Revd Rex A E Hunt

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‘The Other Lectionary’ is a suggested ‘southern hemisphere’ Lectionary (with a few Resources added)
offered in parallel to,  or even replacement of, the RCL which is in standard use by many.

A GATHERING LITURGY FOR THE
CELEBRATION OF LIFE

“Landscape is an incredible, mystical teacher, and when you begin to tune into its sacred presence,
something shifts inside you”

3 September 2023. Pentecost 14A/Creation 1A. (Green).
Forest Sunday
Celebrating Community in the Tradition of the Meal

Acknowledgement of Country/First Peoples
(An act towards reconciliation)

For thousands of years Indigenous people have walked
in this land, on their own country.
Their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives.

We acknowledge the (NN) People of the (NN) Nation, past, present, emerging,
and their stewardship of this land throughout the ages.

First Peoples Statement to the Nation 2017 called “Uluru Statement from the Heart”
A Response from Common Dreams5 Conference of Religious Progressives,
Australia/South Pacific 2019

Both available at Affirmations/Manifestoes

And we recognise and give thanks that we humans
are creatures of the Earth living in the ecosystem
—flowers, trees and insects; land, waters and mountain range—
that is unique to (NN).
May we honour one another and honour life itself.

(NN) is a safe place for all people to worship regardless of
race, creed, age, cultural background or sexual orientation

GATHERING

Rich and Striking Visuals
 “The function of beauty… is to make us aware of a reality which is richer and deeper 
  and more marvellous than anything we can dream or conceive.” (Henry N. Wieman)
  Multi-sensory artwork OR Floral/Symbols display (cloths, candles, stones, wood, leaves, flowers, earth, water) OR projection of Film/Video 

Gathering Music

Entry into the Celebration (Sung, Solo voice)
“Be Still…” (Tune: ‘Be Still and Know That I Am God’)
Be still and feel the presence of God,
the presence pulsing, pulsing through Earth, 
be still and feel the pulse of God.
(Silence)

Be still and hear the Spirit of God,
the Spirit breathing, breathing through Earth, 
be still and hear the breath of God.
(Silence)

Be still, behold the glory of God, 
the glory filling, filling this Earth, 
be still, behold the face of God.  (Norman C Habel)
(The gong is sounded three times)

The God of the forests be with you.
All  And also with you.

Let us celebrate the richness and diversity of life.

Lighting of the Community Candle
The Community Candle is lit in silence

v2  Fountain of life...
Pulse of life...
Breath of life...
All  Earth is filled with the presentness of God.

v1  A planet filled with the presentness of God
All  quivering in the forests,
vibrating in the land,
pulsating in the wilderness,
shimmering in the rivers.
v2  Together this day, let us sense
the face of God in all creation. (Adapted. Norman Habel/soc)

Note: Check out 'Special Liturgies’ (this site) for the following:
(i) A suggested process for introducing new hymns, called Hymn of the Month
(ii) Additional Special Purpose Hymns that cover major international events or themes. They include these categories: 1. Bush (Brush) Fire, 2. Tsunami, Storms/Cyclones, 3. Earthquakes, 4. War/Remembrance, 5. Caregiving, 6. God as Mother, 7. Human Trafficking, 8. Disabled, 9. Migration/Refugees, 10. Terrorist Attacks, 11. Science/Cosmology
(iii) Some specific resources on Terrorism
(iv) On Wonder, Awe, and Nature

Hymn/Song  The people stand as they are able, to sing
“Morning, So Far To See” (Tune: ‘Schonster herr Jesu’, 66.96.68)                               42 SLT
Morning, so fair to see,
night, veiled in mystery –
glorious the earth and resplendent skies!
Pilgrims, we march along,
singing our joyous song,
as through an earthly paradise.

Tall are the verdant trees;
deep are the flashing seas;
glorious each wonder the seasons bring.
Brighter is faith’s surmise,
singing in pilgrim eyes,
from which our waking spirits spring.

Age after age we rise,
‘neath the eternal skies,
into the light from the shadowed past:
still shall our pilgrim song,
buoyant and brave and strong,
resound while life and mountains last.  (Vincent B Silliman)

OR

"O For A Thousand Trees"  (Tune: ‘Richmond’, 86.86)                                                          21 HH
O for a thousand trees to sing
And join with us this day,
With ferns and frogs and butterflies:
A forest hymn of praise.

