This year, the annual Flower Communion will include the children! We are going to do the Flower Communion early in the service, where the Story for All Ages is usually told, and then the children will leave for their classes as usual (but taking their flower with them).
The first Flower Communion was held in Prague in 1923, so it is an almost 100 year old tradition. Norbert Capek, the founder of Unitarianism in Czechoslovakia, created the Flower Communion as a reimagining of the Eucharist, where beauty and community were celebrated in an experience meant to touch our hearts and not just our heads.
Many Unitarian churchs continue this tradition, as we do each year.
Please bring a flower (or more, for those who forget or were unable to bring any). In this Communion, all come forward with their flowers, which are then consecrated. Then people come forward and receive a different flower, literally giving and receiving to and from the rest of the congregation.
