Today was a wonderful day. The parade into the sanctuary playing Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn on the Republic" on kazoos was a grand success! 24 children and 4 adults surprised the congregation with an impromtu parade through the balcony and down to the front of the sanctuary. I spoke to the congregation about the courageous life of one of my Unitarian heros, Julia Ward Howe, who worked to end slavery, strengthen the women's movement and create international peace. I also spoke about the two confirmed Unitarian signers of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and Benjamin Rush.
Before our parade we held a children's chapel and talked about what freedom means to us and about how fabulous it is that we are free to practice our super awesome religion, Unitarian Universalism. We acknowledged the many mommies and daddies, brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters that have worked so hard to create freedom for us and other people around the world.
The children played a game where they made an animal sound and had to find the partner that was making the same animal sound. Boy! Was that one noisy game! But afterwards (after a little encouragement) they settled down and each introduced their partner, their friend, to the group. It was quite a fun, community building moment.
We decided we had kept the children waiting long enough and released them onto the playground for frisbee, ball, bubbles, cupcakes, juice, and watermelon. It was a joyous time of happy UU community thriving.
Thanks Sasha, Peggy, and Rhonda for pitching in!
Happy 4th of July Y'all!
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