Come celebrate with all the land,
Let species rare begin,
With geese and owls and cockatoos:
A choir of country kin.

How can we hear creation groan,
The outback cry in pain?
With desert dragons we rejoice
When Earth is born again.

Let ev’ry stream and river flow
In song toward the sea;
With whale and seal and albatross
We thank God we are free.

O for a thousand trees to sing,
And join with us this day,
With ferns and frogs and butterflies:
A forest hymn of praise.  (Norman Habel)
Remain standing after the hymn

Opening Sentences
We invite the forests to worship with us:
All  Mountain ash and eucalypts,
quivering ferns and glistening moss!
We quiver with the trees as they shake before God:
All  when tempests and tornadoes hit,
and raging winds invade the forest.
We invite tall trees to celebrate life:
All  Huon pines and ironbark,
tall timber where lizards and lichen
find their home!

We invite the forest night-life to sing:
All  Green tree frogs and timid moths,
ancient owls and swirling bats!
We join with the fauna of the forest in praising God:
All  Lyrebirds and black cockatoos,
platypuses, pythons and butterflies!

We celebrate the song of the forest!
All  Sing, forest, sing!  (Norman Habel/soc)

Act of Awareness
The sacred is everywhere,
At the heart of everything
That was, is, or to be...

It isn't what one says
But in what one does
That we discover where the sacred is
And is marked by peace and love.  (Edited. Robert Halsey/vv)

OR

We pray:
Creativity God, whose renewing breath fills our planet,
may we discern this vibrant presence among us,
especially in the mysteries of the forest.

May our spirits be lifted to rejoice with the forest
and all the creatures of the forest, this day.
May it be so.

Hymn/Song  “Faith is a Forest”  (Tune: ‘Mo-Li-Hua’, Irreg)                                            194 SLT
Faith is a forest in which doubts play and hide,
insight can hear the still small voice deep inside.
Web of Life, may this thread I weave
strengthen commitment to all I believe.
Vision be my guide as I seek my way,
lead me into this tender day;
speak through me in all I do and say.

Seeds of both meek and strong are scattered in air
dignity shines undimmed by bigotry’s glare.
Web of Life, may this thread I weave
help me hear witness to all I believe.
Justice be my guide as I seek my way,
lead me into this tender day;
speak through me in all I do and say.

Fortune and famine ride the swift winds of change;
sorrow and pleasure seem united in dance.
Web of Life, may this thread I weave
mingle compassion with all I believe.
Mercy be my guide as I seek my way,
lead me into this tender day;
speak through me in all I do and say.  (Shelly J Denham)

OR

"God is Surroundly Inherent" (Tune: "Wunderbarer Konig", 668D 33.66)                       14 SNS2
All the cosmos beaming;
All creation gleaming;
So we stand in awe and silence.
Galaxies are dancing;
Stars, the night enhancing;
Constellations claim our reverence.
God's own heart
Seen in part,
Shines in all the brilliance;
Shows forth God's transcendence.

Microscopic sources
Hold such mighty forces
In the atom's sacred magic.
Germs can be our masters;
Makers of disasters;
So minute, yet cause 'the tragic'.
Smaller still
Genes, with skill,
Breed God's inborn presence
In our human essence.

God is all, surrounding;
Source of life abounding;
Ground of being, spirit swelling.
Inmost at our centre,
There we all encounter
God as love and grace indwelling.
We adore
Evermore
Worshipped down through history,
God the wondrous mystery.  (George Stuart)
The people sit

Welcome
Or in your own words

A warm welcome is extended to all.
Especially those who are gathering at (NN) for the first time
or who have returned after an absence.

Your presence both enriches us and this time of celebration together.
Refer to printed liturgy
Fellowship hour following the Gathering.
Those visiting, please sign our Visitors book

CENTERING

Remembering
Take the eucalyptus leaf you received at the door,
rub it between your fingers, break it, smell it,
and share with the person next to you
rich childhood memories of the forest,
the bush or a special tree.
Conversation

We remember the gardens and the forests of our childhood.
The places where we played in the past,
when we felt close to Earth and to trees.
All  We remember and rejoice.

