After the service, everyone is invited to the Parish House for refreshments. OURSELVES When the throaty calls of sand hill cranes echo across the valley, When the rimrock flares incandescent red May this Christmastime be filled with and the junipers are flames of green on the short grass hills. hope, joy, peace, and love. In that moment of last clear light when the world seems ready to speak its name, meet me in the field alongside the pond, without careers for once, without dreams or anger or the rattle of fears, We'll ask how it can be that we walk this ground and know that we walk, alive in a world that didn't have to be beautiful, alive in a world that doesn't have to be. Maine Sea Coast Mission With no answers, just ourselves in silence, we'll listen for the song that waits to be learned, Rev. Rob Benson, Pastor to the Outer Islands the song that moves through the passing light. Maine Sea Coast Mission John Daniel (207) 244-0446 (h) (207) 460-2282 (boat) robcristybenson@earthlink.net Cranberry Community Christmas Service 23 DEC 2006