Viola Abbitt

Full name: Viola Abbitt

A smiling Viola Abbitt in a church sanctuary

Rev. Viola Abbitt is the minister at Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists in Virginia Beach, VA. She is currently a member of the Journey Toward Wholeness Transformation Committee of the UUA and the Board of UU Wellspring, Inc.

From Viola Abbitt

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As we light this chalice [this evening], may it serve to give us clarity of purpose and illumine our way as we set about doing the work of this congregation, in commitment, in cooperation, and in love.

Chalice Lighting | By Viola Abbitt | January 7, 2020 | From WorshipWeb

As we move deeper into the season, There are some things we know. Fall brings a growing darkness That we cannot escape. The nights become cooler And take on winter’s chill. The leaves on the trees and blades of grass Try on new suits of yellow, orange, red and brown....

Responsive Reading | By Viola Abbitt | January 2, 2020 | From WorshipWeb

Let us open our hearts, still our minds and enter a time of prayer. Let us call forth and hold in our hearts the stories of all who have come before us, the memories of those who are with us today, and the hope for tomorrow and for all of those who will come after us. Let us be thankful for this...

Prayer | By Viola Abbitt | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWeb

Loving inclusion has been an elusive goal within our congregations. We are a covenantal people, and the promise of our faith, which was enough to bring us together, should have been enough to bind us together in love. Many hearts have been, and often continue to be, broken, time and again....

Litany | By Viola Abbitt | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWeb

We are Unitarian Universalists. When we lift up our Seven Principles, some of us think of them as a form of theology—but they are more important to our collective than that: they do not tell us what we should believe; they tell us how we should be. They tell us how we should act in the larger...

Invocation | By Viola Abbitt | October 15, 2017 | From WorshipWeb

As we light the chalice and fully embrace the sacred space created here this morning, please hold in your hearts the Unitarian Universalist principle which calls upon us to respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part....

Chalice Lighting | By Viola Abbitt | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb

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