Sacred Journey Fellowship

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Role of Diety at SJF

Services

Sunday Mornings
10:30 AM Coffee
11:00 AM Service

Sunday Evenings
7:00 PM Service
8:15 PM Social

Celebrations
12:00 PM / Noon
Regular services do not happen on Celebration Sundays.

Full Moon Schedule
is available

Kali: PVUUC Patron for 2007-8

At Sunday's Patron Auction, the Hindu Goddess, Kali was chosen as our Patron for the coming church year (starting September 1st.) We'd like to thank David Minesinger, Aine Aldrich, Meagan, Bob Anderson and David Pollard who put together the auction, as well as the people who showed up to bid. There were over 300 items of food donated to the New Beginning Center from the event, and we raised $456 for PVUUC. The first church service about our new Patron will be on September 9th.

A bit about Kali
Kali has four arms and hands. Two of these hands (usually the left) are holding a sword and a severed head. The Sword signifies Divine Knowledge and the Human Head signifies human Ego which much be slayed by Divine Knowledge.
The other two hands (usually the right) are in the abhaya and varada mudras or blessings.

She wears a garland of 51 heads, which represents the Varnamala, or the Garland of Letters. This represents the 51 letters of the Sanskrit alphabet. Therefore she is generally seen as the mother of language, and all mantras.

She is also accompanied by serpents and a jackal while standing on a seemingly dead Shiva, usually right foot forward to symbolize the right-handed path, as opposed to the more infamous left-handed path.

In spite of her seemingly terrible form, Kali is often considered the kindest and most loving of all the Hindu goddesses, as she is regarded by her devotees as the Mother of the whole Universe. And, because of her terrible form she is also often seen as a great protector.