"Bring Out Your Bread!” A Spiritual Practice Service, Guest Minister Rev. Stephani Skalak

This is our monthly spiritual practice service with Guest Minister Rev. Stephani Skalak.

The word companion literally means “one with whom you break bread.” In November, Unitarian Universalists all over the country celebrate a “Festival of Bread” or “Bread Communion.” In doing so, they acknowledge the challah of Jewish Shabbat, the wafers of Christian Eucharist, as well as the importance of breaking bread in cultures all over the world. Humans break bread in order to offer hospitality to visitors, to offer solidarity to fellow laborers, to offer gratitude for the harvest and generosity toward neighbors, and, yes, sometimes as a sacrament. This week, we will break bread together thanks to the work of volunteer bakers from our community (let Linda M. know if you would like to be one of our baking benefactors with an email to worship@wyeastuu.org)!