11:00 Service ~ We all hold out hope for that which we desperately want — a certain job, a person, something to be different in our lives — but there are times when we are faced with the crushing realization that we can’t get what we most desire. We turn to many things for solace: religion, ritual, other people, substances. I’ll take a page from Pema Chödrön’s book about groundlessness, and talk about how once we stop searching for something to cling to, we might just be closer to bliss than we’ve ever been before. Dana Shavin, artist.
10:55 Gathering ~ music
10:45 Connections ~ sharing joys and concerns