Many of us are taught that we can’t ask for help without showing weakness. Others of us are taught that to be successful we must depend only on ourselves to do well. How do we move beyond this sense of toxic individualism to live interdependently?
For when we are delighted, life is good. And thus the delights of our lives become the lights of the world. The service will include a volunteer recognition of all who made Cedar Lane happen this year!
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the announcement of freedom from bondage and enslavement. But what is freedom, and how do we protect it? What is our responsibility in this journey? Where is our liberation tied together?
As we build Beloved Community, it is vital that people can share our stories and trust that people will be still and bear witness to us, acknowledge and accept our experience with an empathy that honors the different ways we exist in the world and the different ways the world acts upon us. To do this, we must choose to make ourselves trustworthy.
CB Beal will share about the spiritual practice of bearing witness, with a particular focus on gender.
The Flower Ceremony or Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, joy, diversity, and community. Originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Rev. Norbert Fabian Čapek of Prague, the ceremony was introduced to the United States by his wife, the Rev. Mája Čapek. That ritual has endured and is treasured by Unitarian Universalists around the world who are celebrating its centennial.
