Hello all -

I don't mean this post to be derisive, I'm just a bit confused with an invitation I received recently from my cousin and his family, who are Unitarian Universalists, and looking for clarification as they don't seem inclined to give any.

They have two children, and the invitation is to a "congregational dedication ceremony" for both.

So far so good - I'm familiar with this sort of thing. Standard fare for most religions.

Except they were already dedicated a few years back. My family was there. I have pictures and the original invitation.

Now, the new invitation has a location listed some distance from where they currently live and different from the congregation where they held the previous dedication. Does the word "Congregational" in Congregational Dedication mean that if you register to a new congregation of Unitarian Universalists you re-dedicate?

I'm sorry if my question seems ignorant. It is, I'm sure. I wish that my family were in a slightly more civil place on the discussion of religion so that I could ask this directly.