Our 25th Annual Rumi Celebration

By davidschmit | Published: December 16, 2025

We did it again!  Our Annual Rumi Celebration honoring Sufism’s greatest poet, Jelalludin Rumi, with the Wild Moon Bhaktas, Hakim Bushnell and Rev. Ted Tollefson.  This program features music, chanting, an open mic so people can share their favorite Rumi poem and more.  The band introduced our newest player that night, William Lyles, drums and percussion.

Amazing that Rumi, who grew up in Afghanistan and Turkey and created his poetry over 700 years ago, communicates so powerfully to today’s spiritual seeker.

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