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Windmills, Worship and Wonder: Ideas for Intergenerational Worship

Category: Other
Specific catagories: worship, principles, values, holidays, festivals, celebrations, special events
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Author/editor: Abby Winkler Crowley, EdD
Publisher: Greater Washington Area Religious Education Council
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Publisher's address:

Abby Crowley, DRE Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church 3215 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, MD 20783-1097 (301) 937-3666 Cost: $12 + $2 postage,checks payable to GWAREC.

E-mail address: crowleys@prodigy.com

Brief Description:

Over a year's worth (at least one for each Sunday) of intergenerational/children's worship services, submitted by several religious educators. Written in an easy-to-use format, including recommended readings and music.

(Wednesday, December 30, 1998 at 14:24:24 (EST))

The Pagan Book of Living and Dying

compiled by Starhawk, M. Macha NightMare, and the Reclaiming Collective

1997 Harper SanFrancisco ISBN: 0-06-251516-0 PB

Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over

Keep Simple Ceremonies

Eiker, Diane and Sapphire, editors

Portland, Maine: Astarte Shell Press, 1995.

women in religion ritual

THE PAGAN FAMILY : HANDING THE OLD WAYS DOWN

by Ceisiwr Serith.

This book will show you how to share the wonders of Pagan spirituality with your children and help you discover the joy of celebrating your religion as a family.

I Am Woman by Rite

by Nancy Cunningham.

York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1995.

A Book of Women's Rituals.

Entering The Summer Land: Customs And Rituals Of Transition Into The Afterlife

by Edain McCoy

St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1996.

Covers everything from the death of a pet to explaining the greving process and has examples of funeral rites

"Mother Earth" songbook

Tom Chapin CD's and songbooks

available from: Sundance Music 100 Cedar St. Ste. #B-19 Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522-1022

e-mail: Chapinfo@aol.com

URL: http://members.aol.com/chapinfo/tc

Rejoice Together

by Helen Picket.

You'll find it at the UUA Bookstore.

For children's chalice lightings. It has reading for both home and group worship and many are very appropriate for use by and for children.

Guide my Feet, Prayers and Meditaions on Loving and Working for Children

by Edelman, Marian Wright:

Boston: Beacon Press , 1995.

Here are prayers and meditations for parents and others who strive to instill values of faith, integrity, and service in their children.

Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions

by Starhawk, Diane Baker &Anne Hill.

NY: Bantam, 1998

It contains wonderful stories, activities to do with children for the eight major seasonal festivals, songs, various coming of age celebration ideas, etc.

Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children

by Johnson, Cait & Shaw, Maura

Destiny, 1995.

Earth-based, includes activities, ritual ideas for children.

The Grandmother of Time: A Woman's Book of Celebrations, Spells, and Sacred Objects for Every Month of the Year

by Zsuzsanna E. Budapest

San Francisco: Harpersanfrancisco, 1989.

A Women's book of celebrations, spells and sacred objects for every month of the year.

Spiral Dance: A rebirth of the ancient religion of the great goddess ,

by Starhawk

New York: Willaim Morrow and Co, 1991.

A beautiful call for a worldly spirituality.,

Dreaming the Dark; Magic, Sex and Politics

by Starhawk

Beacon Press, 1982

This is the Story of a Journey from a Place of Despair to a place and movement to action.Placing you in the example given to uplift and enlighten this work is both inspirational and moving. a must read for anyone seeking affirmation,a place in the universe,or a new breath to begin a new path.

I Believe in Me & I Turn to the Light

author & illustrator: Connie Bowen

affirmation picture books for children that communicates love, builds self-esteem

http://www.europa.com/~cbowen/

Women-Church: Theology & Practice

by Rosemary Radford Ruether.

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1988.

Contains Naming Celebration for a New Child.

Songs For Earthlings, A Green Spirituality Songbook

compiled and edited by Middleton, Julie Forest

Philadelphia: Emerald Earth, 1998.,

PO Box 4326, Philadelphia, PA 19118 -1998

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