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    GCL#92 April 2011

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    The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 92nd global chalice lighting reading for April 2011. All affiliated congregations are invited to use the provided reading during one of their worship services that month. This month's reading is in response to the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and aims to enhance congregations' worship experiences while raising awareness of the international dimensions of the religious movement. The 3 sentence reading reflects on the natural disaster in Japan and expresses hope and support for the Japanese people.

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    The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 92nd global chalice lighting reading for April 2011. All affiliated congregations are invited to use the provided reading during one of their worship services that month. This month's reading is in response to the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and aims to enhance congregations' worship experiences while raising awareness of the international dimensions of the religious movement. The 3 sentence reading reflects on the natural disaster in Japan and expresses hope and support for the Japanese people.

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    The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 92nd global chalice lighting reading for April 2011. All affiliated congregations are invited to use the provided reading during one of their worship services that month. This month's reading is in response to the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and aims to enhance congregations' worship experiences while raising awareness of the international dimensions of the religious movement. The 3 sentence reading reflects on the natural disaster in Japan and expresses hope and support for the Japanese people.

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    International Office of the Secretariat

    Council of 345 Addiscombe Road


    Unitarians and Croydon, Surrey
    Universalists CR0 7LG UK
    +44 20 8407 2866
    www.icuu.net

    Global Chalice Lighting for April 2011


    The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 92nd in its
    monthly series of global chalice lighting readings. Congregations worldwide are invited to
    participate.

    All ICUU-affiliated groups have been asked to submit brief chalice lightings for the
    project. Every month, a reading will be distributed to Unitarian and Universalist
    congregations around the world. We ask each congregation to use the reading for
    at least one worship service in the designated month, identifying it as the
    “Global Chalice Lighting” for that month and naming the group which
    submitted it. Readings will be circulated in English and, where different, in their original
    language.

    It is hoped that the ICUU Global Chalice Lighting Project will enhance the worship
    experience in our congregations and raise awareness of the international dimensions of
    our religious movement.

    This Global Chalice Lighting is distributed by the ICUU in response to the recent Japanese
    earthquake and its aftermath. In popular Japanese mythology earthquakes are caused by
    the great fish, Namazu, who lies imprisoned underground beneath a huge stone. This
    reading is to be used during April 2011.

    AFTER THE GREAT WAVE


    For Japan, March 2011

    Namazu, the Great Fish, stirs


    and the earth quakes.
    Tsunami, the Great Wave, races
    to the shore.
    Harbours are engulfed, and towns
    and villages and farmlands.
    The fragile, perilous works of humankind
    are assailed and shaken.
    Nature’s power and human folly have
    combined.
    People are filled with fear. They suffer
    ruin, devastation, and death.
    Human weakness is exposed. We feel
    helpless in the face of so much grief,
    so much suffering.
    And yet we cannot afford ourselves
    the luxury of despair.
    We are here to say that, in us, the
    universe cares for its children.
    We are here to reach out in love
    to the people of Japan;
    to unite our spirits with theirs in an affirmation
    of hope beyond apocalypse.
    And to do what we can.
    And so we kindle our sacred flame.
    -Rev. Cliff Reed
    16th March 2011

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