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<div>Fall Equinox Greetings! </div>
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<div>In the Presbyterian Church Program Calendar, the day of the Fall Equinox is also designated as Native American Day. Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and other days and months also have such designations. In once sense every day is a day to designate and remember the ancient wisdom that we have forgotten but that Indigenous Life Ways continue to teach us about living as part Earth and all Creation. </div>
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<div>The racial inequities and white privilege still rearing its ugly head in St. Louis and throughout the American society; the continued mistreatment and disenfranchisement of Native Americans; and the ramifications of political and economic colonialism which continue to lead us into wars (check out Ken Burns PBS series on Vietnam War); and the degradation of the Earth are rooted in the 15th Doctrine of Discovery which remains to this day part of US organic law and foreign policy.</div>
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<div><font>The words/prayers and music below were some of the liturgy we used at Second Presbyterian Church's (St. Louis) Celebration/Care of Creation service that wove together perspectives from science, Christian Faith and Indigenous Life Ways as they call humanity to live sustainably, compassionately, and justly as part of this emerging creation. Attached are copies of the service and a reflection I shared: "A Declaration of Interdependence."</font></div>
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<div><font>Blessings as a new season is upon us...</font></div>
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<div><font>Ellie :)</font></div>
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<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Every part of this earth is sacred,</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>every shining pine needle, every sandy shore,</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>every mist in the dark woods,</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>every clearing and humming insect is holy.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>the rocky crest, the juices of the meadow, the beasts</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>and all the people, all belong to the same family.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Teach your children that the earth is our mother.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The water’s murmur is the voice of our father’s father.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>We are part of the earth, and the earth is part of us.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The rivers are our brothers; they quench our thirst.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The perfumed flowers are our sisters.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The air is precious.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>For all of us share the same breath.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The wind that gave our grandparents breath</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>also receives their last sigh. </span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>The wind gave our children the spirit of life.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>This we know, the earth does not belong to us;</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>we belong to the earth.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>This we know, all things are connected,</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>like the blood which unites one family.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>All things are connected.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Our God is the same God,</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>whose compassion is equal for all.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>For we did not weave the web of life;</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>we are merely a strand in it.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Whatever we do to the web</span></i></div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style='margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>we do to ourselves.</span></i></div>
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<div><a class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_find" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGXI93Z6ieM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u><font color="#0000cc" size="3">Now I Walk In Beauty (Navajo Prayer) arr. by ... - YouTube</font></u></a>
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<div><a class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_find" href="http://www.anselm.edu/Documents/Academics/Departments/Nursing%20Continuing%20Education/Music%20Now%20I%20Walk%20In%20Beauty%20Gardiner.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u><font color="#0000cc" size="3">Now I Walk In Beauty - Saint Anselm College</font></u></a>
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<div>Now I walk in Beau ty. ... - - - Beau-ty is be - hind me, a bove and be - - low me. Now I Walk in Beauty traditional. Title:</div>
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Four Directions by Chief Seattle</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Great Spirit
of Light, come to me out of the East (red) with the power of the rising sun.
Let there be light in my words, let there be light on my path that I walk. Let
me remember always that you give the gift of a new day. And never let me be
burdened with sorrow by not starting over again.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Great Spirit
of Love, come to me with the power of the North (white). Make me courageous
when the cold wind falls upon me. Give me strength and endurance for everything
that is harsh, everything that hurts, everything that makes me squint. Let me
move through life ready to take what comes from the north.</font></span></div>
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Life-Giving Spirit, I face the West (black), the direction of sundown. Let me
remember every day that the moment will come when my sun will go down. Never
let me forget that I must fade into you. Give me a beautiful color, give me a
great sky for setting, so that when it is my time to meet you, I can come with
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN" style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Great Spirit
of Creation, send me the warm and soothing winds from the South (yellow).
Comfort me and caress me when I am tired and cold. Unfold me like the gentle
breezes that unfold the leaves on the trees. As you give to all the earth your
warm, moving wind, give to me, so that I may grow close to you in warmth. Man
did not create the web of life, he is but a strand in it. Whatever man does to
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