Topic: Annual Flower Communion

Online Flower Communion Service

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The annual flower communion serves as an opportunity to consider the role of nature in our lives, our inter-connectivity each other and to our world, and to celebrate our diversity which doesn’t divide us rather it’s the beginning of discovery & unity . You are invited to submit photos, videos or brief live commentary to share what flowers symbolize or mean to you. Click on the service title for more information. Go to “Attend an Online Service” on the main menu for information about how to join the service on Zoom. See you there!

Annual Flower Communion

Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek of Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings (or is given) a flower. Each person places a flower on the altar or in a shared vase. The congregation blesses the flowers, and they’re redistributed. Each person brings home a different flower than the one they brought.

Annual Flower Communion

The Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings a flower. Each person places a flower 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. The significance of the flower communion is that as no two flowers are alike, so no two people are alike, yet each has a contribution to make. Together the different flowers form a beautiful bouquet.