Coffee, juice and breakfast snacks will be served by the Committee on Ministry starting at 9:45AM in front of the Church. Worship will be held outside (weather permitting) and will be led by Our Junior Youth, under the direction of Paul Spanagel, our Youth Director. This Church Picnic will take place immediately following the service. Bring a side dish to share. Meats and veggie burgers will be provided.

SUMMER SERVICES ORGANIZED
BY THE WORSHIP COMMITTEE
BEGIN SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017
10 AM Each Service

Today we will celebrate our beautiful Flower Communion Ritual. Please be sure to bring a cut flower or two with you to church. We will bring them all together in one bouquet symbolizing the unity in our diversity. In doing so, we will recognize the many blessings, gifts and talents we each bring to this community. In gratitude for all we receive from others in our church community we will leave with the flower that another person brought. The worship will be led by Rev. Tom Rosiello and there will be great music from our choirs and instrumentalists. This is a very meaningful service that really communicates what is at the heart of our faith tradition. If you have a friend or neighbor who you think might be interested in Unitarian Universalism, this would be a great service to invite them to attend.

May is such an extraordinary and joyful month of flowering trees and greening grass and sunny days. In this vesper service we will focus on this time of the year and the blessings it brings. This beautiful candlelight service will be led by Rev. Tom Rosiello with several church members contributing music under Mike Pfitzer's direction. You are welcome to bring a short poem or reading that focuses on this wonderful time of the year. Vespers is a 45 minute service of readings, reflection, music, and sharing. Tom introduced this service to us many years ago and this will be his last vesper service. Come and enjoy the peace of the evening as we reflect on this beautiful time of the year.

Few, if any, in our liberal faith would label themselves "white supremacists," yet the evidence is clear that in many ways we still maintain a white supremacist culture. We talk "Black Lives Matter" and reject the idea that white supremacy should play any part in our churches and institutions, but our actions and the biases we bring to decision-making sometimes reflect something else. We are still walking "the stony road" to full racial equality. The obstacles to a truly equal and non-racist church and society are much less blatant, but still very much present. This morning we, along with over 600 UU congregations across the country, will address the hidden influences of the white supremacy legacy and what we can do, even right here at FPC, to move beyond it. At the conclusion of the formal worship there will be an opportunity to share your thoughts with others in small facilitated groups. The Rev. Tom Rosiello will be preaching and members of our Racial Justice Task Force will participate in the morning's program. Worship will include words of African Americans and inspiring music from the African American tradition.