Ceremonies and Rituals: Words for Worship
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A Blessing for the Ashes
by Naomi King
Funerals / Memorials
A Flower Communion for Colleagues
by Tess Baumberger
Ceremonies | Flower Communion
A Litany of Farewell to An Intern
by Kayle Rice
Ceremonies | Variable
A Ritual for Ingathering Water Communion Services: With an international focus
by Eric M. Cherry
Ceremonies | Fall | Homecoming / Ingathering
A Ritual of Joys and Sorrows
by Scott Phillips
Other Rituals | Variable
Blowing the Shofar
by John Marsh
Ceremonies
Bridging Ceremony for Fifth Graders
by Dana Poss
Ceremonies
Burning Bowl Ritual
by Victoria Weinstein
Ceremonies | Winter | New Year's Day
Ceremony of Child Dedication
by Kate Howard
Other Rituals | Child Dedication
Ceremony of Remembrance: Yom Hashoah
by Mary Wellemeyer
Ceremonies | Other Rituals
Commissioning of the Church Leaders
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Ceremonies | Variable
Dedication of a New Chalice
by Thomas Rhodes
Ceremonies | Dedications / Blessings | Variable
Extinguishing the Chalice
by Lee Huebert
Closing Words
For a church history service
by Priscilla Murdock
Closing Words
Honoring the Bouquet of Our Mothers
by Judy Welles
Other Rituals | Spring | Mother's Day
Honoring Those Who Have Mothered Us
by Barbara Child
Other Rituals | Homilies | Spring | Mother's Day
If you woke this morning with a sorrow so heavy
by Judy Welles
Other Rituals | Other Readings
It is unfortunate that our society and its laws have not matured
by Kathleen E. Allan
Ceremonies of Union
Jazz Funeral for the Old Year
by Melanie Morel-Ensminger
Ceremonies | Winter | New Year's Day
Living The UU Principles
by Karen J. Hirsch
Other Rituals
Meditation on Forgiveness (a ritual for Yom Kippur)
by Jay E. Abernathy, Jr.
Ceremonies | Fall | Yom Kippur
New Member Covenant
by Laura Ruth Randall
Ceremonies | Membership Sunday
Retirement Recognition
by Carol Hepokoski
Other Rituals
Ritual for the New Year
by Joan Kahn-Schneider
Ceremonies | Winter | New Year's Day
Today We Honor You
by Jaynn Truran
Other Rituals | Responsive Readings | Coming of Age
Transgender Rite of Passage
by Del Mulhern
Ceremonies | Other Rituals | Variable
Winter Solstice Ritual
by Liz Benjamin
Rituals | Winter | Winter Solstice / Yule
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