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The work of radical inclusion; of collective liberation.Closing | By Emily Richards | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Business Meetings, Living Our Faith, Purpose
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We gather to honor our covenant and engage in congregational life.Chalice Lighting | By Emily Richards | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Business Meetings, Character, Democracy, Leadership, Purpose, Work
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We all want to feel at home, somewhere, somehow....Reading | By Christian Schmidt | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Home, Judaism, Searching, Sukkot
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Sexuality in all its stunning diversity is part of our birthright.Homily | By Debra Haffner | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Choice, Secular, Sexuality, Reproductive Justice
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Words of worth rebound, resound...Poetry | By Charles Thomas | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Love
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Rooting ourselves in love as the source of all we are, Let us love.Litany | By Charles Thomas | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Seven Principles, WorshipWeb, Worship
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What happens when you don’t agree?Story | By Renee Ruchotzke | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Choice, Community, Compromise, Conflict, Relationships, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We give thanks to the Sacred, woven in and among us, for the teachers, youth advisors, youth mentors, and parents in our community.Ritual | By Elizabeth Harding | October 17, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Children, Family, Leadership, Relationships, Teacher Recognition
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Preparation: acquire a wooden block tower building game (similar to Jenga ©). If possible, consider getting a jumbo version of game because its size lends itself to more visibility for the congregation and more space for more kids to participate. Other supplies: signs or name tags that state...Time for All Ages | By Karen G. Johnston | October 17, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #8thPrinciple, Compromise, Conflict, Covenant, Relationships, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
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My vet said, “She's telling you thank you for letting her go.”Reflection | By Ndidi Achebe | October 12, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Animal Memorial, Animals, Death, Direct Experience, Grief, Letting Go, Love, Secular, Worship
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Dying is scary, but we are brave, and we can talk about it together.Reflection | By Meg Barnhouse | October 5, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Death, Family, Limitations, Meaning, Worship
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Let us imagine washing the feet of someone who has wronged us. Their feet, too, are calloused and muddy from the road.Responsive Reading | By Patty Willis | October 3, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Christianity, Compassion, Easter, Empathy, Ministry, Service, WorshipWeb, Worship
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I wasn’t really “born this way.” I grew this way.Reflection | By Heather McDuffee | September 28, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: #Pride, Choice, Coming Out, Friendship, God, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Marriage, National Coming Out Day, Transformation, Trust, Worship
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Coming out is vulnerable, intimate, and holy.Homily | By Heather McDuffee | September 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #Pride, Acceptance, Christianity, Coming Out, Courage, Direct Experience, Family, Friendship, God, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, National Coming Out Day, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Breathe in us, with us, and through us as we gather—one in community.Invocation | By Kristin Grassel Schmidt | September 22, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Earth-Centered, Judaism, Nature, Rosh Hashanah, Unity, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We don’t need to understand why someone sets a boundary to respect it.Reflection | By Shaya French | September 21, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Friendship, Interdependence, Limitations, Relationships, Stewardship, Worship
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I rise on the shoulders of ancestors whose names I can not know.Reflection | By Glen Thomas Rideout | September 14, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: #8thPrinciple, #BlackHistoryMonth, #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), America, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Direct Experience, Family, Generations, History, Oppression, Race/Ethnicity, Secular, Self-Respect, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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It's my actions and choices that determine my connection to others.Reflection | By Priscilla Shumway | September 7, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Spiritual Practice, Worship
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If you’re trying to build a worship service that's anti-racist and decenters whiteness, you start in one spot.Leader Resource | By JeKaren Olaoya, Erika Hewitt | September 2, 2022 | From WorshipLabTagged as: #WidenTheCircle, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, Worship Tips
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We hold in our hearts those who aspire to move from age-ing to sage-ing.Prayer | By Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine, Mary Grigolia | September 1, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Aging, Body, Challenge, Change, WorshipWeb, Worship
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor.Reflection | By Sarah Skochko | August 31, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), America, Compassion, Dignity, Human Rights, Humanism, Labor Day, Secular, Work, Worship
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Beneath the snow, life is bursting, preparing for the next season.Meditation | By Sharon Delgadillo | August 24, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Change, Earth, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Imagination, Nature, Secular, Spring, Vernal Equinox, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Loss binds us together undeniably.Affirmation | By Atena O. Danner | August 23, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Brokenness, Connections, Grief, Healing, Kindness, Suffering
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I offer my "Ouch" with hope and trust.Meditation | By Atena O. Danner | August 18, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Connections, Forgiveness, Humility, Living Our Faith, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Can we find space for lifting our heads in wonder—that we’re still striving, still trying togetherChalice Lighting | By Li Kynvi | August 10, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Faith, Hope, Identity, Living Our Faith, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
