Camp Fire 1st Remembrance Day

- United We Remember - In remembrance of the Camp Fire, we invite you to remember…..

The way we each reflect and remember will be different, and that is beautiful. This document should serve as a template of ideas for you to make your remembrance your own. This template can be used in any way you see fit for your neighborhood, faith tradition, or ethnical tradition…… but united we will all do the following:

-Available at www.chicointerfaith.org with links- On November 8, 2019 at 11:08 am, for 85 seconds all citizens in Chico will be unified in silence to observe the anniversary of the Camp Fire and show respect to those lost and the community who tried their best to care for their citizens.

Here is the Proclamation: WHEREAS: On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire sparked in Butte County with a loss of over 300,000 acres

and approximately 18,800 structures; and WHEREAS: the Camp Fire changed Butte County forever, because 86 lives were lost. 85 souls, who were

neighbors, friends and family; and WHEREAS: the citizens of Butte County rose to care for those who were displaced by showing love,

understanding and compassion to those in need. The citizens of Butte County united together to feed and clothe those effected; and

WHEREAS: On November 8, 2018, Butte County realized the strength and integrity of our First Responders, Emergency Response Teams, Health Humans service organizations, local news, and Animal Rescue Teams; and

WHEREAS: the appointed leaders and the leaders by virtue, who rose to care for its citizens, and our North State will be forever changed. Together we are Butte Strong.

After the 85 Seconds of United Silence, you may want to include any or all of these

suggested reading from various faith traditions and play the suggested music. Native American flutes and Healing:

• Native American chant and drums for healing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za7q6FNX18g

Christian: “Faith and Wisdom” My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. – James 1:2-4

Judaism: -Author unknown, from Prayers for Healing, ed. Maggie Oman

God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, as a tree straightens after the rain, Shining and lovely again. God, make me brave for life: much braver than this. As the blown grass lifts, let me rise from sorrow with quiet eyes, Knowing Thy way is wise. God, make me brave, life brings such blinding things. Help me to keep my sight; help me to see alright. That out of doubt comes light.

Musical Prayer for Healing in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0iOfSiVesU Naturalist

“Lord, grant us Wisdom to Care for the Earth” Lord, grant us the wisdom to care for the earth and till it.

Help us to act now for the good of future generations and all your creatures.

Help us to become instruments of a new creation, founded on the covenant of your love.

Amen.

- from The Cry of the Earth

Baha’i Faith: Baha’u’llah Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. – Baha’i Prayers, p. 86. Music: Deva Premal Gayatri Mantra: play 30-60 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlnHON3tAXo

Historical for America Hope Is the Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm - I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.

Music: Red Grammar- Made of Love, For Burn

Zone Areas: only on website. He wrote and recorded it only for us…. On web site link

Contemporary Poetry: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

Music: India Arie-Strength, Courage & Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6P4jI8t-0I Catholic Dear Papa, by Rachel Barrentine

D E A R P A P A , I praise You for Your strength, grit, and tenacity. You never lose. You never give up.

You are the Life-Giving Breath in every living thing. In You, I live and move and have my being.

You are my bounce-back power. My backbone. My bravery. Courage. Purpose. Steadfastness.

Make my spirit buoyant, like a lighthouse on the water. Make my soul rebound with joy at the arrows of the enemy.

M A K E M E L I O N - H E A R T E D , S T U B B O R N W I T H F E A R L E S S O B E D I E N C E .

When I feel like breaking, be my flexibility. Bend, shape, squeeze me into Your image. Oh that I would respond to Your voice in faithfulness.

Oh that my eyes would be fixed on Your greatness. Be my Resolution. My Revelation. My Rejuvenation.

M A K E M E R E S I L I E N T . In Jesus name, Amen.

Muslim: From the Quran In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. All praise is due to ALLAH alone, Lord of all the worlds. The Gracious, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgement. THEE alone do we worship and THEE alone do we implore for help. Guide us in the straight path, The path of those on whom THOU hast bestowed THY favours, those who have not incurred THY displeasure and those who have not gone astray.

-A Prayer from Tzu Chi -

In my heart, I feel deep gratefulness

All my heart is filled with sincere prayer

From all corners of the world

Let us join our hearts and pray

For a world of harmony and peace

In my heart, I feel deep gratefulness

May all the Buddhas hear my prayer

All united with one heart

Let us end our hate with love

May there be no suffering year after year

For my heart, I pray

May we join our hands, our hearts as one

Spread the seeds of Great Love Nurture wisdom ever more

Let us fill the world with hope

So we stand up, be strong together

Quaker Friends: Peace Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; When there is injury, pardon; When there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood, as to understand, To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying (to ourselves) that we are born to eternal life. Music: Unite the Heart by Ali Youssefi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfPzUZ_25yw