What’s UUp 6/8/25?

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What’s UUp Sunday, June 8?
 

  • We’ll have the Flower Communion Service, so bring a flower to share. There will also be a baby dedication ceremony.
  • After the service, we will have a reception for Rev. Liz in the Social Hall
  • After the service, there will be an opportunity to sign the Membership Book in the Library.
  • Join us for this joyous occasion of welcome and blossoms. Remember to bring a flower to share.

Celebration of Life 11am in the Sanctuary
 
A Day of Welcome: 
Annual Flower Communion Ceremony

Reverend Liz Weber and
Reverend Mary Ann Macklin
 

Join us as we welcome the congregation’s New Minister, Reverend Liz Weber.  Reverend Liz will join Interim Minister, Reverend Mary Ann Macklin, for our Annual Flower Communion Ceremony— a Unitarian Universalist ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. Created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Mája Čapek, Norbert’s widow.

In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings a flower. Each person places a flower on the altar or in a shared vase. The congregation and minister bless the flowers, and they’re re redistributed. Each person takes home a different flower than the one they brought. We will have extra flowers for first-time visitors or if you forget yours.

During the worship service we will also honor our newborns and their families with a Baby Dedication.

  • We will have a reception for Rev. Liz following the worship service.
  • There will be an opportunity to sign the Membership Book after the service in the library.
  • Join us for this joyous occasion of welcome and blossoms. Remember to bring a flower to share.
 

For the zoom link, Click here. The Meeting ID is 4508929882 if you can’t attend in person.  You will not need a password. Contact the volunteer desk if you have trouble getting online.

The Order of Service (Bulletin)
Gathering Music     Ethan McCollum

Chime and Welcome    Jill Sampson

Prelude    Find a Stillness      First U Choir
Words: Carl G. Seaburg
Music: Transylvanian hymn tune

Lighting the Chalice and Black Lives Matter Candles
Bev Daly, Rev. Liz Weber and Rev. Mary Ann Macklin

Opening Words   Communion of Flowers  By Elizabeth M. Strong
Rev. Liz and Rev. Mary Ann

Processional #347    Gather the Spirit  Ethan
Words and music by Jim Scott

Moment for All Ages   Baby Dedication
Loren Crawford, Director of Religious Exploration
          Rev.  Liz and Rev. Mary Ann

Our Mission and Covenant      Bev
We are a church of reason and spirit,
that witnesses for progressive faith,
nurtures our community and transforms our world.

Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law.
This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.

Joys and Sorrows      Rev. Mary Ann

Musical response #95      There is More Love Somewhere    Ethan
Words and music: African American hymn

Flower Communion      Rev. Liz and Rev. Mary Ann

Song for Our Children      Ethan
Go in love, our hearts go with you.
Go in joy, our hopes go too.
Learn in love and grow in wisdom.
Shine your light in all you do.

Meditation and Common Prayer     Rev. Liz and  Rev. Mary Ann

Musical Response       Be Ours a Religion       First U Choir
Words: Theodore Parker; music: Thomas Benjamin

Invitation to Generosity           Bev

Offertory     For the Beauty of the Earth     First U Choir
Words: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint; music: Conrad Kocher

Minister’s Reflection     A Petal for Your Thoughts
            Rev. Liz and Rev. Mary Ann

Hymn #128       For All That is Our Life      Ethan
Words: Bruce Findlow; music: Patrick L. Rickey

Extinguishing the Chalice         Bev
We extinguish these flames, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Postlude       Ethan

Benediction     Rev. Mary Ann and Rev. Liz