Silence
Now, away from the busyness of life
and in the silence of this place,
let us give thanks for trees,
for forests, filled with mysteries!
(Silence)

Sung reflection
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All  As this day dawns in beauty,
we pledge ourselves
to repair the web.  (Carol P Christ/swc)
(Silence)

Earth is a sanctuary, a sacred planet
filled with the presentness of God.
All   A home for us to share with our kin.  (Norman Habel/soc)

OR

Meditation and Silence
“Waking in the Cosmos”
By Catherine de Vinck. 

Not alien, yet too vast to imagine, this place we call home,
this solitary jewel,
sapphire on the throat of space.

Do we have eyes for the patch of earth in the backyard?
Do we feel the power of roots pushing the single grass blade to the light?

Yet sometimes an archaic memory stirs us awake.
We remember we are not alone, orphans lost in planetary storms.
We swim breast to breast
with other luminous bodies.

Within our blood
stars flash their signals,
rivers circuit their courses,
seas fluctuate rhythmically
while the dust of dead constellations mingles with our bones.

Turbulence, disorder, chaos define the necessity
to translate the song of the ocean,
to transect the arc of the sun,
the orbit of the moon.

We are the voice of plants, of animals, of stones.
We speak for galaxies
as well as for the common violet
both sisterly near, both alive, wedded to our fleshy heart.

EXPLORING

Wisdom from the Religious Traditions
 “Wisdom is not just special knowledge about something. Wisdom is a way of being, a way of inhabiting the world. 
  The beauty of wisdom is harmony, belonging and illumination of thought, action, heart and mind.” (John O’Donohue)

Reader:  May we open ourselves to the seeds of wisdom
that lies dormant in this/these reading/s.
All   And may our minds be fertile soil
in which it/they may grow strong and true.  (Gretta Vosper/ab)

• "Let the Trees be Consulted..."
By John Wright. Earth Prayers/105.

Let the trees be consulted
before you take any action
every time you breathe in
thank a tree

let treeroots crack parking lots
at the world bank headquarters
let loggers be druids
specially trained and rewarded
to sacrifice trees at auspicious times
let carpenters be master artisans
let lumber be treasured like gold
let chainsaws be played like saxophones
let soldiers on maneuvers plant trees
give police and criminals
a shovel and a thousand seedlings
let businessmen carry pocketfuls of acorns
let newlyweds honeymoon in the woods

walk don't drive
stop reading newspapers
stop writing poetry
squat under a tree
and tell stories

OR

• “Eros Awakens the Spring”
By John O’Donohue.  Divine Beauty/151-152

Creation is imbued with eros. Each landscape, each season has its own quiet Eros. 
In contrast to the glory of autumnal colour which is like the flaming of a final twilight, winter is a chaste season. 
Nothing flourishes. Every field and tree is cleaned back to its bare form. 
The night of winter comes in clear and sure. 
Against the bleak grey whatever muted colour endures seems ghost-like.

But as ever, the circle travels on to its own beginning. 
And just when the amnesia seems absolute, the first tones of spring commence their infant flaming. 
Within a short while the exiled Eros of nature stages a magnificent return. 
From the dark under- life of cold fields, infinite tribes of grass ascend. 
Skeleton trees allow themselves a shimmering of leaves. 
Flowers arrive as if this were the place they had always dreamed.

Having travelled through thousands of miles of sky and ocean, swallows return to their favourite holiday nests in outdoor sheds.
 Local birds become passionate architects high up in the network of trees. 
The terse silence of winter has given way to the symphony of spring. 
Eros has awakened. The shadow-dream of winter is coming to life in every corner.

Birth is the inner and outer song of spring. 
If winter is the oldest season, then spring is the youngest season. The Eros of the earth calls forth the beauty of spring

• Genesis 2:15-17 (NRSV)

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.

And the Lord God commanded the man,
“You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,

for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
Contemporary Exploration

Silence for Personal Reflection

AFFIRMING

A Celebration of Faith  (Optional)
In response to the word reflected on, let us stand
and share a celebration of faith.
The people stand as they are able

In desert and bushland, mountain and water,
we see the signs that God is with us.
All  In grass that grows through cities of concrete and brick,
we see the signs that God is with us.

