All are invited on Sunday, May 10, to the annual spring blessing of UUCB’s Three Sisters Garden. Ministerial Intern Liesl Dees will conduct the blessing during service, and after service, will lead the congregation outside to the garden, where we’ll be greeted by music, courtesy of Evelie Delfino Såles-Posch.
Populated by corn, beans, pumpkins and flower seedlings, all living in sweet harmony, UUCB’s Honoring Indigenous Peoples Group (HIP) shares this thousand years old Indigenous tradition in the spirit of respect and as a reminder of the circle of life, the interdependence of all living things and our commitment to be good stewards of the land.
“Alone, a bean is just a vine, squash an oversize leaf. Only when standing together with corn does a whole emerge which transcends the individual. The gifts of each are more fully expressed when they are nurtured together than alone. In ripe ears and swelling fruit, they counsel us that all gifts are multiplied in relationship. This is how the world keeps going.”
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
