Closings: Words for Worship
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After the words, a quiet; after the songs, a silence
by Max A. Coots
Closings
All Rivers Run to the Sea
by Kayle Rice
Closing Words | Fall | Water Communion
And now may the blessings of life be upon us
by Gary Kowalski
Benedictions
And now may we go forth
by Harold E. Babcock
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And now we take our leave.
by Barbara Cheatham
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As far as our love flows
by Annie Foerster
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As we depart one from another
by James A. Hobart
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As you prepare to leave this sacred space
by Andrew Pakula
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Awesome and gracious God -- you who are the power that brings us to life
by Polly Leland-Mayer
Benedictions
Blessed by our Connections
by Susan Karlson
Closing Words | Blessing of the Animals
Cheered by our community
by Burton D. Carley
Benedictions
Closing Words
by Ma. Theresa Gustilo Gallardo
Closings | Closing Words | Variable
Closing Words
by Robert F. Kaufmann
Closing Words
Closing Words by the Youth
by Anonymous
Closing Words | Spring | Coming of Age
Closing Words for Seasonal Transitions
by Andrew Pakula
Closings | Benedictions | Variable
Extinguishing the Chalice
by Martha L. Munson
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Extinguishing the Chalice
by Rolfe Gerhardt
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Go in peace, embraced by the light
by Sarah Lammert
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Go in peace, speak the truth
by Gary Kowalski
Benedictions
Go now in peace
by Barbara Hamilton-Holway
Closing Words
How To Write Your Own Benedictions
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Benedictions | Variable
How To Write Your Own Closing Words
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Closing Words | Variable
I Send You Out
by Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson
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If you are proud of this church
by Michael A. Schuler
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If you are who you were, we have failed
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Closing Words | Variable | Association Sunday
In our hungering for meaning
by Bruce Southworth
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In the end it won’t matter
by John C. Morgan
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In the river, the water continually flows
by John C. Morgan
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In this community
by Sydney K. Wilde
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Join hands
by Erika A. Hewitt
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Keeping faith
by Raymond R. Nasemann
Benedictions
Let Us Be Humble
by Jay E. Abernathy, Jr.
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Let us bless and keep one another
by John C. Morgan
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Let us go forth into the world
by Marjorie Newlin Leaming
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Let us go out now into the sun-washed light
by Judy Welles
Benedictions | Spring
Let us sing the magic of imagination
by Susan L. Van Dreser
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May Love Permeate
by Becca Reynolds
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May our faith sustain us
by Jim Wickman
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May our lives be blest
by Paul H. Beattie
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May the love that gives to life its beauty
by George G. Brooks
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May the love that is the doctrine of this church
by Kenneth R. Warren
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May the love that overcomes all differences
by Frederick E. Gillis
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May the prayers of our hearts
by Phyllis B. O'Connell
Benedictions
May the quality of our lives
by Philip Randall Giles
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May the Waters Gathered Here
by Susan Karlson
Benedictions | Water Communion
May we go forth from this place
by Charles A. Howe
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May we leave this place
by Bets Wienecke
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Mindful of our highest aspirations
by Rebecca A. Edmiston-Lange
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Much of ministry is a benediction
by Susan Manker-Seale
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Now may our wisdom show itself
by Philip Randall Giles
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Now may the love of truth guide you
by Jane E. Mauldin
Benedictions
O God, we beseech you
by Anne E. Treadwell
Benedictions | Prayers
Our eyes and minds turn now
by Norman V. Naylor
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Our time in this place
by Kathy A. Huff
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Peace Making Benediction
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Benedictions | Peace
Peace Making Benediction
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Benedictions | Closing Words
Remembering that the universe is so much larger
by Marjorie Newlin Leaming
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Reminded that we are part and participants of the Universe
by Norman V. Naylor
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Rosh Hashanah Benediction
by Amy Zucker Morgenstern
Closings | Benedictions | Fall | Rosh Hashanah
Shine!
by Mary Edes
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That which is worthy of doing
by Steve J. Crump
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The Force of Truth
by Ma. Theresa Gustilo Gallardo
Closings | Closing Words | Variable
The Good Fridays of Our Lives
by Andrew Pakula
Closings | Benedictions | Variable | Good Friday
The Lifelong Goal
by David Hicks MacPherson
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The Lord bless you and keep you
by Charles C. Forman
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The Ship of State
by Jeff Liebmann
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the strength we have gained
by Martha Kirby Capo
Benedictions | Closing Words | Variable | Association Sunday
The work continues
by Martha Kirby Capo
Closing Words | Benedictions | Variable | Association Sunday
There Are Miles Behind You
by Andrew Pakula
Closing Words | Benedictions | Variable
There is, finally, only one thing required of us
by Kendyl R. Gibbons
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Through our temporary lives
by Carl G Seaburg
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To blanket the world
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Closing Words | Variable | Association Sunday
To pass the peace
by Clarke Dewey Wells
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To Water in Excelsis
by Richard M. Fewkes
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Walk softly
by Elaine Gallagher Gehrmann
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We have a calling in this world
by Jean M. Rickard
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We have come together to share our deepest concerns
by Robert F. Kaufmann
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We receive fragments of holiness, glimpses of eternity, brief moments of insight
by Sarah York
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We shall overcome
by Jonalu Johnstone
Closing Words | Winter | Martin Luther King Sunday
We walk this earth but a brief moment in time.
by Tim Haley
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When all is quiet and we are small and the night is dark
by Jane Ranney Rzepka
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When we say, "Go now in peace," we mean the peace that asks us to stop grasping after power over
by Amy McKenzie Quinn
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When your heart is torn asunder
by Enid A. Virago
Benedictions
With faith in the creative powers of life
by Lindsay Bates
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With what benediction shall I leave you?
by Mark Mosher DeWolfe
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Worship need not cease
by Gordon B. McKeeman
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You are in the story of the world.
by Ean Huntington Behr
Closing Words | Benedictions | Variable
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Last updated on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.
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