In the faces of people whom God so loves,
All  we see the signs that God is with us.
In our brokenness,
there is the hope of wholeness.
All  In our emptiness,
there is the hope of fullness.
In our deaths,
All  lies the hope of resurrection life.

This is the Word in Christ to us.
All  The flame of the Holy Spirit
lives in this place
and travels with us.  (Adapted. Dorothy McRae-McMahon/eoj

OR

“Faith for Forests” Declaration (Affirmations this site)

Sharing 'The Peace'
Let us take some time to celebrate each other.

May a heart of peace rest with you.  (David Galston/q)
All  And also with you.
You are invited to share the peace with your neighbours

OR

Namaste
Facing the person with right hand on your heart and a slight bow of the head…

The Divine in me honours the Divine in you.
OR

The Light in me recognises the Light in you.
OR

The spirit within me sees the spirit within you.

Hymn/Song   People stand as they are able, to sing
“In the Branches of the Forest”  (Tune: ‘Mountain Alone’, 89.87D)                                     173 SLT
In the branches of the forest,
in the petals of the marigold,
on the shoulder of the mountain,
in the vastness of the sea,
you will find a brooding sadness
over all the ancient water shed
You will see it written plainly
on the wind and in the sand.

There’s a blight upon the mountain,
there’s a sick-ness in the evening sky,
and we ask the age-old question:
can we purge us of this sin?
Can we save the little nestling
from the venom of the canker-worm?
Can we clear the look of anguish
from the soft eyes of the doe

In the thunder new commandments
sound a warning through the wilderness,
let the forest be untainted,
let the streams be undefiled
let the waters of the river
as they flow down to the ocean
be as sweet as in the old days
when the mountains stood alone.  (David Arkin)

OR

“Just as the Rainbow” (Tune: ‘Colours of Hope’,  D C Damon)                                                 22 PaT
Just as the rainbow, bright with its promise,

holds in its prism spectrums of light,
so do our human cultures and colours
bring to each other depth and delight.

Colours adorn us, colours define us,

colours enliven nature's own art,

colours divide us, stark in their meaning,
black and white judgments tear us apart.

Fear of the stranger, unspoken anger,

shades of misgiving show in our face,

colours of blood have stained our traditions,

led us to conflict, race against race.

God give us eyes to value our neighbour,

judging no colour, image or skin,
but where the heart is, open to friendship,
care and connection making us kin.

God give us wisdom, luminous thinking, 
 prizing this rainbow, sensing its scope, 
 finding the gold in icons of others,
 
 working to paint the colours of hope.  (Shirley Erena Murray)
People sit

CELEBRATING

With the Children
Children gather on the conversation mat

Conversation:

"Somewhere someone:"
The kingdom of love is coming because:
All  somewhere someone is kind when others are unkind,
somewhere someone shares with another in need,
somewhere someone refuses to hate, while others hate,
somewhere someone is patient - and waits in love,
somewhere someone returns good for evil,
somewhere someone serves another, in love,
somewhere someone is calm in a storm,
somewhere someone is loving everybody.
Is that someone you?  (Binkley, C. G. & J. M. McKeel/jke)

In Solidarity
Care Candle:
We are people of all ages who enter this space
bringing our joys and concerns.
Joys and Celebrations;

Griefs and Concerns shared

Focused Thoughts:

Listening Response:
In the light and beauty of day
All  We give thanks in awe and wonder.
In the dark and stillness of night
All  We dream of healing and hope.  (Gretta Vosper/wwg)

And so we take this flame and light our special care candle.
The Care Candle is lit

v2   When we are grieving or sad,
When we are challenged,
When we need help,
The flame of this candle guides us out of the darkness.

v3   When we are cheerful,
When we celebrate,
When we accomplish a great task,
When we return to a place that makes us happy,
The flame of this candle reminds us
to share our happiness with others.  (Adapted. APalmer)

The 'Abba' Prayer:  (Optional)
You are invited to pray in the spirit of the Abba/Lord's Prayer, and in your original language, as that is appropriate

All   God - heart of the world:
revealed through every aspect of creation:
understood through our awareness.

