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  • Let us remember that we are not alone until we light this flame next time.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Ben Atherton-Zeman | December 11, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Connections, Relationships, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • From this ground, let us sow mercy, justice, and compassion.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Melissa Jeter | March 2, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Abundance, Grace, Imagination, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • We can use our inner lights to kindle new sparks throughout our lives and in the world.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Amanda Alice Uluhan | February 24, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • The flame that is our promise of universal salvation can never be extinguished.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, God, Living Our Faith
  • May it ignite our energies to dream, to build.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Vanessa Titang | January 21, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
  • We extinguish this flame but not its meaning and mission in our hearts.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Maggie Lovins | January 19, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Though we experience discomfort, we are excited to give birth to a new, just world.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Melissa Jeter | November 22, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Challenge, Choice, Contemplation, Imagination, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism
  • Hope continues, uncertain and true, like candlelight, ready to spark again.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Kevin Jagoe | November 2, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Autumnal Equinox, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Fall, Hope, Winter, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Never has it been more true than now: We extinguish this flame, But the sparks within us remain alight. From each of us, in our supposed solitude, The signals buzz and hum, sparkling through space one to another, Connecting us invisibly But palpably. We are one. And from every window, Our light...
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Amy Zucker Morgenstern | March 23, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19
  • Blessed is the dark, in which our dreams stir and are revealed. Blessed is the dark of earth, where seeds come to life. Blessed are the depths of the ocean where no light shimmers: the womb of all earthly life. Blessed is the light into which we awake, the light that sparkles on the waters: that...
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Amy Zucker Morgenstern | October 31, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Earth, Earth-Centered, Imagination, Nature
  • As flame is to spirit, so spirit is to breath, and breath to song. Though we extinguish the flame in this sanctuary, may we tend it in our hearts until we meet again.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Becky Laurent | June 8, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Arts & Music, Body, Humanism, Love, Music Sunday, Unitarian Universalism
  • It is our work, shared with each other in covenant, That creates and sustains this beloved community. We extinguish this chalice, but its light lives on in the directions we have chosen today. The light of this faith lives on in us, together, in our hearts, minds, bodies and spirits. Amen and...
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Krista Taves | January 31, 2019 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Community, Connections, Covenant, Faith, Growth, Interdependence, Relationships, Vision
  • We have basked in the warmth and beauty of this flame and this community. As the chalice flame is extinguished, let us carry its glow within. Let us kindle new sparks within these walls and beyond.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Debra Burrell | May 30, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Beauty, Community, Living Our Faith, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism
  • Worship Associate: This is the message of our faith Congregation (left): To act with passion in the face of injustice. Congregation (right): To love with courage in the midst of life’s pain. Worship Associate: This is the meaning of our chalice flame. All: May it empower our hearts until we are...
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Maureen Killoran | August 11, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Justice, Living Our Faith, Meaning, Unitarian Universalism
  • We have come to share the loss we have felt in (Name) passing and some examples of the joy we carry from her/his/their* life. This we have done. But before we extinguish this chalice, let us acknowledge that we will not – that we cannot – extinguish the love she/he/they showed us; or the memory...
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Greg Ward | April 25, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Interdependence, Love, Memorial Services
  • We extinguish this chalice flame, daring to carry forward the vision of this free faith, that freedom, reason and justice will one day prevail in this nation and across the earth.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Maureen Killoran | October 19, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Freedom, Justice, Reason, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism
  • The Chalice is now extinguished, but its light lives on in the minds and hearts and souls of each one of you. Carry that flame with you as you leave this place and share it With those you know With those you love and most especially, with those you have yet to meet.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Brian Kiely | October 7, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Direct Experience, Purpose, Service, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism
  • When we take fire from our chalice, it does not become less. It becomes more. And so we extinguish our chalice, but we take its light and warmth with us, multiplying their power by all of our lives, and sharing it with the world.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Amy Zucker Morgenstern | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Abundance, Activism, Calling, Christianity, Community, Generosity, IllUUmination, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, New Year, Paganism, Seven Principles, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
  • We extinguish this flame, But we keep its light in our hearts, with its message of love and justice, Taking it outside these walls to the world we live in, until we are together again.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Maddie Sifantus | March 27, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Humanism, Justice, Teamwork, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
  • Lighting a candle is somewhat like the beginning of life. If that is true, then perhaps extinguishing a candle is like the ending of life. But death may not be the end of us. We live on in the memories of friends and loved ones....
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Lee Huebert | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: All Souls Day, Death, Día de los Muertos, Letting Go, Memorial Services, Mystery, Purpose, Remembrance Day, Unitarian Universalism, Wonder