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Summer
Solstice 2002 -
Featuring Snakes Rising!
Thanks to Jason Keller for these photos!
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For this service,
we showed off the wonderful sanctuary at St. John's which was
built with windows that line up to the sun at the solstices and equinoxes.
Monty the Python
Snake , the newest member of EarthSpirit and the star of our traveling
minstrel group "Snakes Rising," introduced himself to the children
of St. John's after lighting the chalice with the help of his mistress,
Susan Pearl.
The sermon was entitled "Why We Dance" and focused on beliefs and rituals that pagans hold in common... like drum, dance, and serpent mythology. And then Susan Pearl and Monty Python will ended the sermon with a dance!
Finally, Melanie
Marsh and friends closed the service by getting everyone up on their feet
to move to the rythmic sounds of Snakes Rising using beautiful Tai Chi
movements.
Afterwards, we were joined by a group of enthusiastic drummers and dancers at St. John's Coffee Hour.
Finishing Preparations
Opening announcements and explanation of sanctuary's heliocentric design.
Monty Python waits his turn
Three Prelude pictures (Native American prayer reading with drumming & flute)
L Dave Hergert
R-top Diane Arnold & Ben Hergert
R-bottom Gurdave Dhiman
Before story
time,
the kids got to pet a snake!
Story time with Sparky the Guide Dog.
Lucas Hergert offering a reading.
Gurdave Dhiman
Susan
Pearl and Monty dancing with Snakes Rising