May we honour the holiness of creation and act accordingly
so that your love is reflected
in the way we live.
May we always be thankful for the food we eat
and the friends we have.
May we forgive those who transgress against us
and be forgiven for our own.

In the freedom of love may we live as your heartbeat
and not be compromised by hesitation.
Through our freedom, may your justice
be seen and heard and experienced
forever and ever.  Amen.   (Sherri J Weinberg

CELEBRATING COMMUNITY IN THE TRADITION OF THE MEAL
Offerings

Presentation
May we find pleasure in receiving from life
and satisfaction in enriching life.  (Francis Macnab/fwb)

Centering Words
The earth has gone the round of seasons:
from the vibrant green of spring's new life
to the lush richness of warm summer,
to the brilliant fulfillment of riotous autumn,
to the generosity and self-giving of winter.

Now we stand again, touched by the promise
of new life in the spring.  (David Bumbaugh/cb)

Invitation
As we celebrate the renewal of life and hope,
we also celebrate the presentness
of the Spirit of Life and Hope and Creativity,
everywhere around and within us.
Silence

No matter who you are, or where you are
on life's journey, you are welcome
at this table with it's symbols of God's Creative Presence.
All  In company with all who seek nourishment at this table,
we come to celebrate community, and to share
these life-giving symbols.  (Jerry Stinson/adapt.)

Thanksgiving
v3  In the early spring, pale green blades of wheat
broke through the earth's surface.

v4  This hand of mine began to take shape millions of years ago
as the first leaves stretched out for nourishment and light.

v5  Eons ago the earth itself was glowing with heat
as it separated itself from the sun.
All (singing) You send your breath.
And they come to life.
You give the earth
the bloom of youth. (Smith & Taussig/mt)

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v3  By mid-summer the wheat stems sway heavily
in the breeze for acres and acres
of green and golden earth.

v4  The early species of kangaroo,
able to move quickly and nimbly in a way
we can only imitate, learned which plants
were best for them to eat and sought them out.

v5  The ground we stand on carries in it
the remnants of volcanos and oceans
which once dominated the landscape.
All (singing) You send your breath.
And they come to life.
You give the earth
the bloom of youth.

v3  This morning we gather around the bread,
which comes from the wheat in the paddocks.

v4  This morning we celebrate our oneness
with the plants and the animals,
which precede and surround us.

v5  This morning we remember we are earth people,
united with each other and to all on this globe
by the ground under us.

3,4,5  One body, one history, one home for us all.
All (singing) You send your breath.
And they come to life.
You give the earth
the bloom of youth.

3,4,5  One body, one history, one home for us all.
All (singing) You send your breath.
And they come to life.
You give the earth
the bloom of youth.

Silence

3,4,5  One body, one history, one home for us all.
All (singing) You send your breath.
And they come to life.
You give the earth
the bloom of youth.

The Tradition
On the night of his arrest, so the story is told,
Jesus shared again a meal with his friends.

He took the bread, offered thanks, broke it,
and gave it to them, inviting them to eat.
Bread broken

Afterwards, he poured a cup of wine,
offered thanks, and gave it to them,
inviting them to drink.
Wine poured out

And we remember…
v3  Life grows from the earth.
The kernel of wheat lives in the soil before it breaks ground.
As it stretches itself skyward, it also reaches deeper into the earth.

v4  Water and nourishment blend with sunlight as the stalk
begins to produce kernels of its own.

v5  This bread holds those kernels, that sunshine, that soil and water.
As we take it into ourselves, we affirm our own roots in the earth.

This is the ground we stand upon,
the earth yearning to be inside us.
It is the life we have taken in order to live ourselves.
v3  Life flows toward us from the Source beyond us.
It is a stream that creates us anew each day.

v4  It is a stream that wants to make its way through us.
A stream that flows through the city and country.

v5  A stream that readies a harvest in every season.

