We plan to focus on celebrating discipline - as the path from distraction to holiness. We want to use the three-fold schema from Richard Foster's book "Celebration of Discipline": inward, outward, and corporate. We also want to make this as physical, rather than word-ly, a service as we can.

We think of the discipline of a dancer as the type of what we mean. A dancer needs the discipline of training, to be able to dance right. (S)he also needs discipline of movement in the dance itself. Without both disciplines the dance would not be.

So we plan to start with a dance (Rachel, to an Arvo Part piece). We will have a single large loop of chairs, to keep everyone in the same circle. We will have three sections of activity: one corporate first (Rob, on confession I think); then one outward (Peter, on simplicity); then one inward (Rachel, on meditation).

Still working on the detailed contents of each activity, which we hope may each involve physical rather than just discursive exploration. We will have a playlist that may be a little different from usual. We plan a chant (probably new) to use early and late in the service.

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