The delta variant is keeping us from meeting together in person, but it can’t keep us from celebrating our community! Our church goes on. Today, we celebrate the beginning of a new church year with ritual. At our annual Ingathering service, we come together as a family of travelers reuniting after our many separate journeys. We celebrate our reunion with the Water Ceremony. This ceremony was introduced into UU worship in the 1980s and today it is celebrated at UU congregations around the world, as a symbol of our shared faith coming together from many different sources. Together, we form a mighty river, flowing into an infinite sea.

Topics: All Souls Are Sacred, Community, Living in Love, Theology