Sunday Worship
Universal Worship
with Cherag Michael Douglas & Rev. Karen Lindquist
The Universal Worship celebrates the essential unity of all religions. We light lamps on the altar to represent the diversity of faiths and offer prayers to honor all traditions. We invoke the messengers of God, known and unknown, who have appeared in all times and all places to serve and enlighten humanity. By the practice of uniting in meditation, we allow this one message to enter our lives and change our being. Bathing in the presence of these living streams of revelation, we express and deepen our community's interfaith commitment.
Using this ritual as a foundation, we will explore our relationship to Divine Unity, share the songs and scriptures of various faith traditions & learn to recognize the energy of divine guidance in our lives.
Michael Douglas has been a student of Sufism for 15 years and of world religions for many more. He is a Cherag (minister) in the Sufi Order International and a teaching initiate in the Mevlevi Order of America. He is devoted to exploring the paths of sacred art and music in a contemporary context. He currently works as a stonemason and teaches religious history to middle schoolers.
Jamal Rahman
honors his Muslim Sufi spiritual tradition and weaves insights from the Eastern Wisdom traditions within this worship service. Read more about Jamal on his minister's page here. Inspirational music shared by Yanadevi viniko.
Join us for a Community Potluck following the morning worship service.
"Becoming Nothing." Sunday February 26th Rev. Karen Lindquist will share about her experiences in the Mevlevi Way, the path of the whirling dervish of Rumi's spiritual legacy.
Rev. Karen Lindquist will be offering the fourth Sunday worship in rotation with Associate Ministers, Sibyl Lundy, Linda Stern and David Heitmiller. Our focus for 2012 is the 12 Conditions of a Miracle. Rotation Schedule as follows: January 22nd, David (Emptiness); February 26th, Karen (Alignment); March 25th, Linda (Asking); April 22nd, David (Maximizing); May 27th, Sibyl (Giving); June 24th, Linda (Grounding); July 22nd, Karen (Visualizing); August 26th, Sibyl (Gratitude); September 23rd, Linda (Acting as If); October 28th, David (Engaging the Cycle); November 25th, Sibyl (Receiving); December 23rd, Karen (Recycling.)
Welcome The Interfaith Amigos Sunday March 4th.
For this service only Imam Jamal Rahman and Rabbi Ted Falcon will be present. Pastor Don Mckenzie is traveling and cannot be with us this day.
“Honoring the Guest” is the interfaith ministry of Rev. Karen Lindquist and is co-sponsored with The Interfaith Network www.theinterfaithnetwork.org.
HEARTSONGS
with Musician Celebrant Yanadevi Viniko and Tim Malone, M.Div.
A fully participatory all music, chant and song service.
Congregants are encouraged to bring a song, short poem or prayer to share.
Yanadevi Viniko enjoys sharing the timeless gift of music as an uplifting way to weave community and to touch the mystery of the heart. As a musician-celebrant and composer, she is a long-standing member of ICC as well as a contributor to interfaith gatherings, chanting circles, Dances of Universal Peace and other spiritfilled venues. Yana may be reached at yanadevi@gmail.com 206-310-3117
Tim Malone, M.Div. is a Spiritual Director and Retreat master who has been immersed in interfaith for over 20 years. He is a lineage holder of the Spiritual Exercises (SEEL) of St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuit Order. Tim roots music and chants in a prayerful sacred space which often faciliates participants entering a meditative state. Thus centered we become open to the power of Spirit and Healing Energy in silence, sound and poetry. Read more about Tim on his website: www.timmalone.org.