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This Sunday’s Flower Communion celebrates the garden of blossoming beings that make up UUCPA, including those who most recently set down spiritual roots here. And since every garden needs TLC to thrive, we’ll also honor all those who tend and nurture it. If it’s easy for you please bring one or more flowers to share. … Continue reading May 31, 2026 – Flower Communion
Rising: The Satisfaction of Action UUCPA’s Covenant of Shared Ministry includes the promise “to struggle for justice and act with compassion, taking the teachings of our faith beyond these walls.” Come learn how doing so leads directly to life’s greatest satisfactions. Worship Leader: Rev. Peter Farriday Special Music: Four Shillings Short After the service, everyone … Continue reading Rising: The Satisfaction of Action
We welcome Christmas with stories, carols and special music, and candles. Come sing the familiar songs that are always powerful and experience the magic of candlelight in the darkness. Worship leaders: Revs. Peter Farriday and Cat Boyle If you prefer to join the community of those attending online, there are two options. One, join the … Continue reading Christmas Eve Services
Our simple ceremony lasts under an hour, and is followed by abundant food – (cheese, dips, pies, nuts…) and also hot mulled wine and hot cider. Our solstice ceremony includes meditative music, readings, and all of us lighting candles to celebrate the return of light. Children and adults are welcome. If you were wondering, rain will not … Continue reading Winter Solstice Ceremony
We welcome Christmas with stories, carols and special music, and candles. Come sing the familiar songs that are always powerful and experience the magic of candlelight in the darkness. Worship leaders: Revs. Cat Boyle & Amy Zucker Morgenstern. Special music: Thomas Shoebotham, cello. The order of service will be posted here by that day. If … Continue reading Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
The choir, along with a seven-person band, is here to make our pageant a musical! Well, almost. They’ll sing several pieces to help make the story of Jesus’s birth come to life, along with whoever wishes to take a non speaking role in the play on the spot (including Zoom attendees!), as we rejoice in … Continue reading No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant
Bring a flower, or a bunch! In this tradition, practiced by Unitarian Universalists for 101 years, we celebrate the beautiful variety among us and gratefully receive a flower that someone else has brought. We will look closely at the flowers as a mindfulness practice we engage in together. Folks attending online, the closer you can … Continue reading Look Closely: Flower Sunday
Exactly 100 years ago, on June 4, 1923, the minister of the Unitarian Church in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Rev. Norbert Čapek, introduced the Flower Celebration. He asked the people of the congregation to bring flowers, and after they gathered them into one beautiful display and blessed them, each took away a different flower than the … Continue reading Intergenerational Flower Communion
Teenage UUCPAers’ 8th- or 9th-grade year is one of Coming of Age, a months-long program in which they learn more about Unitarian Universalism and articulate their own beliefs. During that time, they have met with mentors in the congregation, discussed big questions with each other and Rev. Cat, and created art and other projects. The … Continue reading Coming of Age
Join us on this longest night of the year! Our simple ceremony lasts under an hour, and is followed by abundant food – (cheese, dips, pies, nuts.) and hot mulled wine and hot cider. Just come – food provided. Our solstice ceremony includes meditative music, readings, and all of us lighting candles to celebrate the … Continue reading Winter Solstice Service