Meditations and Prayers: Words for Worship
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A Call to Meditation
by Martha Kirby Capo
Prayers | Meditations | Variable | Association Sunday
A Christmas Prayer
by M. Maureen Killoran
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
A Father's Day Prayer
by Kirk D. Loadman-Copeland
Meditations | Summer | Father's Day
A Mother's Socks
by Jeffrey Lockwood
Meditation Manuals
A Palm Sunday Prayer
by David A Johnson
Meditations | Spring | Palm Sunday
A Peacemaking Prayer
by Eric M. Cherry
Meditations | Prayers | Variable
A Prayer as the Supreme Court Considers SB 1070
by Marta I. Valentin
Prayers
A Prayer as the Supreme Court Considers SB 1070
by Marta I. Valentin
Prayers
A Prayer for Desert Times
by Margaret A. Keip
Prayers | Meditations
A Prayer for Flower Communion Sunday: Remembering Our International Family of Faith
by William G. Sinkford
Meditations | Prayers | Variable | Flower Communion
A Prayer for Hiroshima Day
by William G. Sinkford
Meditations | Variable
A Prayer for the People of Burma
by Eric M. Cherry
Meditations | Prayers
A Prayer of Dedication for a Meetinghouse
by Eileen B. Karpeles
Blessings
A Prayer on the Occasion of an Ordination
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers
A Springtime Prayer
by George A. Tyger
Prayers | Spring
A Survival Meditation
by Nathan Walker
Meditations
A Thanksgiving Blessing
by Naomi King
Blessings | Fall | Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving Meditation
by Naomi King
Meditations | Fall | Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving Prayer
by Robert R. Walsh
Prayers
An Easter Meditation
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Meditations | Spring | Easter
Animal Blessing
by Tracy Sprowls-Jenks
Blessings | Blessing of the Animals
At this quiet time
by Edward T. Atkinson
Meditations
Autumn Meditation
by Elizabeth M. Strong
Meditations
Autumn Prayer
by Christine C. Robinson
Prayers | Fall | Autumn Equinox
Being the Resurrection
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers | Spring | Easter
Blessing for Community Friendship Feast
by Nancee Campbell
Prayers | Blessings
Blessing for Flower Communion
by Michael DeVernon Boblett
Blessings | Spring | Flower Communion
Blessing of the Animals -- St. Francis Day
by Thomas Rhodes
Blessings | Meditations | Fall | Blessing of the Animals
Breath Meditation
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Meditations
Call to Arms: A Prayer Offered in Response to the Supreme Court Decision on S.B. 1070
by Marta I. Valentin
Prayers
Call to Arms: A Prayer Offered in Response to the Supreme Court Decision on S.B. 1070
by Marta I. Valentin
Prayers
Candle Meditation for the High Holy Days
by Christine C. Robinson
Meditations
Christmas Eve Candlelight Meditation
by Gary Kowalski
Meditations | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Christmas Eve Prayer
by Sara Eileen LaWall
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Christmas Meditation
by Christine C. Robinson
Meditations | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Christmas Spirit
by Donna Morrison-Reed
Meditations | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Clinical Pastoral Education/Chaplaincy Prayer
by Beth Graham
Prayers
Come Christmas!
by M. Maureen Killoran
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Communion with Earth and Sky
by Stephen M. Shick
Meditations | Spring | Earth Day
Counting Prayers to End Poverty
by Anonymous
Prayers | Other Rituals | Fall | United Nations Day
Creator God:
by P. M. Traunstein
Prayers
Crystal of Creation
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
Day by day, month by month,
by Susan L. Suchocki
Meditations
Ding-a-ling-a-ling!
by Kaaren Solveig Anderson
Meditations | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Divinity is our birthright.
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers | Spring
Drops of God
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
Dukkha, they say.
by Elizabeth Tarbox
Meditations
Each Breath
by Leaf Seligman
Meditations
Earth Day Prayer: In the Spirit of Indigenous Traditions
by Vern Barnet
Prayers | Spring | Earth Day
Earth's Blood: A Prayer Poem for the Gulf of Mexico
by Taylor Watson Burton-Edwards
Prayers | Variable
Easter Is Breaking
by Kathleen Rolenz
Meditations | Spring | Easter
Easter Prayer
by Paul S. Sawyer
Prayers | Spring | Easter
Easter Prayer - 2004
by Kathleen Rolenz
Prayers | Spring | Easter
Easter Story (traditional)
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Stories for All Ages | Spring | Easter
Eternal God, Mother and Father, Spirit of life,
by M. Susan Milnor
Prayers
Flower Communion
by Elizabeth M. Strong
Meditations | Spring | Flower Communion
Flower Communion Blessing
by Thomas Rhodes
Blessings | Prayers | Spring | Flower Communion
Following a Child Dedication
by Connie P. Sternberg
Meditations | Variable | Child Dedication
For a Church History Service
by Priscilla Murdock
Meditations
For a Memorial Service
by Kirk D. Loadman-Copeland
Meditations
For a Wedding Supper
by Bettye A. Doty
Prayers
For all that is our lives
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Prayers | Variable | Association Sunday
For an Interfaith Dialog
by Rebecca A. Edmiston-Lange
Prayers
For an intergenerational worship service on ecology
by Gary Kowalski
Meditations | Spring | Earth Day
For We Are in Need
by Judith L. Quarles
Meditations | Responsive Readings
Gem Mining
by Christopher Buice
Meditations | Spring | Teacher Recognition Sunday
Giver of being and freedom,
by George Kimmich Beach
Prayers
God of all generations,
by Marta M. Flanagan
Prayers
God of all oppressed persons,
by Robin F. Gray
Prayers | Winter | Martin Luther King Sunday
God of goodness,
by Lucinda S. Duncan
Prayers
God of life and beauty:
by Lucinda S. Duncan
Meditations | Prayers | Winter
God of our hearts,
Prayers | Spring | Coming of Age
God, whom we know as love, we gather here this morning as seekers and finders, creators and destroyers, givers and receivers of love.
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers
Grace for a 4-H dinner
by Katie Stein Sather
Blessings
Graduation Recognition
by Christine C. Robinson
Prayers | Spring | Graduation Recognition
Gratitude
by Max Kapp
Prayers | Meditation Manuals
Guided Meditation
by Stephen W. Dick
Meditations
Guided Meditation
by Emmy Lou Belcher
Meditations
Guided Meditation (For a Church Anniversary)
by Jacqueline A. Collins
Meditations
Heart's delight, Source of mercy,
by W. Frederick Wooden
Meditations
Here in this space we are gathered
by M. Maureen Killoran
Meditations | Variable
Here is where it all begins.
by M. Maureen Killoran
Meditations
Holiday Season Prayer
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers
Holy and Creative Light,
by Charles W. Grady
Prayers
Holy One, known by many names
by Marta M. Flanagan
Prayers | Winter | New Year's Day
Holy Stuff
by Marilyn J. Sewell
Prayers | Meditations | Variable | Association Sunday
How does one address a mystery?
by Gordon B. McKeeman
Meditations
How Shall We Pray?
by Judith L. Quarles
Meditations | Prayers
How To Write Your Own Blessings
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Meditations | Blessings | Variable
How To Write Your Own Meditations
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Meditations | Meditations | Variable
How To Write Your Own Prayers
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Meditations | Prayers | Variable
Humanizing Mom
by Jane Ranney Rzepka
Meditations | Spring | Mother's Day
I do not like the "I hate it" feeling
by Albert F. Ciarcia
Meditations
I invite you now into a time of
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Meditations | Spring
Immanuel
by Sarah Movius Schurr
Meditations | Readings | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
In the midst of a world
by Rebecca Parker
Meditations
In the moments when Word is silence
by Susan L. Van Dreser
Meditations
In the name of all that is good and holy
by Dana E. Worsnop
Blessings | Spring | Coming of Age
In These Days of Fire
by John and Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
Prayers
In this time of anticipated spring
by Terasa G. Cooley
Meditations | Spring
In this time of meditation, may you rest in the grace of the world
by Martha L. Munson
Meditations
Incandescent, the bright autumn leaf
by John H. Robinson, Jr.
Prayers
Infinite Spirit of Life, we ask thy blessing on these
by Norbert Fabian Capek
Blessings | Spring | Flower Communion
Interfaith Prayer for the World
by Claudene (Deane) Olivia
Prayers
Into the Wilderness
by Sarah York
Meditation Manuals | Readings
It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals
by Norbert Fabian Capek
Prayers | Spring | Flower Communion
Join Hands - Join Spirits
by David R. Chapman
Prayers
Let there always be in the seasons of our lives
by Rolfe Gerhardt
Meditations
Let there be a quiet time among us.
by Barbara Hamilton-Holway
Meditations
Let us be united in the spirit of aspiration
by John Cummins
Prayers
Let us enter into a spirit of meditation.
by Linda M. Hansen
Meditations
Let us join in a moment dedicated to that quiet power within us.
by Jay E. Abernathy, Jr.
Meditations
Let us join in the exercise of silence
by Greta W. Crosby
Meditations
Let Us Make this Earth a Heaven
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
Let us pray to the God
by Max A. Coots
Prayers
Let Us Rest In This Peace
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers
Like pendulums we swing from hunger to hunger
by Don W. Vaughn-Foerster
Meditations
Listening for Our Song
by David S. Blanchard
Meditation Manuals | Readings
Lord of all being,
by Michael A. Schuler
Prayers
Loving spirit,
by Gary Kowalski
Prayers
Many of the past generation and many of today...
by Sophia Lyon Fahs
Prayers | Coming of Age | Children's / Religious Education Sunday
Many of the past generation and many of today...
by Sophia Lyon Fahs
Prayers | Other Readings | Children's / Religious Education Sunday
Many of us, O God,
by Richard M. Fewkes
Meditations
May we look with gratitude upon this day,
by Michael R. Leduc
Meditations
May we open ourselves ever more fully to that Eternal Mystery
by Carol Meyer
Blessings
Meditation for a Beautiful Day
by Sara Campbell
Meditations
Meditation for a New Year
by Amanda Poppei
Meditations | Meditations | Winter | New Year's Day
Meditation for an Intergenerational Service
by Axel H. Gehrmann
Meditations | Prayers | Variable | Association Sunday
Meditation for an Intergenerational Service
by Axel H. Gehrmann
Meditations
Meditation for Beginning
by Judith L. Quarles
Meditations | Meditations | New Year's Day
Meditation for Mother's Day
by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz
Meditations | Spring | Mother's Day
Meditation for the Sunday near the Yom Kippur
by Elizabeth M. Strong
Meditations
Meditation on Broken Hearts
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Meditations | Variable
Meditation on Eternal Life
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Meditations | Variable
Meditation on Flower Communion Sunday
by William B. Rice
Meditations | Spring | Flower Communion
Meditation on Goodness
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Meditations | Responsive Readings
Meditation on Hands
by Christine C. Robinson
Meditations
Meditation on Letting Go
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Meditations | Variable
Meditation on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - for all ages
by Edward Harris
Meditations | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Meditation on the Equinox
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Meditations | Variable
Meditation on Winter Celebrations
by Elizabeth M. Strong
Meditations | Winter
Meditation/Prayer for Uganda
by Sarah Lammert
Meditations
Memorial Day Prayer
by Barbara J. Pescan
Prayers | Spring | Memorial Day
MLK Day Prayer
by Paul S. Sawyer
Prayers | Winter | Martin Luther King Sunday
Mother's Day Prayer
by Kathleen Rolenz
Prayers | Spring | Mother's Day
Now
by Clifford Martin Reed
Prayers
Now, in shared quietness,
by Anne E. Treadwell
Meditations | Spring | Passover (Pesach)
O Deep Mystery of our lives
by Sheldon W. Bennett
Prayers | Prayers
O divine source of love,
by Judy Welles
Prayers | Spring | Mother's Day
O God of life,
by Richard Trudeau
Prayers
O God, whom we know as love,
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers
O Send Forth Me
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
O Source of life and love,
by Bruce Southworth
Prayers
O Thou whose power we see in the stars
by Charles A. Howe
Prayers
O Thou whose voice speaks from within the heart and soul
by Philip Larson
Prayers
O Thou, whose kingdom is within,
by Jacob Trapp
Prayers
Oh Divine Spirit,
by Tess Baumberger
Prayers | Litanies
Oh, God of Many Moments
by Tess Baumberger
Prayers
On Being Scared
by Jane Ranney Rzepka
Meditation Manuals | Readings
Ordination Prayer
by William E. Gardner
Prayers
Our House
by Michael DeVernon Boblett
Blessings
Our House - Building Dedication
by Paul H. Beattie
Blessings
Out of a troubled world
by Andrew M. Hill
Prayers
Pastoral Prayer
by Krista Taves
Prayers
Pastoral Prayer
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers
Pastoral Prayer for the Gulf Region
by Melanie Morel-Ensminger
Meditations | Variable
Pastoral Thought: December 16, 2001
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
Popularity
by David O. Rankin
Meditations
Prayer
by Bruce Southworth
Prayers
Prayer for a Busy God
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Prayers | Variable
Prayer for a Children's Sunday and Flower Communion
by Sheldon W. Bennett
Prayers | Spring | Children's / Religious Education Sunday
Prayer for All Who Mother
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers | Spring | Mother's Day
Prayer for Candle Lighting on Christmas Eve
by Lisa Rubin
Meditations | Rituals | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Prayer for Canvass Sunday
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers | Spring | Canvass Sunday
Prayer for Christmas Eve
by Anya Sammler-Michael
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Prayer for dedication of new home built by Women Build - Habitat for Humanity
by Carie J. Johnsen
Prayers
Prayer for Easter Sunday
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers | Spring | Easter
Prayer for joys and concerns
by Tess Baumberger
Prayers
Prayer for Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday
by Kathleen Rolenz
Prayers | Winter | Martin Luther King Sunday
Prayer for Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunday
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers | Winter | Martin Luther King Sunday
Prayer for Memorial Day
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers | Spring | Memorial Day
Prayer for Mother's Day
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers | Spring | Mother's Day
PRAYER FOR NOVEMBER 14, 2003
by Kathleen Rolenz
Prayers
Prayer for the Coming of Age Service
by Paul Langston-Daley
Prayers | Coming of Age
Prayer for the Installation of a Minister
by Kathleen Rolenz
Prayers
Prayer for the Opening of the Coming of Age Program
by Paul Langston-Daley
Prayers | Coming of Age
Prayer for those Gathered in Worship
by Barbara J. Pescan
Meditation Manuals | Prayers
Prayer for Travelers / Oración Para Los Viajeros
by Angela Herrera
Prayers
Prayer for Two Voices
by Tandi Koerger
Prayers | Variable
Prayer for UN Sunday
by Wayne B. Arnason
Prayers
Prayer in Response to 2010 Earthquake in Haiti
by John Millspaugh
Prayers | Variable
Prayer in Time of Transition
by Julianne Lepp
Prayers | Variable
Prayer of Hope and Healing
by Chrystal Hogan
Prayers
Prayer of Leaves
by Andrew M. Hill
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Prayer of the Earth
by Andrew M. Hill
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
Prayer Poem to the Names of God
by Richard M. Fewkes
Meditations
Psalm 23: A Prayer Dialogue between Chaplain and Patient
by Robin L. Zucker
Prayers
Psalm 23: A Prayer Dialogue between Chaplain and Patient
by Robin L. Zucker
Meditations | Prayers
Receive, O Mystery, the words of our hearts.
by Lindsay Bates
Prayers
Reception
by Nancy Shaffer
Meditations | Spring | Children's / Religious Education Sunday
Responsive Blessing of the Animals
by Christine C. Robinson
Blessings
September Meditation
by Burton D. Carley
Meditations
She Guides Us
by Jamie Goodwin
Meditations | Meditations
Singing in the Night
by David O. Rankin
Prayers | Meditation Manuals
Solstice Prayer
by Sara Eileen LaWall
Prayers | Winter | Winter Solstice / Yule
Some days dark tremors sweep across our lives.
by George Kimmich Beach
Meditations | Prayers
Some Wishes For You
by Charles S. Stephan, Jr.
Meditation Manuals | Blessings | Spring | Coming of Age
Soul Lifts
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
Source of life and death, ground of all being,
by Richard M. Fewkes
Prayers
Spirit of creative good, be with us
by Virginia P. Knowles
Prayers
Spirit of life -- mysterious power in all creation
by Andrew C. Backus
Meditations
Spirit of life and love
by Amarette Callaway
Prayers
Spirit of life and love,
by Sydney K. Wilde
Prayers
Spirit of life, bring to us beauty
by Judith L. Quarles
Prayers | Spring
Spirit of life, we are joined today in a moment of gratitude for a perfect fall day
by Kerry Meuller
Prayers | Fall
Spirit of life, we come from different spaces.
by Tony A. Larsen
Prayers
Spirit of life, we come together this Easter morning
by Ruth E. Gibson
Prayers | Spring | Easter
Spirit of the Harvest
by Gary Kowalski
Prayers | Fall | Thanksgiving
Stirred by the Spirit
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
Table Grace
by Elizabeth L. Greene
Prayers
Teach my heart healing words.
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Prayers
Tending the Fire of our Spirit
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Meditations | Variable
Thanksgiving Meditation
by Elizabeth M. Strong
Meditations
The church is a body.
by Victoria Weinstein
Prayers
The Communion Prayer
by Norbert Fabian Capek
Prayers | Spring | Flower Communion
The Congregation responds with Live in me, Spirit of Life
by Joel Miller
Prayers
The Death of American Innocence
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
The Deep Well of Appreciation
by Marta I. Valentin
Prayers
The Deep Well of Appreciation
by Marta I. Valentin
Prayers
The Fine Art of the Good Guest
by Jeffrey Lockwood
Meditation Manuals | Readings
The Healing Moment
by Elizabeth Tarbox
Meditation Manuals | Readings
The Home That Love Made
by Amanda Poppei
Meditations | Meditations | Fall | Homecoming / Ingathering
The Kindness of Lo Mein
by Kaaren Solveig Anderson
Meditations
The Lord's Prayer revised
by Fred F. Keip, Jr.
Prayers
The Meaning of the Solstice
by Barbara Wells ten Hove
Meditations | Winter | Winter Solstice / Yule
The Moment of Magic
by Victoria E. Safford
Meditations | Winter
The moment of prayer is an invitation
by Earl K Holt III
Meditations
The Peace Not Past Understanding
by Gary Kowalski
Prayers
The Quiet and the Calm
by Jay E. Abernathy, Jr.
Meditations
The Rainbow Prayer
by Andrew M. Hill
Prayers | Winter | Christmas Eve / Christmas
The Urge to Evolve
by Samuel A. Trumbore
Meditations | Other Readings
The Web of Life
by Robert T. Weston
Meditation Manuals | Readings
There Is Room For You Here
by Mary Edes
Prayers
This Is How We Are Called
by Kimberley Beyer-Nelson
Meditations | Spring | Earth Day
Thou that hearest, listen
by Barbara J. Pescan
Prayers
Thou who art the vital center of our lives
by Alan G. Deale
Meditations
Thou who knows the secrets hidden within all hearts
by Jerry Goddard
Prayers
Three Things
by Jan Taddeo
Meditations
Tis the Season
by M. Maureen Killoran
Meditations | Winter | Advent
To the Blessings of this Season
by Ken Sawyer
Meditations
To the God above God we turn our thoughts in meditation.
by Gary Kowalski
Meditations
Too often, God, we have ignored you.
by Amy McKenzie Quinn
Prayers
Traditional Transylvanian Blessing
by Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council
Blessings
Traditional Transylvanian Blessing (Hungarian first – English follows)
by Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council
Blessings
Unitarian Universalist Confession
by Mary Edes
Prayers
Universal Spirit of love, O God within each one of us
by Dorothy May Emerson
Prayers | Confessions
Walking the Crooked Path
by Thomas Rhodes
Meditations | Prayers | Variable
Water Blessing - Wedding Blessing
by Tess Baumberger
Blessings
Waving the Palms
by David O. Rankin
Meditations | Spring | Palm Sunday
We Are Whole
by Beth Lefever
Meditations | Other Readings | Variable
We Arrive Together Here
by Andrew Pakula
Meditations | Opening Words | Variable
We gather to be together
by Katie Stein Sather
Blessings
We Give Thanks For The Animals
by Gary Kowalski
Prayers | Blessing of the Animals
We give thanks for this day
by Paul H. L'Herrou
Meditations
We join together now in a time of meditation or prayer, spoken at first and then for a time in the peace that silence brings.
by Wayne B. Arnason
Meditations | Spring | Memorial Day
We lift our hearts in gratitude
by Philip Randall Giles
Meditations
We Matter (Joys and Sorrows Meditation)
by Jennifer Leota Gray
Meditations
We Pray for the Children
by Gary Kowalski
Prayers | Litanies | Children's / Religious Education Sunday
We pray today to be renewed in the love that never faileth.
by Earl K Holt III
Prayers
We thank them all
by Mel Harkrader-Pine
Prayers | Meditations | Variable | Association Sunday
Welcome All You Saints!
by Susan Brown
Prayers | Fall | All Saints Day
When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart, I remember many things too easily forgotten:
by Paul H. Beattie
Meditations
Who can be certain where the self stops and the universe begins?
by Todd J. Taylor
Meditations
Winter Solstice Meditation
by Christine C. Robinson
Meditations | Winter | Winter Solstice / Yule
Wise Woman Redwood
by Tess Baumberger
Meditations
You send us into the world, O God, with freedom to choose and to act.
by Thomas D. Wintle
Prayers
Your Presence Is Near
by Julianne Lepp
Prayers
Your Presence Is Near
by Julianne Lepp
Prayers | Variable
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