Holidays at CSLDallas

“Wrapped in Love” – Celebrate the Holidays at CSLDallas!

This holiday season CSLDallas wants to wrap as many people as we can in the love we celebrate through the holidays.  You are invited to participate in our “Bear or Blanket in Every Chair” initiative this season.  Bring a stuffed animal or a throw blanket and put it on a sanctuary chair. We will love up each item in the chairs when we are on campus. If you are part of our online community, send us a stuffed animal or blanket to place on a chair for you, and widen our circle of love and light this holiday season. 

At the end of the season, these items will be donated to local shelters and charities. We will let you know where they went and how many were donated. 

Blue Holiday Ritual – Sunday Nov 30th 10:30am

Led by Rev Marquita, this sacred ritual allows us to honor life–long or situational challenges with the holidays. 

Knowing that not everyone loves being cheerful at this time of the year, our ritual wraps the sanctuary and our community in love and acceptance.

Come and share your tears or hold the space of comfort for someone else.

 

 

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Sunday Holiday Celebrations – Dec 7th, 14th, 21st

Normally this season of rituals focuses on Light, but this year we will be wrapping ourselves in the Love that is at the heart of this Light. 

Each Sunday Dr Petra and Rev Marquita lights the candles and honors how love is woven through the beloved traditions of Bodhi Day, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice. 

Make sure to bring the whole family to each of our Sundays here at CSLDallas

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Artist Trunk Showcase – Dec 14th 10am – 2pm

Perfect opportunity for your Holiday Shopping! Become a patron of the arts and support these wonderful expressions of Divine Creativity. Fill your home and your holiday shopping list with unique and one-of-a-kind hand-crafted art.  

The Holiday Trunk Show features artists from CSLDallas and friends. You’ll be delighted with the selection of items for holiday gift-giving and maybe even something special for yourself. 

If you are an artist and want to be part of the trunk show, please contact Linda Matthews or email info@csldallas.org 

In-Person

 

Dinner Friends – Dec 14th 5:30pm – 9pm

It’s time to get it on your calendar and sign up for the Holiday Celebration with Dinner Friends.  What are you bringing? 

Our Dinner Friends Holiday Party is on Sunday Dec 14, 2025, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm.  Lynda Taylor is our hostess with the mostest!    

It’s a great opportunity to wear your most FESTIVE and FUN holiday outfit!!  Bring your singing voice, we will be singing Christmas music.   

Bring your sweet self. Bring food to share, either Entree, Salad, Veggie, or Dessert. RSVP with what you’re bringing. 

RSVP with what you’re bringing so we can plan the perfect mix of dishes
RSVP to  lynda@lyndataylor.org or wilene@wcdenterprises.com 

In-Person

Wrapped In Love: Christmas Eve Candle Lighting Service 6:30 – 8pm

At the heart of this celebration, we are reminded that love is always present, and is, in fact, being born anew every moment. As we are still and quiet our minds into the peace of connection and family, we find our hearts opening and the Christ Consciousness awakens.  

This year, Dr Petra celebrates her final Christmas Eve service with us, alongside Rev Marquita, Rev Karen and Rev Faye. She has translated her favorite German Christmas songs and woven them together that we may experience being wrapped in the love of the Divine Presence. Highlighted by the lighting of the traditional candles on the tree and our gorgeous candle-lighting ritual, the evening will wrap us together in the warmth of love. 

Childcare is provided for children under 5
Join us for cookies and holiday beverages in Berrong Lounge following the service 

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Celebrate Dr Petra’s Final Weekend – Saturday Dec 27th and Sunday 28th

Saturday, Dec 27th, 6-9 PM You are invited to share your love and appreciation with Dr Petra at an elegant party at CSLDallas.  

Sunday, Dec 28th at 10:30 AM Dr Petra and Rev Marquita honor Kwanzaa and Ujima by celebrating the collective work and responsibility they have shared over the past 3 ½ months. Today Dr Petra releases the baton, completing her leg of the journey with CSLDallas, and Rev Marquita joyfully takes it up as she steps into Dallas 3.0. 

Sunday will be In-Person & Online Via Facebook and Youtube | Childcare Provided

 

 

 

New Year’s Day – Burning Bowl Ritual

Our Annual Burning Bowl Ritual has been a favorite at CSLDallas for over 20 years. We begin by releasing 2025 along with whatever we don’t want to keep carrying around, Let’s burn up the old, literally! Let that sh*t go! Then we pause, for a moment, in the sweet in-between. A breath. An opening…and then the possibility.

How will we take up the challenges of this New Year? Not with a list of resolutions, nor a list of fears. Rather, we listen for the revelation in the whisper of our heart or the shout from our soul - who will we be? what will we contribute? where will we stand?

This year we practice letting go and then taking up in a whole new way! Explore, experiment, walk the maze with Rev Marquita Pierre-McAlister as our guide.

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