Shining Lakes Grove Liturgists Worksheet: Summer Solstice 2003

(Webmaster's note: This is the worksheet used by the folks running the ritual. Italics indicate an action, bold indicates the person performing the action (or a ritual prop, or a song title), and plain text is spoken during the ritual. The blanks ( _____________ ) indicate a ritual role which will be filled by a lucky volunteer chosen at the ritual. It could be you!)

Preparing ourselves for our time with the Gods and Spirits
Processional and Purification: _____________ / _______________ / ________________
We Approach the Sacred Grove

We approach the sacred grove,
With hearts and minds and flesh and bone.
Join us now in ways of old.
We have come home.

Bardic Invocation for our eloquence and inspiration: Rob
Welcoming the Allies, the spirits of the people and their gods who lived in this land before us: ____________________________________________
Honoring our Mother Ana: ________________________
Unity chant:
Single Threads

Singlethreads entwined in weaving
Are our hearts and minds and souls
As the branches weave the forest
So our joining makes us whole.

Statement of purpose: Rod

Declaring Center and opening the Portals
Well, Fire, and Tree: Tree: _______________ Fire: _______________ Well: _______________
Portal Song

By Fire and by Water
Between the Earth and Sky
We stand like the Worldtree
Rooted deep, crowned high.

Come we now to the well....
...The eye and the mouth of Earth
...And silver we bring
...The waters of rebirth
...Together we sing:
CHORUS

We will kindle a fire
...Bless all and with harm to none
...And offerings pour
...A light 'neath the Moon and Sun
...Our spirits will soar.
CHORUS

Gather we at the tree
...The root and the crown of all
...Below and above,
...Together we make our call
...In wisdom and love.
CHORUS

Acknowledging the Outsiders - the forces of chaos and change: _______________
Invocation of Manannan mac Lir, our Lord of the Dead, to guide and protect us in the Otherworld: _______________

Acknowledging and honoring our guests
Ancestors - our beloved dead: _______________
Nature Spirits - the spirits of the land and its creatures: Toad
Deities: Lugh, Aren and Bríd (feel free to offer a silent welcome to your own gods): _______________
Archetypes - acknowledging the three societal functions within us: ____________________
Deity of the Occasion: Bel and Danu (Rob)

Giving and Receiving
Passing the Sun Wheel- To direct praise and energy; to build a group offering
Group praise: offering corn meal to the fire

Main sacrifice: offering the wheel to the fire

Omen of return: Rod

Return blessing: Kupalo ; lemonade

Cauldron Blessing: Newest mother

Welcoming new members, officers, and guild members, and bestowing other honors

Unwinding and closing
Recessional:
Let Us Journey On

Let us journey on
Children of the Earth
Carry the nemeton's blessings
Into our lives and work

As we journey on
Children of the Earth
Let the nemeton's blessings
Bring peace to home and hearth

Rob Henderson, SLG Webmaster