Contemporary Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services have been created so as to honor the Christian tradition and at the same time speak to the issues confronting the modern world.
A series of Liberation Holy Days are celebrated. These make clear that God’s work of liberation continues into the present time. Examples of these days are Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Recovery Sunday, Holocaust Remembrance Sunday, Celebrating Women’s Journeys Sunday, Gay and Lesbian Liberation Sunday, Celebrating Men’s Journeys Sunday, and Blessing of the Animals Sunday.


Holocaust Remembrance Sunday		Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday		Gay/Lesbian Liberation Sunday

The liturgical year has been altered to include an eight-week Creation Season that points to the presence of God within all of creation, not just within human history. [ blog entry on Season of Creation ]
At all holiday and special services, the loose offering is given to a designated outreach project.
During the Creation Season, gifts from nature—water, rock, grasses, fire, earth, branches, vegetables and fruit—are presented at the offertory. Gifts of nature remain on the altar.