On Thursday March 13 at 7 pm, Mary Bonhag will lead a special evening service of music, readings, prayer and meditation from the Taizé tradition. The service will be at First Congregational Church of Berlin, 1808 Scott Hill Road, Berlin VT 05602. The service features simple harmonious chants, short readings, scriptures, poems and prayers, periods of silence, and the lighting of candles. Mary will also sing chants by the Brookfield composer and retired clergy Kathy Wonson Eddy. Admission is free and all are welcome!
Please join us to sing, or just to be bathed in the music of this special service! The candlelit service will be held in the FCCB sanctuary and will also be available remotely via Zoom.
Contact Rob Griffin at griffinsuter@hotmail.com for more information.
Taizé gets its name from the monastic community in the French village of Taizé, which was founded in 1940 and served as a shelter for political refugees fleeing persecution during World War II. Thousands of pilgrims still travel to the ecumenical, monastic community of Taizé yearly to attend teachings on trust, peace and reconciliation.
For an example of this special service, you can see the service Mary led at The Old Meetinghouse (East Montpelier) last year at https://youtu.be/rj3h3AgE1v4 .
For more information about the Taizé tradition, visit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiz%C3%A9_-_Music_of_Unity_and_Peace
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