[Dialogue] claiming promises

[Janice Ulangca]

MessageLovely and eloquently true, Marilyn.  What a gift we can be to each other.  The best to Dara, and to you, Kay.
Janice Ulangca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marilyn R Crocker 
  To: dialogue at wedgeblade.net 
  Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:18 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dialogue] claiming promises


  Hi Kay,

  We used the "claiming of the promises" for our son Jon and daughter-in-law Jenna at the rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding, following a conversation.  The context we set was something like What special wish would you like to articulate for this couple and the new family they are creating?  What promise would you claim for their future?

  It is always helpful if you can provide an example to get things started.

  I think of this ritual as a kind of intercessory prayer -- an "on behalf of" statement, proclaiming that something new come forth.  I imagine the traditional "toast" to the bride and groom at wedding receptions is a form of "claiming the promises."

  In the Order we often addressed the spirit dimension through the promises we claimed for one another at birthdays, and in so doing we "laid a claim" on another's life to be fully his/her greatness in some particular way.

  What a gift to Dara that she will have these statements to reflect upon following the celebration!

  Marilyn

  Marilyn R. Crocker, Ed.D
  Crocker & Associates, Inc.
  123 Sanborn Road
  West Newfield, ME 04095
  (207) 793-3711


  On Thu, 14 May 2009 00:43:38 -0700 "Kay Fulkerson" <kayfulkerson at getnet.com> writes:
    Who can describe / share the concept "claiming promises".
    How do you describe this to strangers, to the orders customs? ( Like the three questions we ask at birthday's and anniversary and then claim promises.)

    Let me give the details:
    Dara, my daughter is graduation with a "masters in Business & Sustainability" this weekend.

    Instead a guest booklet, I have cut card stock paper into 1/4 and will have each person that comes to your party at her home and mine, 
    to "claim a promise" for her and put on the paper.
    Then collect them, for her to remember.

    I would like to write directions / definition, so as they get the card to draw or write.
    Who can describe / share the concept "claiming promises"?

    Kay Fulkerson
    Phoenix, AZ 85020
    602-943-2822
    KayFulkerson at getnet.com
    www.KayFulkerson.com
    www.healthsolutionsaz.com
    Feel Healthy & Live Longer
    http://myleadsandsamples.com/JoyfulHealth

     





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