This is the life we have received from the earth
and from our forbearers.
This is the pulsing energy that has made a home in us
and that we give on.  (Smith & Taussig/mt)

Communion
To eat and drink together reminds us
of the deeper aspects of human fellowship,
for from time immemorial
the sharing of bread and wine has been
the most universal of all symbols of community.
Bread and Wine served in small groups around the worship space

PARTING

Hymn/Song   The people stand as they are able, to sing
"The Sound of History Humming"  (Tune: ‘Aurelia', 76.76D)
The sound of history humming,
the origins of time,
as galaxies are clustered,
as light and matter rhyme:
philosophers imagine
while science gathers facts,
we reach for understanding,
yet what we know contracts.

We delve beyond the present
through interstellar gas;
we fathom, seek to measure,
a sub-atomic mass.
The God that we conceive of,
a thief within the night:
we cannot gauge this treasure,
beyond the scale of light.
Remain standing

Parting Words
Let us take on this week’s life with renewed hope and imagination...
The Community Candle is extinguished

Hold again the eucalyptus leaf in your hands
as you go forth into this week.
v2  Will you care for creation?
All  We will care for creation!
We will nurture the forests!
We will celebrate life!

v2  This we know, the earth does not belong to us,
All  We belong to the earth.

Words of Blessing
Go in peace to claim the life of Christ within your midst:
and may the earth be warm under your feet,
the rain bring the gentle flowers
of the bush bright around you,
and the wind blows as the breath of the Spirit before you.
All  Amen. May it be so.

OR

Rainbow Blessing
(Includes the presentation of coloured cloth each week, building into a rainbow...)

v3   May your evolving consciousness quiver
when you sense the mystery of Presence
permeating our planet...
(A red coloured cloth - Radiant Presence - is put in place)

v2   May your whole being come alive
when you feel the mystery of Mother Earth
birthing you and all fellow Earth beings...
(An orange coloured cloth - The Clay of Earth - is put in place beside the red cloth)

v1   May the compassion of the cosmos,
and the empathy of Earth,
stir within you a consciousness
of a spiritual force in nature
that shares pain,
heals hearts,
and nurtures hope. (Norman Habel/rm)

Hymn/Song  (Cont)  "The Sound of History Humming"  (Tune: ‘Aurelia', 76.76D)
As yet the mystery blinds us,
confined by birth and death,
but human exploration
will not discard the quest;
as yet we live in tension:
the only earth we know
is where all skill and science
must help our love to grow.  © Andrew Pratt
The people sit after the hymn

'This Week' at (NN)
Notices
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Significant Events
Journey Candles

Music

Fellowship
Morning tea is now served.
You are invited to share in the moment of fellowship.

You are invited to keep this copy of the liturgy and take it home with you
to share with another member of your family, or with a friend

Please include any reproduction of hymns/songs for local church use
on your Music Licence returns, as appropriate

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Habel, N. Rainbow of Mysteries. Meeting the Sacred in Nature. Kelowna: Copper House/Wood Lake Publishing, 2012.
Halsey, R. Voices from the Void. Singapore: Trafford Publishing, 2012.
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(SLT) Singing The Living Tradition. Boston. UUA, 1993.
Stinson, J. “The Encounter of Progressive Christian Theology with the Language of Prayer and Ritual on Sunday Morning”. Westar Institute/Liturgy & Literacy Seminar. March 2006.
(SNS2) Stuart, G. Singing a New Song. Traditional Hymn Tunes with New Century Lyrics. Volume 2. Toronto. George Stuart, 2009.
Vosper, G. With or Without God. Why the Way we Live is More Important than What we Believe. Canada: Toronto. HarperCollins, 2008. 
Vosper, G. Another Breath. Prayers for Celebration and Reflection. Brisbane. The Centre for Progressive Religious Thought Brisbane, 2009/2010.

Web sites/Other:
Palmer. UUA Worship Web. Boston. <www.uua.org/spirituallife/worshipweb/>
Sherri Weinberg. St Paul's Presbyterian Church. NZ: Devonport, 2007.
Norman Habel Creation Liturgies.  www.seasonofcreation.com
Andrew Pratt ."The Sound of History Humming". Hymns and Books blog site. UK. <http://hymnsandbooks.blogspot.com/>
David Galston. Quest Learning Centre for Religious Literacy. http://www.questcentre.ca/
“Walking in the Cosmos” Published in The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, June 2019