Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Ceremony was introduced to the United States by Rev. Maya Capek, 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 redistributed. Each person brings home a different flower than the one they brought." (From the website www.uua.org)
Each flower unique.
Each person is unique.
By themselves, they may look rather plain -
Our Flower Communion at church was last weekend. It also coincided with our "Good Bye" service for our minister, Rev. Marcia Stanard who is leaving us after three years to become the new minister for Atkinson Memorial Church in Oregon City. We will miss her alot, but she has proved to us and to the world, that even a church as small as ours deserves and can sustain a great minister.
I think people are like that, too. Don't you?
PS - and if you get to Oregon City on a Sunday morning (starting late August) stop by Atkinson Memorial for a great church service. Tell them "A friend of your minister" sent you!
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We had Flower Communion today too.
I'm sorry you're losing Marcia, but you'll carry on swimmingly, I'm sure!
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