Service: UU Fire Communion (New Year’s Burning Bowl Service)

Name: Service: UU Fire Communion (New Year’s Burning Bowl Service)
Start: 2025-01-05T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-05T12:15:00-05:00
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard - West Melbourne, FL

Schedule

Sun Jan 05 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard - West Melbourne, FL | West Melbourne, FL

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Service: UU Fire Communion (New Year’s Burning Bowl Service)
11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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https://zoom.us/j/95856294656
Meeting ID: 958 5629 4656
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Phone: +1 929 205 6099
Meeting ID: 958 5629 4656
https://www.uua.org/worship/holidays/fire-communion-burning-bowl
On or near the first Sunday in January, many Unitarian Universalist congregations hold a ritual to bid farewell to the old year, and to release it.
In the words of Rev. Elizabeth Harding, "The fire communion separates the end of the year from the beginning, helping us to put in perspective the joys and sorrows, the changes and transitions, the ups and downs of the year. It's a half-way point in our church year, but a celebration of the outside calendar’s year’s end and year’s beginning."
In a ceremony of the burning bowl, people are invited to write down write down words, or a phrase, to sum up what they wish to release before entering the new year. They then come forward to burn that piece of paper.