It was a beautiful evening in Ottawa for our closing
circle. We were blessed to have the
presence of Anishnawbeg Spiritkeeper Barbara Hill and two of her fellow
drummers, Judith Fransom and Nellie Corbiere, to
welcome new arrivals and share the smudge to bless our circle.
People arrived from many directions to join in our circle. Some came from our partner organizations. Many Unitarians showed up. Some came from our facebook event page. We even had tourists from parliament hill join in. After an opening prayer and song from the First Nation Singers, Rev. Frances Deverell dedicated the service to endings and beginnings. She talked about the importance of marking the end of the fast, but also of taking the energy from the fast out into the world to make people in all walks of life aware of the importance of taking action on climate change. We then lit our candles and sang together – This Little Light of Mine.
Rita Bijons gave the opening words: We Belong to the Earth By Salish Chief
Seattle.
We were blessed to have about 15 singers from Just Voices sing our Song For The Climate:
We need
to wake up
We need
to wise up
We need
to open our eyes
And do
it now now now
We need
to build a better future
