Changing a filter will refresh results (and remaining options) immediately. Searching by keyword or changing the number of items per page requires use of the "Search" button.

Displaying 21 - 40 of 135

  • The universe sings no less because time and space wear us thin. The music calls us to recognize our limitations, to recognize that the song is best sung with others.
    Closing | By Manish Mishra-Marzetti | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Arts & Music, Community, Limitations, Wonder
  • May our lives be reflections of the beauty, peace, and joy that is possible in the world, and may the love we find in this place sustain us as we go our separate ways.
    Closing | By Chris Rothbauer | April 9, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beauty, Interdependence, Love, Peace
  • Ours is a communion borne of words and welcome. Our communion finds expression in caring and commitment to our highest ideals. Our communion lives on in our hearts though this sacred hour is ended.
    Closing | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Sacred, WorshipWeb
  • The flame is extinguished, but not our hope for the future, our courage in the face of crisis, or the love we share in all the world.
    Closing | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Sacred
  • We call for this blessing on all sheltered here whether in body or in spirit... May the flame of our community ignite a love bold enough to share. And, in return May we all be embraced by a love that remains constant in times of sorrow and in days of great gladness.
    Closing | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Justice, Peace
  • As we prepare to depart, we give voice to these hopes: May we know ourselves bound in community, even while we are apart. May a passion for justice burn in our lives. May we carry the light of compassion in our hearts and in our every interaction....
    Closing | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Justice, Peace, WorshipWeb
  • Each week as we gather we light a common chalice. We sing and celebrate, we pray and think. Then we each gather strength from the flame and go out from here, taking the light with us.
    Closing | By Heather Christensen | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Direct Experience, Humanism, Interdependence, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
  • If the “opening words” called people to worship and opened the time and space for this purpose, the closing words bring the service to an end and prepare people to return home. If the service has been thematically tied together, the words can be a summation, a parting thought, a final nugget for...
    Closing | By Erik Walker Wikstrom | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
  • LEADER: Truth manifests itself with its own force. Let us ride on the power of its revelation with a heart ready to receive, to forgive, and to learn.Source: UU Congregation of Quezon City, Philippines...
    Closing | By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Revelation, Truth, Unitarian Universalism
  • Some came here to be blessed with answers in a tumultuous world. Let us hope too, however, that many of us have been blessed with questions to direct us with a clarity of mind to steer our logic towards kindness and justice always.
    Closing | By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Humanism, Justice, Kindness, Reason, Unitarian Universalism
  • You are in the story of the world. You are the world coming to know itself. May you trust that all you will ever say or do Belongs in the story of the world.
    Closing | By Ean Huntington Behr | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Inclusion, Trust
  • It starts with a drop, Then a trickle... A burble, a rush of water, bubbling toward its destination; And finally the wide, endless sea. All rivers run to the sea. Today you brought water Poured it into a common bowl. Though our experiences have differed, These waters mingle, signifying our common...
    Closing | By Kayle Rice | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Unity, Water Communion
  • One snowflake is a marvel, a miracle; Four snowflakes, five, and the kids begin to run around in the yard One hundred and the cars start slowing down; One thousand, two...you can see where this is going....
    Closing | By Erik Walker Wikstrom | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Power, Purpose, Strength, Unity
  • Our time together is finished, but our work is not yet done: May our spirits be renewed and our purpose resolved As we meet the challenges of the week to come. The chalice flame is extinguished Until once again ignited by the strength of our communion. Go now in peace.
    Closing | By Martha Kirby Capo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Purpose, Service, Strength, Unitarian Universalism
  • If you are who you were, and if the person next to you is who he or she was, if none of us has changed since the day we came in here— we have failed. The purpose of this community— of any church, temple, zendo, mosque— is to help its people grow. We do this through encounters with the...
    Closing | By Erik Walker Wikstrom | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Change, Character, Growth, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Purpose, Transformation
  • Into our world we commend our spirits: May the strength we have gained in this communal hour sustain us as we resume the work that is at hand. Source: Association Sunday 2009...
    Closing | By Martha Kirby Capo | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Purpose, Service, Strength
  • Every week we gather in this beautiful space to find peace. Each week words and music offer and celebrate peace with the hope of instilling it in us. Now, take the peace you have found here, back out into the world with you. Renewed in our faith and inspired to act, Let us be the peacemakers the...
    Closing | By Sam Trumbore | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Peace
  • May you know fully and deeply the blessings of each of your heart's seasons The inward turning of Winter Springtime's lush renewal The effortless, steady growth of summer And autumn's rich harvest May your passage from season to season be blessed— Eased by hands to hold, and by the light of love...
    Closing | By Andrew Pakula | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Compassion, Earth, Earth-Centered, Fall, Growth, Nature, Spring, Summer, Winter
  • There are miles behind you And many more ahead. As you journey on toward wholeness May all that is good and true guide your way May the joy of love lighten every step And the miracle that is life be ever in your sight.
    Closing | By Andrew Pakula | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Direct Experience, Good, Meaning, Purpose, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Wholeness
  • The Good Fridays of our lives come unbidden and unexpected Bringing the winter of despair and the death of dreams and hope Only love has the power to mend what has been broken A love that brings healing to our wounds A love that offers hope when we have none A love that creates unity where there ...
    Closing | By Andrew Pakula | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Good Friday