This service will be our Ritual to Read to Each Other, in which participants (including children) are invited to bring a short poem to share with the congregation as this week’s sermon.

Below is a list of what poems were read at the service.

• “Operation Snowbound” by Annie Knipfer – read by Warren Knipfer
• “Snow Geese” written and read by Phil Knight
• “A Year of Birds” by Pat Craig – read by Cathy Cooper
• “The Wires of the Night” by Billy Collons – read by Mattie Whitehouse
• “On The Beach” by Mary Oliver – read by Jeanie Badenoch
• “Wondrous” by Sarah Freligh – read by Barbara Graham
• “Day in the Jungle” by Anonymous – read by Jack Day
• “Fishing with My Brother” written and read by Jo Anne Troxel
• “A Promise to Splash More in 2023” by John Roedel – read by Neil Schwarzwalder
• “So, Like a Leaf” by Adon Yoder – read by Mike Clark
• “A Poem for Cats” by Unknown Author – read by Darla Timmons