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  • Vibrant, thriving congregations arise from a meaningful worship life—which is based on the presence & energy that its leaders bring to worship. In this post, we’ll explore practices and skills that empower worship leaders to strengthen and deepen worship. Beginning Assumptions When people are in...
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt | February 26, 2020 | From WorshipLab
  • Worship planning is an act of hospitality. ...
    Leader Resource | February 26, 2020 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Hospitality, Relationships
  • Stories are a powerful tool in worship, especially multigenerational worship.
    Leader Resource | February 26, 2020 | From WorshipLab
  • Sermon sparks are brief teasers of sermons that have been written and delivered by UU clergy.
    Leader Resource | February 26, 2020 | From WorshipLab
  • Worship that’s overly predictable can also feel stale. What’s more, UU religious professionals of color, in particular, have pointed out that an unchanging, linear order of service and allegiance to time limits are both constructs of whiteness. Using the same liturgy (whose greek roots mean...
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt | August 1, 2019 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Interdependence, Leadership, Unitarian Universalism
  • A worship leader who speaks only to the children during story time speaks only to the adults the rest of the time. If an element I've planned for worship deliberately excludes a portion of my congregation, that itself tells a story.
    Leader Resource | By Becky Brooks | February 15, 2018 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Children, Direct Experience
  • In our congregations, how often do we assume that preachers, music directors, and other worship leaders are there to fulfill our personal preferences?
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt, Erica Baron | January 10, 2018 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Arts & Music, Conflict, Covenant, Direct Experience, Leadership, Responsibility, Secular, Unitarian Universalism
  • Failing to use a microphone is a form of exclusion. “When I’m excluded, I feel weary, frustrated, and invisible."
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt | August 31, 2017 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Activism, Aging, Anti-Oppression, Body, Direct Experience, Disability, Humanism, Inclusion, Limitations, Multiculturalism, Secular
  • Going to my gym taught me how leaders can create a climate of acceptance, encouragement, and empowerment for newcomers.
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt | August 8, 2017 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Direct Experience, Hospitality, Humanism, Leadership, Secular
  • In Unitarian Universalist worship, we march for justice and stand for causes all the time; we also see clearly, raise our voices, and hear the truth. We bless the hands that reach out, and the feet that follow the ways of righteousness. If we like something, chances are good there will be an able...
    Reflection | By Suzanne Fast | May 29, 2017 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Body, Direct Experience, Equity, Humanism, Inclusion, Justice, Living Our Faith, Multiculturalism, Oppression, Secular
  • In every worship service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, you’ll hear diverse voices, sources, and viewpoints. The congregation is committed to being a multicultural community, and honors that commitment in every service in a measurable, noticeable way: at least one worship...
    Leader Resource | By Christian Schmidt, Kristin Grassel Schmidt | March 7, 2017 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Diversity, Humanism, Identity, Indigenous American, International, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Seven Principles
  • “Everything around us and within us is made up of energy particles that are woven together into a universal tapestry. Since everything is connected, there is an intimate relationship between the atomic space around and within me, and the atomic space around and within you — regardless of where...
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt | February 9, 2017 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Contemplation, Direct Experience, Leadership, Secular, Silence