Wage Peace
By Mary Oliver
Wage peace with your breath.
Breathe in firemen and rubble,
Breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds.
Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and fresh mown fields.
Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees.
Breathe in the fallen and breathe out lifelong friendships intact.
Wage peace with your listening: hearing sirens, pray loud.
Remember your tools: flower seeds, clothes pins, clean rivers.
Make soup.
Play music, learn the word for thank you in three languages.
Learn to knit, and make a hat.
Think of chaos as dancing raspberries,
Imagine grief as the outbreath of beauty or the gesture of fish.
Swim for the other side.
Wage peace.
Never has the world seemed so fresh and precious.
Have a cup of tea and rejoice.
Act as if armistice has already arrived.
Don’t wait another minute.
• Passiontide begins March 20th
Community Announcements
Needed: Musicians for the Children’s Service.
Please contact Rev. Kelly
Monday Evenings • Singing at Mettabee 6:30–7:30
Tuesday Evenings • Study Group
The Gospel of Mark, 7:00- 8:00 pm. Books are available at the church book table. All are welcome!
Thursday Mornings • Breakfast and conversation:
Thursday Services will be followed by a potluck breakfast and discussion. (Various topics of your choosing!) Everyone is welcome!
Thursday–Saturday,
MARCH 17–19
Annual General Meeting of our Regional Board:
We are hosting the AGM here at our Church.
For Invitation Details to the AGM
Click Here
Food Donations Needed: Please see Sign-Up Sheet this week at Church or let Carol know. carolkelly.cc@gmail.com (Eggs, yogurt, granola, milk, snacks, bread, butter, savory breakfast items, Lasagne, Soups)
Housing Needed:
A few accommodations are needed for people coming to the AGM, for the night of the 16th to the 18th, Please let Mimi know if you have housing to offer.
mimi@colemancollection.com
Friday–Sunday, March 18–20•
confirmation retreat
There will be a Confirmation Retreat here in Hillsdale from Friday through Sunday noon. There will be Confirmands from Devon, PA and Spring Valley, NY. Visiting priests will be Jong Won Choi, Anna Silber and Paul Newton. Paul will be with us on Sunday. We will have 11 young people together here.
Welcome Confirmands and visiting Priests. We are excited to be hosting you this weekend!