White Stone Ceremony – 1/15

What is “White Stone” Sunday? It is the day when we set our intentions for the rest of the year. Usually, we come up with one or two words which represent the changes we wish to make or what we want to see expressing in our experience.

Generally, the way it works is that each person is presented with a white tile upon entering the church and a pencil or pen. During the course of the service, a meditation is done that helps the person connect with their divine essence, Higher Self, Divine Mind–whatever we call God. We are invited to ask for guidance on what our word or words will be for the year that will represent our highest intention or it may be a name that we hear for this new spiritual identity. That name is then written upon the white tile.

We keep the white tile as a reminder of our intention.

The idea of the White Stone ceremony comes from Revelation 2:17: “Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers (who overcomes) I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.”