Winter Solstice Celebration: Leaves of Gratitude
Sun, Dec 19
|Channing Unitarian Universalist Church
A Winter Solstice community celebration honoring the return of the light through ritual, gratitude, handcrafted keepsakes, seasonal songs, and shared fellowship.
Time & Location
Dec 19, 2021, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Channing Unitarian Universalist Church, 2800 W 15th St, Edmond, OK 73012, USA
About the event
This Winter Solstice gathering celebrates Yule as a time of reflection, gratitude, and hope for the returning light. Together, we welcome the longest night of the year by honoring the turning of the Wheel of the Year and the promise of new beginnings that follows even the darkest season.
Participants will be guided through a grounding meditation, elemental invocations, and a community circle centered on shared intentions for the coming year. As the heart of the gathering, each person will create a Leaf of Gratitude - a handcrafted keepsake inscribed with words of thanks, wishes, symbols, runes, or personal blessings. These leaves are designed to be displayed throughout the Yule season as reminders of gratitude and intention before being ceremonially returned to the fire at the season's end.
Following the ritual, the community will gather around the spirit of the hearth through Yuletide carols, handmade gift exchange, and fellowship, celebrating…