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It's okay to be feel weary of resiliency and wholeness and learning and growth.Opening | By Sharon Wylie | November 16, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, WorshipWeb, Worship -
We light this chalice to kindle a flame of warmth as a reminder of the connection that draws us in to a community that opens us up.Chalice Lighting | By Amy Brooks | October 14, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Autumnal Equinox, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWeb, Worship -
Come. Gather. Not into a common space— sharing a physical closeness we long for, precluded by wise choice. But come, gather into this common time and a common space. We need to be together. We yearn for connection....Opening | By Jeff May | August 11, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Community, Relationships -
We light this chalice, symbol of our purpose to bring more love and justice into the world. We light this chalice, knowing our congregation as a church dispersed across communities, not bound by walls but connected through the web of life.Chalice Lighting | By Jennifer Gracen | June 21, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Connections, Unitarian Universalism -
Across the distance, the light from within me shines, sending love to all Across the distance, your light is fuel that warms me and helps to keep my own light burning Together, we keep the flame of community burning bright...Chalice Lighting | By Laura Thompson | April 7, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Building Community, Community, Love -
Spirit of life and love, We gather together in different ways this morning, From computer screens, from telephones, from car radios, We gather, reaching out across the wires, waving from a safe distance, To come together in religious community....Opening | By Cynthia Landrum | April 7, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Beginnings, Community, Hope, Love, Nourishing the Spirit, Personal Inspiration -
In ancient times, they said Dayenu It would have been enough to have been spared after the plagues. It would have been enough to have been freed of slavery, It would have been enough to have had food in the desert, Now we question, when will it be enough again? Dayenu Will it be enough to stay home?Opening | By Elizabeth Mount | April 6, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Generations, History, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Tradition -
We light this flame For the art of sacred unknowing. Humbled by all that we cannot fathom in this time, We come into the presence of what we do know, Perhaps the only thing we can ever know: That Love is now and forever The only answer to everything And everyone In every moment.Chalice Lighting | By Amy Carol Webb | March 30, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Hope, Humility, Love, Presence, Unitarian Universalism -
In a time of uncertainty, when everything around us is changing constantly— each day new developments, rising numbers, changing guidelines; when the world we live in suddenly seems upside-down and topsy-turvy: We light our chalice to remind ourselves of our grounding in our faith....Chalice Lighting | By Alice Anacheka-Nasemann | March 27, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Courage, History, Hope, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism -
We who gather here In this tender and anxious and confusing time We have been awash in a sea of information And misinformation and disinformation and this information that we seek is simply so that we May make wise decisions about how we respond And learn how we hold one another when we can’t hol...Opening | By Rod Richards | March 19, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Community, Interdependence, Seven Principles -
We gather in this time of uncertainty, full of unknowns, as angst closes in upon us. We light this chalice with a flame that draws us together. With this flame, we cut through the dankness of isolation and are warmed by the fires of our interconnection....Chalice Lighting | By Amy Williams Clark | March 16, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Community -
Our community knows no boundaries. We are not confined by the physical limits of walls Or, for that matter, Of what often Binds us, restricts us Holds us back. We are free-er than we know When we release ourselves And each other From expectations Of what is needed For true community. We are here...Chalice Lighting | By Nancy Reid-McKee | March 14, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #COVID19, Community