Throughout the year, the Unitarian Universalist Community of Casper celebrates a series of beloved Sunday services that mark the rhythm of the seasons and deepen our connection with one another, the natural world, and the sacred.
Water Communion – Held in early September, this ritual marks the beginning of the congregational year. Members and friends bring small amounts of water collected from meaningful places—whether far-off travels, backyard sprinklers, or moments of emotional significance. These waters are combined in a shared bowl, symbolizing our unity in diversity and the ways our individual journeys flow into a common purpose.
Burning Bowl Fire Communion – Celebrated in early January, this service offers a ritual of reflection and renewal. Participants are invited to write down thoughts, habits, or burdens they wish to release. These slips of paper are then burned in a communal fire, clearing the way for hope, intention, and transformation in the year ahead.
Flower Communion – In late spring or early summer, we hold this joyful and visually stunning tradition. Each person brings a flower to share, placing it in a communal vase. At the end of the service, everyone takes home a different flower, symbolizing the beauty of our individuality and the gift of community. This tradition, first introduced by Czech Unitarian minister Norbert Čapek, celebrates diversity, gratitude, and peace.
These services are woven into the spiritual fabric of our community—sacred times when we pause together to mark change, affirm life, and honor our shared humanity. They are intergenerational, inclusive, and deeply meaningful expressions of what it means to be part of UU Casper.
The service will be followed by the Annual Congregational Meeting. To welcome our new members and assure a quorum, all members are encouraged to attend. We will share the plate with the James J. Reeb Memorial Scholarship Fund at Casper College. Attend in person, or on Zoom. Click on the service title above for more information and Zoom instructions. Everyone is welcome!
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!
During this service, four UU Casper members and friends will share their spiritual journeys. Youth programming and childcare are available, and conversation and refreshments follow the service. Everyone is welcome!
A ritual to bid farewell to the old year, and welcome the new, reflecting on and releasing the areas of our lives that no longer serve our highest good. We look forward, creating goals that will advance our journey in the coming year. A portion of the service will be conducted outside. We will continue collecting food donations for Food For Thought throughout the month. Youth programming and childcare are available, and conversation and refreshments follow the service. Everyone is welcome!
“Now that I’m here, what the BLEEP am I going to do about it?” Three of our favorite UUs, Cindy Wright, Elizabeth Otto, and Athne Machdane will share their spiritual journeys and explore this question.
As part of the UU Casper “Care N Share” program, this is a “Share the Plate” Sunday benefiting Casper’s Murie Audubon Society, whose motto is “conservation through education.” Find out more about what Murie Audubon is doing in Wyoming at murieaudubon.org. The UU Casper Annual Congregational meeting will follow the service. Childcare and youth programming are available. Everyone is welcome!
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.
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.
A chance to let go of that which does not serve us, and open our hearts to the possibilities of the new year!
In 1989, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) established a program to undo homophobia and transphobia, in our hearts and minds, our congregations, and our communities. UU Casper is inclusive of the concerns of LBGTQ individuals at every level of congregational life, and we are proud … read more.
