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Empower the next generation. The 2. 0th Anniversary of the Prayer Vigil for the Earth. After. a very small and quiet Prayer Vigil for the Earth in 2. Vigil again this year and see so many old. Many participants commented. Vigil and for many of us it was the final. Our fire keeper for many years, Bill Rolph, and Eleanor. Kibrick drove down from Canada and Ben Perchik and Sue Conklin timed. New Zealand to support the Vigil. All are long. standing members of the Prayer Vigil organizing committee. On. Friday for set up, we were joined by Jennifer Hudson and a crew from. One Heart, One Mind Center in Charles Town, West Virginia. The. Center is a Native American interpretative center designed to teach Red. Road concept to others of all traditions. They have their own Sun. Dance, lodges, and drums. Their 3 tipis and poles and the crew were a. Chris Llinas. They also came with a ceremonial drum and. Prayer Vigil signalled the return of the energy of the Divine. Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Vigil Lectionary: 621. Representing the leading global security solutions and access control systems providers in Nigeria and providing superior customer service and after sales support on a wide range of hardware and software solutions. Feminine. Tracy Wilson humbly graced us by leading the opening pipe. Saturday morning and later with a jingle dress dance in honor. Dave Wilson, who participated in many past Vigil’s. Rabiah. AL Nur of Spring of Light spoke about the new cycle we have entered. Divine Feminine. This is a time to bring. The. water blessing and healing was gifted by the Coalition of African. Spiritual Traditions from Washington DC. Iya Mari, who brought. Elder Mother Taylor of the African Houses, led the. New Zealand, Canada, The Czech Republic, Guatemala and. Lourdes, France. Some of the other Priests sang, danced. The. Japanese Shumei Taiko Drums were led by a young woman from Shumei. We. were blessed with two young boys around 6 years of age playing the. Taiko drums, who amazed us all with their strength and ability to keep. The. Buddhist nun from Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) temple, Ani Renchin. KPC youth drummers set the pace. Nina. Gibson offered songs and prayers in Gallic from the Celtic Tradition. Bridget's presence as she did so; Bridget is the. Celtic goddess of fire, poetry, healing, childbirth, and unity. An. altar for the Divine Feminine held space across from the Sacred fire. A. big highlight for all of us at the Vigil was to host ten Ainu from. Japan – they are the “People of the Bear” – the first people of Japan –. Northern Japan. The sculptures were lent by Janet Tamalik, who lived in. Nunavut (in Northern Canada) for many years and was in relationship. Inuit friends and especially a spiritual elder named Aupilaarjuk, who knew William Commanda, the Algonquin Chief who came often to the Vigil. The Ainu Elder at the Vigil this year was delighted to see the carvings and note the resemblance between himself and the photo of the Inuit Elder. The Ainu people. brought some of their own youth, and the Elders said they were very. National Mall and to have them so well received. The impact was colorful and moving to see those young folks so. Saturday. evening at Sunset our friends from Osmanl. During the ceremony, Ojibwe Clyde. Bellicourt, MC for the Vigil, and Sharon Franquemont, co- founder of the. Vigil, were honored by the Sufis. Later. Rabbi David Shneyer shared songs around the fire and the full moon. Wapje and. Maimuna (daughter and granddaughter of Mountain Eagle Woman, an elder. Prayer Vigil) inspired the gathered women in singing and prayer. On. Sunday morning, Howard Bad- Hand led the sunrise Pipe Ceremony and gave. Later he conducted an adoption ceremony in which. Lukman of the Sufis, Clyde Bellecourt and Sharon Franquemont adopted. Estella. Yeung brought choke cherries for the wiping of the tears ceremony as is. She was assisted by Claudia Mantila and Ayisah. Yusuf, who placed the offerings by the pictures of those who have. Clyde Bellecourt led the ceremony is his powerful way. Reverend. Charles Gibbs with support from David Berry, co- founder of the Vigil. Christian Service on Sunday Morning. Reverend Gibbs took. David, rather than a reading from the Bible, gave a. Later on Sunday. we again enjoyed songs and programs with the children led by Mary. Sunbeam, Cherokee, and chanting by Shumei and the Ainu. We. concluded with a . This. year we did not have a full food service on the Mall so we invited. Many thanks go to Rabiah al Nur for. Washington D. C. Many thanks also to Denise, Caleb. Claudia, Willie, Robert and all of Chris’s crew for preparing and. Vigil site. Throughout. Vigil our long time photographer Bill Sanda captured images of. The images of the 2. Prayer Vigil for the. Earth can be seen at 2. Photographs. With. Prayer Vigil. for the Earth over the course of the past 2. We are honored to. Earth. The Prayer Vigil for the Earth.
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