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'Tending the Circle, Mending the World: 
A Service in Honor of the Jewish High Holy Days'
Sunday, Sept. 17 at Live Oak

Live Oak Worship Leader Richard Stromer will lead our service Sunday in honor of Jewish High Holy Days.

Both Unitarian Universalism and Judaism draw inspiration from many of the same sources and a sizable proportion of UUs have cultural and religious ties to the Jewish faith. 

In our annual honoring of the Jewish High Holy Days, this service will explore the Jewish ethical practice known as Tikkun Olam, a Hebrew phrase meaning "mending the world."

This teaching, which is based on a myth from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition, encourages us to constant actions, both large and small, which increase compassion, justice, equity, and hope in the world.

As a part of this High Holy Day observance, we will celebrate our Ritual of Letting Go, an opportunity to symbolically release whatever in ourselves and our lives no longer serves us. Like the age-old Jewish custom on which it is based, this ritual encourages us to self-reflection, hope, and renewal, at this season of the year.

Karen Boutilier will be the worship associate for this service that starts at 4p.m.