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  • We are here that we might have life and have it more abundantly, so that we might share it with others. Come, let us join together as a generous people.
    Opening | By John C Morgan | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Joy
  • We are called to gather in worship as a beloved community. We are called to set aside distractions and anxieties, that we might touch deeper springs and be renewed. We are called to seek and to share comfort for the hurts that afflict....
    Opening | By Kirk D Loadman-Copeland | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mindfulness
  • Water! Earth! Air! Fire!...
    Opening | By Peter S. Raible | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth Day, Paganism
  • To this house we come bringing our boldest dreams—seeking here the inspiration and strength to make them be! To this house we come hoping to bury broken dreams, to be sustained through their pain and to discover new ones amidst their tears. We come here lonely, isolated from meaningful human...
    Opening | By Lawrence E McGinty | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Connections, Purpose, Searching, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • There are some heights to which we have not risen, and never will; there are some depths to which we have not fallen, and never will, we pray. Somewhere between there are places where we can reach up and reach out for the strength we need for our journey. This is such a place. Thus we pause for...
    Opening | By Paul H Bicknell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Balance, Direct Experience, Gratitude
  • Spirit of life, come to us to break down barriers; to widen horizons; to make us less judgmental. Help us to see the larger picture and the kinder conclusion; to love and let live; to embrace and forgive; to sustain and care....
    Opening | By Rhys Williams | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Peace
  • Spirit of life, be present with us this hour. Join us today as we gather in a wider search for truth and purpose. In this quest, may we greet one another with open hearts and minds; may we inspire each other to consider new questions and seek deeper meaning; and may we cultivate wisdom and...
    Opening | By Kathy A Huff | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Hospitality
  • Here in this sanctuary of ancient dreams and wisdom and beauty we come to grow, to be healed, to stretch mind and heart, to be challenged, renewed; to be helped in our own continuing struggles for meaning and for love; to help build a world with more justice and mercy in it; to be counted among t...
    Opening | By Jack Mendelsohn | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Justice, Work
  • From the power of our memory and history, With high hopes for the days that lie ahead, We gather to craft the destiny we share with one another. We gather with faith in the practice of democracy. We gather with hearts and minds open To the wisdom in every voice among us. In our gathering, May we...
    Opening | By Heather K Janules | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Work
  • For our community gathered here, for the spirit that called us together and drew us to this place: We give thanks this day....
    Opening | By Jane E Mauldin | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Gratitude
  • Everything begins on the verge of awareness. The dawn is not and then is. Sleep is and then is not. In between is the awakening. The passage of thin light, between, breaks open the day. The passage of thin sound, between, flows into the day. Too soon the numbing rumble of traffic swells, the day...
    Opening | By George Kimmich Beach | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Awe, Balance, Change
  • Enter with me the sacred space. Bring with you what is yours— a burdened heart, a joyous song, a wearied spirit, a seeking mind. Bring the gift of yourself to the altar. It is an honorable gift.
    Opening | By Amarette Callaway | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Sacred, Searching, Wholeness
  • Do not leave your cares at the door. Do not leave there your pain, your sorrow or your joys. Bring them with you into this place of acceptance and forgiveness. Place them on the common altar of life and offer them to the possibility of your worship. Come then, and offer yourself to potential...
    Opening | By Norman V Naylor | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Forgiveness, Transformation
  • Creator of all times and seasons, and of all the seasons of our lives, we gather in this place, thankful for the days that have been, even those that have tried our souls; and hopeful for the days that shall be, even those that shall demand of us the best that we have of faith and hope and courag...
    Opening | By Richard M Fewkes | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Earth-Centered, Patience, Transformation
  • Come ye into this house of worship! Come in and find peace and rest, inspiration and aspiration, fellowship and love. Come in and find light for your darkness, a friend's touch for your loneliness, and music for your soul. Come in and let your heart sing for all the blessings that are yours this...
    Opening | By Elizabeth A Parish | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Friendship
  • Come, let us worship together. Let us open our minds to the challenge of reason, open our hearts to the healing of love, open our lives to the calling of conscience, open our souls to the comfort of joy....
    Opening | By Lindsay Bates | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Gratitude, Unitarian Universalism
  • Come. Let us be joined in seeking the aspirations of the heart. Come. Let us be joined in giving voice to those melodies which can heal the wounded soul. Come. Let us be joined in speaking the words which set us free.
    Opening | By Calvin O Dame | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Direct Experience, Searching
  • Come into this house of worship. Come in bringing all of who you are. Rest and quiet your week-worn spirit, for you are here to touch again eternal springs of hope and renewal. Calm your hurried pace. For this hour let the cares, the fretfulness and worry be set aside. Forgive yourself—you are so...
    Opening | By Carolyn S Owen-Towle | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Caring, Community, Letting Go
  • Come into this circle of community. Come into this sacred space. Be not tentative. Bring your whole self! Bring the joy that makes your heart sing. Bring your kindness and your compassion. Bring also your sorrow, your pain. Bring your brokenness and your disappointments....
    Opening | By Andrew Pakula | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Sacred
  • Come in. Come into this place which we make holy by our presence. Come in with all your vulnerabilities and strengths, fears and anxieties, loves and hopes. For here you need not hide, nor pretend, nor be anything other than who you are and are called to be....
    Opening | By Rebecca A Edmiston-Lange | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Transformation