As our congregation moves through a difficult time, it is all the more important to ground ourselves. Literally touching the earth and celebrating the regeneration that is made possible only through disintegration may serve us well.
In soil we may find each other restored as the earth provides something common and generative to our lives and the life of our congregation. We will gather for soil communion and see ourselves metaphorically in this symbol of soil. We will honour our interiority in a public ritual that is similar in form to water communion, but done in silence. We will listen to where we are replenishing. We will listen to our own buried voices. We will churn, breakdown, and make our ground ready for new life. Bring soil from right where you are.