive to create events and programming that encourage growth, education, exploration, and fun.
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Order of Service 10/22/2023
Samhain
with Donna Mead & Keri Pool
Welcome Words with Keri Pool
Greeting & Ringing the Bell
Land Acknowledgment with Keri Pool
Chalice Lighting with Donna Mead & Keri Pool
Congregational response
"We light the chalice as a reminder that together we are a beacon in the desert. May its light lead the way to love, acceptance and justice as we strive for personal and societal transformation."
Opening Words/Invocation with Donna Mead
by Edain McCoy
Calling the directions with Donna Mead & Keri Pool
Opening hymn: Veil is Thin at Samhain by Flora Ware with Heidi McCurdy
Story: Little Moon’s Samhain Adventure by: Nixie Foster, Narrated by Binnie Wilkin
Of Our Hearts with Keri Pool
Ancestors Ritual with Donna Mead
Music: Behind the Veil by Abigail Spinner McBride
Honoring the Ancestors (Ritual Adapted from Mallorie Vaudois)
Reading with Keri Pool
Poem: The Bells of Samhain by Jezibel Anat
Offering with Keri Pool: The Pride Tree
Music: Always Plenty by Abigail Spinner McBride
Congregational response
“With gratitude for the abundance in our own lives, we give for the life of this congregation and the benefit of the larger community.”
Pastoral hymn: STLT#389, Gathered Here
Gift box with Donna Mead
Sermon with Donna Mead
Samhain and the Thinning of the Veil
Release the directions with Donna Mead & Keri Pool
Closing song: It's Time to Come Home by Mike Menefee
Call to action with Keri Pool
Benediction with Donna Mead
Samhain by Diana Rajchel
Chalice extinguishing with Donna Mead & Keri Pool
Congregational response
“We release that which was called with love and gratitude, and we extinguish the flame, but not our commitment to being a beacon in the desert. This burns brightly until we gather again.”
Announcements with Keri Pool
Postlude: If I Could be Where You Are by Enya
Prelude & Anointing - All Soul’s Night (Loreena McKennitt)
https://youtu.be/m6CMBoqA0n8?si=fk0J6KN0CMqq19RN
Opening hymn: Veil is Thin at Samhain by Flora Ware with Heidi McCurdy
https://youtu.be/fYoHXw-m_v4?si=G3fTTOJk6zENLrs4
Pastoral hymn: STLT#389, Gathered Here
https://youtu.be/QE3CfbXxrcQ?si=m9n2ff1Uc4-ZNK_I
Closing song: It's Time to Come Home (by Mike Menefee)
https://youtu.be/hLOyW7klG60?si=KOjhhYizXQ7PZsmK
Postlude – Samhain Song
https://youtu.be/R1iPJdwnn0c?si=m9qeo3rnBr9y4qjT