{"id":21175,"date":"2025-05-01T18:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=21175"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:28:11","slug":"ceremony-history-and-heroes","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/ceremony-history-and-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony, History and Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Our Mother\u2019s Day service on May 11, will celebrate our annual flower communion, a tradition of Unitarian Universalist springtime.\u00a0<\/span>Come for stories of UU heroes &#8211; Olympia Brown, the first ordained female minister; Norbert Capek, the martyr who founded the first flower ceremony; and to honor all mothers everywhere. If you wish to bring pictures of your mothers, we will be placing them on the altar table along with flowers, or you can send a picture to <a href=\"mailto:WorshipAssociates@CommunityUUChurch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WorshipAssociates@CommunityUUChurch.org<\/a> for inclusion in the Sunday slides. \u00a0Please bring a flower to share as well.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click on this link to view the videos of our service on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uUkSqS8UP5E\">Video Link<\/a><br \/>\nClick on this link to view our YouTube Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mother\u2019s Day service on May 11, will celebrate our annual flower communion, a tradition of Unitarian Universalist springtime.\u00a0Come for stories of UU heroes &#8211; Olympia Brown, the first ordained female minister; Norbert Capek, the martyr who founded the first flower ceremony; and to honor all mothers everywhere. 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