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May we open our hearts to the abundance of creation.Prayer | By Vanessa Rush Southern, Alyson Jacks | August 8, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Connections, Earth Day, Easter, Hope, Joy, Vernal Equinox, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Pleasure is one of the ways we know when we are free.Reading | By Adrienne Maree Brown | August 5, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Body, Direct Experience, Humanism, Joy, Secular, Self-Care, Sexuality, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Worship is relational and even transformational, but it's not informational.Leader Resource | August 4, 2022 | From WorshipLabTagged as: Worship Tips
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Once, during my ministerial internship, a woman I’ll call Clara came up to me during the hustle and bustle before the Sunday service. I knew that Clara struggled with anxiety; now, in great distress, she told me how anxious she was and that she didn’t know what to do. She was frantic, and I...Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Caring, Listening, Mental Health, Presence
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People of faith are experts in human kindness.Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Addiction/Recovery, Caring, Community, Healing, Hope, Kindness, Mental Health
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People find hope in the faith that they're held by something larger than themselves.Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Addiction/Recovery, Faith, Healing, Mental Health, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality
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Mental illness is a spiritual problem as well as a psychiatric one.Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Health, Searching, Spirituality
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Mental illnesses are sometimes called “no-casserole diseases.” People don’t bring casseroles to homes where someone is hospitalized for mental problems.Reading | By Barbara F. Meyers | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Caring, Compassion, Mental Health, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We are all called to serve, to grow, and to love as we continue this journey of transformation.Benediction | By Kent McKusick | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Growth, Love, Service, WorshipWeb, Worship
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May you feel the freedom to stretch fully into your most true self.Ritual | By Kim Wildszewski | July 20, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Gender, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Self-Respect, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
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I never heard the word abortion in church when I was a child.Poetry | By Eileen Casey-Campbell | June 30, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Direct Experience, Freedom, Politics, Truth, WorshipWeb, Reproductive Justice, Worship
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We must choose each other again and again, though conflict and through plenty.Reflection | By Abbey Tennis | June 29, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Conflict, Discernment, Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Worship
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We are learning to regroup and remember perfection was never the point.Opening | By Gretchen Haley | June 27, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Grace, Growth, Healing, Progress, Relationships, Self-Respect, Vulnerability, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We have to keep finding ways to widen the circle of care and concern.Reflection | By JeKaren Olaoya | June 22, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Hospitality, Identity, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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We gather here, around this flame; seeking, believing, and being, together.Chalice Lighting | June 17, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Generations, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We have a holy obligation to bring about paradise on this earth; each generation helps us do that.Reflection | By Nathan Ryan | June 15, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Children, Father's Day, Fathers, Generations, Hope, Mothers, Parents, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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We bless today all the masculinities with us and within us.Blessing | By Kye Flannery | June 9, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Father's Day, Fathers, Freedom, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Men, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Your minister is not, cannot be, your friend.Sermon | By Dawn Skjei Cooley | June 8, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Friendship, Leadership, Limitations, Ministry, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
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To be queer is to know the ways of holding all that shimmers to the light.Reflection | By Laura Solomon | June 8, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Humanism, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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Your contributions are a tangible commitment to the mission and vision of this congregation.Offering | By Elizabeth Murphy | June 2, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Stewardship
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We are that, says a little acorn pointing toward an oak tree.Prayer | By Arif Mamdani | June 2, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Abundance, Generations, God, Love, Transcendence, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
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We are an angry and beautiful people.Reflection | By Laura Solomon | June 1, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Brokenness, Connections, Direct Experience, Disaster or Crisis, Fear, Humanism, Love, Suffering, Unitarian Universalism, Worship
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We scatter these remains to the earth returning creation unto itself.Ritual | By Marian Stewart | May 28, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Death, Memorial Services, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Hold us gently as we gather closer together, comforting each other, healing each other.Prayer | By Vanessa Titang | May 26, 2022 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Disaster or Crisis, Transcendence, WorshipWeb, Worship
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Growing connects me to ancestors who had their hands in the dirt because it was keeping them alive.Reflection | By Melissa Jeter | May 25, 2022 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: Abundance, Earth, Earth-Centered, Family, Food, Food Justice, Generations, Growth, Humanism, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Worship
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