Message: “Flower Communion” from The Rev. Jeremiah Lal Shahbaz Kalendae

While fascism was on the rise in Prague in 1923, Rev. Norbert Čapek, founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia, created the Flower Communion to celebrate the beauty of pluralism, community, and spiritual life in the face of the ugliness of fascism’s conformity, exclusion, and death. It was later brought to the US by his partner Rev. Maja Čapek and it remains a late spring tradition celebrated in many contemporary Unitarian Universalist congregations. Please bring a flower (or a few) to church with you this morning for this special service. Chela Metzger, Worship Associate Order of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh5Cs1mLEpqmcO2qqfRWauY5_JEp92vtBq5K2SlcJQU/edit?usp=sharing

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From Monthly: "Awakening Curiosity"

Liberal religion is characterized by its open-mindedness and expansive love. Unitarianism freed people from the constraints of creeds and doctrines, and Universalism declared love and not law to be supreme. Our Unitarian Universalist movement remains a living tradition because it continues to awaken the curiosity that is central to liberal faith. Join us as we explore this month’s new theme of Awakening Curiosity.