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Lou Ann wrote:
Is there a symbolism tied to the flower giving, or it a totally asthetic experience? Again, Elena's statement about the s living charmed lives appears so true.
Still love your descriptions.
Still love your descriptions.
27/06 10:06:10
Norman wrote:
A little history taken from the UU website:
The Flower communion service was created by Norbert Capek who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He introduced this special service to that church on June 4, 1923. For some time he had felt the need for some symbolic ritual that would bind people more closely together. The format had to be one that would not alienate any who had forsaken other religious traditions. The traditional Christian communion service with bread and wine was unacceptable to the members of his congregation because of their strong reaction against the Catholic faith. So he turned to the native beauty of their countryside for elements of a communion which would be genuine to them. This simple service was the result. It was such a success that it was held yearly just before the summer recess of the church.
The Capeks established the dynamic liberal church in Prague; Maja Capek was ordained in 1926. It was during her tour of the United States that Maja introduced the flower communion, which had been developed in the Prague church, at the Unitarian church in Cambridge. Unfortunately, Maja was unable to return to Prague due to the outbreak of World War II, and it was not until the war was over that Norbert Capek's death in a Nazi concentration camp was revealed. From this beginning the service has spread to many of our Unitarian Universalist congregations and has been adapted along the way.
The Flower communion service was created by Norbert Capek who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He introduced this special service to that church on June 4, 1923. For some time he had felt the need for some symbolic ritual that would bind people more closely together. The format had to be one that would not alienate any who had forsaken other religious traditions. The traditional Christian communion service with bread and wine was unacceptable to the members of his congregation because of their strong reaction against the Catholic faith. So he turned to the native beauty of their countryside for elements of a communion which would be genuine to them. This simple service was the result. It was such a success that it was held yearly just before the summer recess of the church.
The Capeks established the dynamic liberal church in Prague; Maja Capek was ordained in 1926. It was during her tour of the United States that Maja introduced the flower communion, which had been developed in the Prague church, at the Unitarian church in Cambridge. Unfortunately, Maja was unable to return to Prague due to the outbreak of World War II, and it was not until the war was over that Norbert Capek's death in a Nazi concentration camp was revealed. From this beginning the service has spread to many of our Unitarian Universalist congregations and has been adapted along the way.
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29/06 23:33:45
Lou Ann wrote:
Thanks for explaining.
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23/06: Flower Communion and heavenly coffee
The Unitarian Fellowship is full of a lot of new experiences, and a lot of farmiliarity at the same time. To me, the white airy sanctuary space combined with the smell of brewing coffee remind me very much of the North Argyle Presbyterian Church that my family attended, it was one of the closest buildings to our house. The steeple rose above the fields a comfort when it was lit up during the dark early evenings of late fall, our land surrounded the graveyard across the street. We always sat in the back pews, to the right hand of the minister. At the end of the service someone would start the coffee brewing, and it would be ready and waiting at the end of the service, with white styrofome cups of sugar and milk, a stainless steel brewing pot with a black spigot and a little red light. But that was all, no cakes, no cookies, and so my sweet tooth had to be satiated by sipping the sugary remnants of my Moms coffee. Eventually the membership of the church dwindled and the hard decision was made to close it when I was in Highschool. For Tory Coffee reminds her of anything but Church, Growing up LDS she remembers feeling scandalous nibbling on coffee cake. At the Fellowship, Flower Communion was held on father's day this year. It is one of the best Sundays of the year, everyone brings flowers, they are gathered together and then distributed by the children of the fellowship. festooned with flower crowns the girls ran up and down the aisles of the old synogoge where we meet, and climbed the apple tree outside. The smell of coffee filled the white space, but, as usual, there are always lots of cookies.