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Join us in person or online for our new book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. Each month, we will read and discuss a book with some emphasis on what we can learn from the more-than-human world or what we can do to restore right relationship with it. We’re planning to read fiction and nonfiction, perhaps with some poetry thrown in, and books from a breadth of cultures. Choices will reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, gender and gender expression, sexual orientation, and ability.
The group will meet on third Mondays of the month at 6:30pm.
You may attend in person (barring terrible weather) or online.
To attend online by zoom, please register in advance here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqfuutqzsrGtYuU5bOqRspIV75P7E5-sdm. Once you have registered once, the link you receive will enable you to attend any month in 2024.
In person gatherings will take place either at Kirkridge’s Turning Point meeting room, 2495 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013, or at Casa Colum at Columcille, 2155 Fox Gap Road. We are planning to meet at Kirkridge for even-numbered months and Columcille for odd-numbered months, but you can check Kirkridge social media for details each month.
If you would like to receive monthly emails about the book choice for the next month and the location of the gathering, please email us that request to [email protected].
A freewill donation will be collected at each gathering and split between the two organizations.
Books we are considering for this year include UNDROWNED by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr, A PSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT by Becky Chambers, SALVAGE THE BONES by Jessmyn Ward, WE MEASURE THE EARTH WITH OUR BODIES by Tsering Yangzom Lama, EMERGENT STRATEGY by adrienne maree brown, and much more!
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See all- January 2025 "Spirit of the Earth" Book Group--THE SERVICEBERRYNeeds location
The book selection for January 2025 is THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer! You can order the book from Kirkridge online bookstore here: https://bookshop.org/.../the-serviceberry.../21259025...&
We decided not to meet in December (partly because most of us are still making our way through Ministry for the Future!). We’ll be back in January to read the brand new release from Robin Wall Kimmerer called THE SERVICEBERRY. From the author of the runaway best seller BRAIDING SWEETGRASS comes this slim but pungent book about the gift economy and the “enoughness” of the natural world. Kirkus Reviews says “Despite the dire repercussions of not living in harmony with nature, her beautiful and hopeful prose leaves readers feeling sated, galvanized, and keenly aware of the world around them.”
For now, we are planning to gather on Zoom only. To obtain a Zoom link, if you haven’t already, go to this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZEqfuutqzsrGtYuU5bOqRspIV75P.... The personalized link you receive after registering will be good for all meetings through early 2026.
Hope to see you January 20!
PPS: You can now find all of our book club selections from the year, plus a whole host of other wonderful titles, in our online Book Nest. It’s a great place to find your own next read, or purchase gifts, while helping Kirkridge at the same time. Here's that link: https://bookshop.org/shop/kirkridgebooknest
