Flower Donation

Altar Flowers – A Beautiful Gift

Flowers are symbolic of our joy in Christ as well as our human frailty. Flowers are used universally to adorn the worship space. However, they are often – and appropriately – omitted during the penitential times of the church year (Lent, Holy Week, and Advent). Only the freshest flowers should be used, and their color and arrangement should be consistent with the season or festival being observed.  Because flowers are used for their symbolism of life, joy and human frailty – “All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades.” [Isaiah 40: 7-8). Artificial flowers have no purpose and no place in the worship service

Each week beautiful flowers grace the altar of our church.  You may wonder how this works and why there are flowers.  Donating altar flowers is a simple way to honor a loved one, to celebrate an anniversary, birthday, or other milestone.  Flowers may be given in thanksgiving for friends or family, in memory of someone, or simply to glorify God and beautify the altar. 

At the end of the previous year the altar guild coordinator will provide a signup sheet for the new year so that you can select a date that may have special meaning to you so that you can bring flowers for the altar.  Your name and the reason you have donated flowers will appear in the bulletin on the Sunday you select.