“Flower Communion,” Beth Jenkins, June 7, 2020 - a podcast by Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

The Flower Communion is an annual service that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community. Please select a fresh flower, or a picture of a favorite flower, to place near your web-cam while we share music, reflections, stories and poems about flowers and their significance. #UU #YEG

1 Welcome by Beth Jenkins 0:00
2 Prelude “Ye Flowery Banks”, words by Robert Burns, music and vocals by Gordon Ritchie 1:17
3 Lighting the Chalice “Like the First Hint of Green” by Jennifer McGlothin 4:56
4 Opening Words “Honoring the Flower Ceremony,” adapted from UUA Worship Web 5:43
5 Sharing Abundance: George Spady Centre, Edmonton, our community organization for the month of June, https://www.gspady.org/ 7:33
6 Reading “Travelers Upon the Earth” by Elizabeth M. Strong 10:04
7 “Mist of Cape Breton” by Gordon Ritchie 11:01
8 Reading “Flower Power” by Rev. Gary Kowalski 13:57
9 Blessing / Meditation “No Hot House Flowers” by Lisa Doege, read by Rev. Audrey Brooks 23:29
10 Contemplation of the Flowers: “Gathering the Dew” by Gordon Ritchie 24:56
11 Closing Words: No. 682 “Beauty is before me …” from the Navajo of North America 27:26
12 Extinguishing the Chalice 27:51
13 “Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.” 28:13

The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community. We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action. We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics. We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives.

We gather with gratitude on traditional Cree lands that are now a part of Treaty Six and shared by many nations. A treaty is an inheritance, a responsibility and a relationship. May we be good neighbours to one another, good stewards to our planet and good ancestors to our children.

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