Saluda Stone Soup for 10/28/12

Slow Food Potluck at Leap Farm

Meet at 4 to carpool down (come back when you want, event ends 6:30 p.m.)

Here's the website with details..
SlowFoodsFoothills

Here's the text of the Prayer for Beginning a Meal.
As we begin this meal with grace,
Let us become aware of the memory
Carried inside the food before us:
The quiver of the seed
Awakening in the earth,
Unfolding in a trust of roots
And slender stems of growth,
On its voyage toward harvest,
The kiss of rain and surge of sun;
The innocence of animal soul
That never spoke a word,
Nourished by the earth
To become today our food;
The wor of all the strangers [and friends]
Whose hands prepared it,
The privilege of wealth and health
That enables us to feast and celebrate.

by John O'Donohue To Bless the Space Between Us

Kingdom of God:

The Overlapping and Interlocking of Heaven and Earth

Stone Soup
Sunday October 21 4:00 p.m.
Scripture reflections Job 38:1-7; Mark 10:35-43 (see below)
We'll gather at 4 at the Wesley Cottage. Then we'll explore some of the different places in our town and their functions in an effort to explore our part in the significance of place.
We'll talk about what makes a place, an event or us holy.
We'll use this to explore the significance of eating together, playing together, worshipping together and living together.
For our meal together, we'll have a regular potluck (if you want a focus, think about fall specialties).
I can't wait to see you then. Invite a friend.
Rob

Job 38:1-7

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: 
‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 
Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. ‘Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. 
Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 
On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone 
when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?.

Mark 10:35-43

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’

 When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John.So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

Stone Soup Harvest Fest Potluck at Columbus UMC

This Sunday, 10/14, we'll meet at 4:30 to carpool down to Columbus United Methodist Church for a Fall Potluck. The church will provide the turkey and drinks and we can all bring potluck vegetables, salad, desserts or whatever we want. We'll discuss pilgrimage, labyrinths and embodied prayer. We'll also enjoy the changing season. We should be back up the mountain by 6:30. There is lots of room for the kids to play outside down in Columbus.

See you Sunday...

Below are pictures from last Sunday's hike and the fire ring where we shared communion.

Stone Soup for Sunday Oct. 7 Meets at 2 PM AT THE SALUDA LIBRARY.
We're going hiking with SCLT (Saluda Community Land Trust) on the Upper Camp Creek Trail.
We meet at 2, then drive to the trail head. After hiking, everyone is invited to Rob's house (just a half mile down the road from the trail head) for cookout and camping.
We plan to have worship on the trail, a time for thanksgiving, reflection and communion.
If anyone doesn't want to hike you can meet us at Rob's house (call 828-606-3452 for directions) at 5 for fellowship and food. Everyone can bring what you would like to a cookout (a protein and a side) and Rob will provide the makings for S'MORES.
We've got room for tents around the campfire and room for 10 kids in the treehouse, so stay the night with us since the next day is a school holiday. The Parsons/Hestons will provide pancake batter to cook over the fire (or stove if you want to bring one) and you can bring whatever else you might need (we can use refrigeration from the house if necessary).

Our scripture lesson is Matthew 18: 23-34

 ‘For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.” And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow-slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, “Pay what you owe.” Then his fellow-slave fell down and pleaded with him, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you.” But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt. When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, “You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. Should you not have had mercy on your fellow-slave, as I had mercy on you?” And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he should pay his entire debt.

We're also looking at not taking things personally as the second agreement.

Then if you are still up for more adventure, we're planning a rock climbing adventure in Pisgah Forest National Park on Monday.