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Parish Unitarian UniversalistSpiritpath
Welcome to Spiritpath, the new First Parish Earth-Centered Spirituality
group. We are so fortunate that Marie and Tony Guerriero, who moved to
Norwood recently, asked to set up a CUUPS chapter here at First Parish. I
wanted you to know what this means for our congregation.
CUUPS stands for Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans. CUUPS is a
self-supporting and self-sustaining institution that represents a liberal Earth-Centered presence in the Unitarian Universalist Association.
I believe that Unitarian Universalism is broadened and deepened by the active presence and participation of CUUPS members. As stated in the CUUPS Articles of Incorporation, "The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, Inc. exists for the purposes of promoting the practice and understanding of Pagan and Earth-centered spirituality within the Unitarian Universalist Association, enabling networking among Pagan-identified Unitarian Universalists, providing for the outreach of Unitarian Universalism to the broader Pagan community, providing educational materials on Paganism and Earth-centered spirituality for Unitarian Universalist congregations and for the general public, promoting interfaith dialogue, encouraging the development of theological and liturgical materials based on Pagan and Earth-centered religious and spiritual perspectives, encouraging greater use of music, dance, visual arts, poetry, story and creative ritual in Unitarian Universalist worship and celebration, providing a place or places for gathering and for worship, and fostering healing relationships with the Earth and all of the Earth's children."
Welcome SpiritPath! -- Rev. Buffy Boke
Spiritpath is on its way to becoming an officially recognized CUUPS chapter. There is information online at http://www.cuups.org where you can probably get all your questions answered. Membership in CUUPS is open to anyone who supports the Principles and Purposes of the Unitarian Universalist Association, as well as the CUUPS Statement of Purpose.
The following are the Sabbat Celebration dates for the remainder of 2012:
| Ostara (Spring Equinox) Saturday, March 17, 2012 |
Lunassadh (the 1st Harvest) Saturday, August 4, 2012 |
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| Beltane (Mayday) Saturday, May 5, 2012 |
Mabon (the 2nd Harvest/Autumn Equinox) Saturday, Sept 22, 2012 |
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| Litha (Summer Solstice) Saturday, June 23, 2012 |
Samhain (Witch's New Year) Sunday, October 28, 2012 |
All rituals, unless otherwise note or updated, take place at First Parish UU-Canton in the Chapel. Doors open at around 2:30pm; circle will begin around 3:15-3:30pm Light refreshments and merriment immediately following. We ask for $5 and/or canned goods/non-perishable food items for donations to local area food pantries as admission.