Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Lafayette
Greetings fellow UUs and supporters!
We are meeting IN PERSON
and on Zoom until further notice.
Our theme for May is Reconciliation.
Reconciliation is a process of restoring
relationships between individuals or
groups who have been estranged or in
conflict with each other. It involves
acknowledging past wrongs and working
towards forgiveness and healing. In the
context of Unitarian Universalism,
reconciliation is often seen as a way to
promote social justice and address
issues of oppression and inequality.
Source:
https://auuf.org/services/the-virtue-and-p
erils-of-reconciliation/
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Sunday April 30th Service: Flower
Communion
Bring a flower this Sunday for our
Flower Communion!
Our Flower Communion, or Flower
Ceremony is a celebration of our
commitment to each other where each
member brings a flower to the service to
be placed in a large vase during the
service. This act signifies that it is by
your own free will you joined with the
others in the congregation. The vase is
a symbol of the united church
fellowship. After the service, each
member takes a flower from the vase
other than the one they brought.
The significance of the Flower
Communion is as no two flowers are
alike, so no two people are alike, yet
each has a contribution to make.
Together, the different flowers make a
beautiful bouquet. Our common bouquet
would not be the same without the
unique addition of each individual flower,
and thus it is with our church community,
it would not be the same without each
and every one of us. Thus, this is a
statement of our community. By
exchanging flowers, we show our
willingness to walk together in our
Search for truth, disregarding all that
might divide us. Each person takes
home a flower brought by someone else
- thus symbolizing our shared
celebration in community. This
communion of sharing is essential to a
free people of a free religion.
Source:
uua.org/files/documents/zottolireginald/fl
owercommunion.pdf
Service slides Facebook Event
Please visit us either in person at 1119
Johnston St. or on Zoom:
tinyurl.com/zoomuufol or via the link at
uulala.org. We now have Religious
Education for pre-teen children. We visit
with coffee and snacks from 10:30-11
am. The service runs from 11 am until
12 noon. After the service we will host a
flower-based potluck lunch. Everyone is
invited!
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Last Sunday’s Service Recap
Rev. Meg Barnhouse of First UU Austin
speaks on how we process grief and
can adapt to our new reality with each
other's help. Anne Lamont writes “You
will lose someone you can’t live
without,and your heart will be badly
broken, and the bad news is that you
never completely get over the loss of
your beloved. But this is also the good
news. They live forever in your broken
heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you
come through. It’s like having a broken
leg that never heals perfectly—that still
hurts when the weather gets cold, but
you learn to dance with the limp.”
Service outline Service slides
Sermon video Recorded live stream
Please visit us either in person at 1119
Johnston St. or on Zoom:
tinyurl.com/zoomuufol or via the link at
uulala.org. We now have Religious
Education for pre-teen children. We visit
with coffee and snacks from 10:30-11
am. The service runs from 11 am until
12 noon. After the service we will walk
to Festival International downtown for
lunch. Scott will provide rides to/from the
event also. Free lunch coupons
available at the Chalice Table. Everyone
is welcome!
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Useful Links:
Past services slides & Recorded live
streams
Our Fellowship photo album
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Festival photos (thanks, Chris!):
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Please sign the 2023 Membership Book
on the table at the church entrance.
Thanks!
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Touchstones Journal for May:
