Editing Flower Communion (section)

'''Flower Communion''', also known as '''Flower Ceremony''',  '''Flower Festival''', or '''Flower Celebration''', is a [[ritual]] service common in [[Unitarian Universalism]], though the specific practices vary between congregations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honoring the Flower Ceremony {{!}} UUA.org |url=https://www.uua.org/worship/holidays/flower-ceremony |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.uua.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=zottoli>{{cite web|url= http://www.uua.org/documents/zottolireginald/flowercommunion.pdf |title="The Flower Communion: A Service of Celebration for Religious Liberals" }}&nbsp;{{small|(183&nbsp;KB)}}, by Reginald Zottoli</ref> It is usually held on the last Sunday of worship in late May or June, as some congregations recess from holding services during the summer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Diegoli |first=Debbie |date=23 May 2019 |title=UU Flower Communion |url=https://www.eagletimes.com/community/uu-flower-communion/article_269b9c6c-cf5f-5c51-a6d0-28417510e35a.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=The Eagle Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-05-31 |title=What is Flower Communion? |url=https://www.uuchurch.org/2019/what-is-flower-communion/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=University Unitarian Church |language=en-US}}</ref> Some congregations hold the ceremony earlier in the spring, sometimes coinciding with Mother's Day<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Heather |title=Mother's Day and Flower Communion |url=https://www.uusmc.org/event/flower-communion/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Holidays and Traditions |url=https://firstuucolumbus.org/worship/holidays-and-traditions/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=First Unitarian Universalist Church |language=en-US}}</ref> or Easter.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Holidays and Traditions |url=https://www.uujackson.org/about-services/holidays-and-traditions/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Easter/Flower Communion |url=https://uuloudoun.org/services/easter-flower-communion-2/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun |language=en-US}}</ref> 

During the ritual, congregants contribute flowers to a central location, and later the flowers are distributed among the participants.