Speaker: The Worship Team

Forty-First Annual Water Communion Sunday

Forty-First Annual Water Communion Sunday The Worship Team, leading download: The Morning Program Water Communion is a uniquely Unitarian Universalist tradition, begun at a women’s UU convocation in 1980 by Carolyn McDade and Lucille Schuck Longview, to honor women’s work locally and to connect that work to a larger whole. In the intervening 41 years, it … Continue reading Forty-First Annual Water Communion Sunday

Flower Communion Sunday

The morning program Flower Communion Sunday   A Sunday to celebrate one of the loveliest traditions from our Unitarian forbearers. Now in it’s 98 year, flower communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community.  The history of flower communion will be shared, its purpose explored by the worship team who will … Continue reading Flower Communion Sunday

A Ritual for the New Year

A RITUAL FOR THE NEW YEAR The Worship Team Marla Loturco, leading Sneak Peek:  https://youtu.be/bZlpRkOJDuI A Ritual for the New Year – For five thousand years, or more, more than fifteen thousand generations of human beings have been invoking spiritual power. We will be touching that spiritual power by letting go, metaphoric cleansing, setting of intentions and, … Continue reading A Ritual for the New Year

Liberating Strife: Independence Day 2020

Watch this morning assembly here The Morning Program is below. The little-known third verse of “America the Beautiful” contains these words: “Oh beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life!” Emerging from the liberating strife of the American Revolution, our country has faced strife … Continue reading Liberating Strife: Independence Day 2020

“A Flower Communion and Jesus, too.”

“A Flower Communion and Jesus, too.”  Available now on YouTube   Today is the day we honor two elements of our Unitarian heritage–Flower Communion and Easter. Originally created by Czech Unitarian minister Norbert Capek, Flower Communion celebrates both nature and community. Recalling that Unitarians were originally Christian, we also look at Jesus this Easter Sunday … Continue reading “A Flower Communion and Jesus, too.”

A Three-In-One Morning

Three special observances coalesce within this week-end.  The Winter solstice on Saturday evening celebrates a pagan heritage.  Christians look with Joy on this third Sunday of Advent and Jews light the first Hanukkah candle at dusk Sunday evening. Our assembly today will celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and Solstice in readings and music.