Note: This starts with a single voice with other voices coming in so I’ve set the other lines in parenthesis.
The veil between worlds it is opening
The spirits are calling our names
To listen to their wisdom
To gather round sacred flame (In the silence we hear them )
The veil between worlds it is opening (Voices from the past)
The spirits are calling our names (Giving name to illusion)
To listen to their wisdom (Truth that we have outcast)
To gather round sacred flame (In the silence we hear them )
I felt like making a simple Halloween memory game for kids RE so I used free clipart from Freepik. Not everyone has the skills or the time to take free clip art and make into other things. So if anyone needs it for a Samhain potluck kiddie table or for RE classroom parties here’s a free “memory” game on big cards you can print.
Main Images
I chose this set for the main images so it would be all ages friendly.
Background
The background was the dark orange bar on this set of “Halloween sprinkle” tiles. You can repeat it as many times as needed. I did it to cover letter paper.
Printing
The PDF is set to print one set of face and two backgrounds. Print these on white cardstock one time. Then reload it into your printer so the backs are first. When you print a second time, then the new faces are printing on the blank side of the backgrounds. And the new backgrounds are printing on the blank side of the old faces. You should end up with cards printed front and back. And enough to make pairs.
You can use as is or laminate them so they last longer. I laminated our set. Then I cut on the gray lines to separate them into four big cards. Then I flipped a card over to cut on the while lines on backs because my printer won’t bleed to the edge. There will be white borders. Since you have to cut off the excess lamination anyway, the white lines are a good guide. The image should come out fine. Using scissors or a punch, round the corners. Laminated corners can be sharp.
Game Play
The game starts with all the cards face down and players take turns to turn over two cards. If the two cards have the same picture, then they keep the cards, otherwise they turn the cards face down again. The winner is the person with the most cards when all the cards have been taken.
I am the river flowing
I am the desert dry
I am the four winds blowing
I am the sunset sky
I am the forest breathing
I am the ocean wide
I am the storm clouds gathering
I am the mountain high
CHORUS
I am the Earth
I am the Earth
I am the Earth
I am the Earth
We are the children growing
You are the place we live
We are the seed you’re sowing
We are the life you give
We are the future rising
We will be your voice
We will watch and learn from you
We will make the choice
CHORUS
I am the Earth. (You’re in our hands)
I am the Earth. (We’re in your care)
I am the Earth (Together we stand)
I am the Earth (This moment in time we share)
I am the river flowing
We are the children growing
I am the desert dry
You are the place we live
I am the four winds blowing
We are the seed you’re sowing
I am the sunset sky
We are the life you give
I am the forest breathing
We will be your voice
I am the storm clouds gathering
We will make the choice
CHORUS
I am the Earth. (You’re in our hands)
I am the Earth. (We’re in your care)
I am the Earth (Together we stand)
I am the Earth (This moment in time we share)
We share the future
Stand side by side
One Earth, one people
We’ll turn the tide
And in the future
They’ll say with pride
One Earth, one people
We turned the tide
Amanda Udis-Kessler wrote these for Mystic Grove CUUPs Summer Solstice 2021. She is incredibly generous and anyone is welcome to use any of her music at any time for worship or progressive activism purposes. This holds for any other CUUPS chapters that are in contact with us. Amanda only asks that the words not be changed without consulting with her first. More of her work can be found at https://queersacredmusic.com/
LYRICS
Lover Spirit, Intuition: A Song for Sending the Directions
New lyrics by Amanda Udis-Kessler. Copyright 2021
Lover Spirit, intuition in the center of our souls, Thank you for your sacred presence. All are one and all are whole. Lover Spirit, now departing, bless us ever as we dwell. With the drum and with the cauldron, from the source we bid farewell.
Sister Water, ever flowing, ocean, river, pond and rain, Thank you for your sacred presence, stream to bathe the growing grain. Sister Water, now departing, bless us ever as we dwell. With the cup, the holy chalice, from the west we bid farewell.
Brother Fire, great transformer, share the passion of the sun. Thank you for your sacred presence, heat unleashed and life begun. Brother Fire, now departing, bless us ever as we dwell. With the wand, directing power, from the south we bid farewell.
Father Air, your inspiration holds together all that lives. Thank you for your sacred presence, howling gust and silent wind. Father Air, you now depart us. Bless us ever as we dwell. With the blade as sharp as morning, from the east we bid farewell.
Mother Earth, beloved garden, living treasure underfoot, Thank you for your sacred presence, rock and crystal, nut and fruit Mother Earth, you now depart us. Bless us ever as we dwell. With the pendant, deep as midnight, from the north we bid farewell.
LISTEN
Song appears at 51:24. Performed by Amanda Udis-Kessler and sung by Phoebe Lostroh. Visual by Mystic Grove CUUPs.
Spiral Wound 