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Finding patience and resilience, compassion and wisdom, requires the capacity to return again and again to equanimity. In meditation we cultivate that capacity by stilling the body and mind beginning with ourselves and our surroundings, preparing us to move in the world with intention and grace. Back and forth we move, from stillness to activity to stillness again, knowing that our peace and peace in the world are not separate.
Rev. Eugene Bush, D.Div., began formal Zen practice in 1982 and received Dharma transmission from Katherine Thanas in 2010. He serves as one of the practice leaders of the Santa Cruz Zen Center. He also became a teacher for the Arcata Zen Group in 2013, with occasional forays to the Hartford Street Zen Center and to Queer Dharma at the San Francisco Zen Center. Retired from his paid work as a teacher in a public alternative high school in Santa Cruz, he is most interested in the ways in which formal practice trains us for everyday life.
Stillness & Movement Virtual Sunday Service ~ December 13, 2020 11am
Gathering Music ~ “1ère Gymnopédie” by Satie …………… Annette Gurnee Hull
Zoom Introduction & Honoring the Lands…………………………..…. Scarlett Trippsmith
Opening Words ……………………….…………………………………. Bonnie MacGregor
Meditation & Ringing the Bell……………………….………….…….… Rev. Eugene Bush
Chalice Lighting ~ “Mindful” by Mary Oliver……………………………. Bonnie MacGregor
Aspiration…………………….…………………………..…………..…….Bonnie MacGregor
Story for the Ages ~ “Zen Shorts” by Jon J. Muth,…………….…….Therese Fitzmaurice
Hymn ~ “May I be Happy,” ……………………………………….……. Cadence Fitzmaurice
Joys, Sorrows & Celebrations / Moment of Silence…….…….………. Bonnie MacGregor
Reading ~ “Prayer For Peace” by Maylie Scott,……………………….…. Ruth Broderick
Offertory ~ “2ème Gymnopédie” by Satie ………………………..…. Annette Gurnee Hull
Stillness and Movement ~ …………………….…………………….… Rev. Eugene Bush
Hymn 1005 ~ “Meditation on Breathing” by Sarah Dan Jones
Closing Words ~ Blessing…………………………….…..……………. Bonnie MacGregor
Closing Song ~ Ode to Joy
Extinguish Chalice ………………………………………………………. Bonnie MacGregor
Go from here in Peace, Go in Love………………………….…………. Scarlett Trippsmith
Coffee Hour Break-out Rooms, 10 minutes, and Dance Party