A bowl is filled with water and passed around the table. You put your hand in the water and then your neighbor dries your hands before you pass the bowl on. For a second go-around, you touch your finger to your heart and then to the tip of your neighbor's finger. No words are said. They are not needed. All the elements for community building are already present: participation, service, reaching out to others, respect for each other's uniqueness, feelings of mutuality.
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