Sunday, September 8, we’ll cross the threshold into a new church year with a special Water Communion and congregational potluck following the service. If you’re new to Water Ceremony, this is a special liturgical service unique to Unitarian Universalism. Each person or family brings a little water that has special symbolic meaning to them. It could be water from a meaningful place you’ve visited, or water from the kitchen faucet that symbolically represents something important to you. We combine our separate waters into a common vessel and bless the joining of all of our diverse lives and experiences into an interdependent community of faith. The water from our ceremony is then purified and used in child dedications, house blessings, and other special rituals throughout the year.

This year, our Water Communion service will be followed by a congregational potluck. Bring a favorite dish to share and plan to enjoy a meal together after worship. The Board will be presenting their strategic priorities for the year ahead as a part of this time together. When you arrive before the service with food for the potluck, head downstairs to the Fellowship Hall and locate the appropriately labeled table for whatever you’ve brought. There will be tables identified as main dishes, salads, sides, and — most importantly — desserts.

If you bring something that needs to be heated prior to serving, there will be a little time toward the end of worship to tend to those preparations. We look forward to sharing this special time together to celebrate the beginning of a new church year.

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