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Chalice Lighting | By Bettye A Doty | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: NaturePage/Article
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Leader: We light our Chalice in honor of all those who have served in our ministry. People: May the Chalice be to us a symbol of the sharing of faith and hope which they have brought. May the flame remind us of the giving of their lives and love upon the altar of service and truth.Chalice Lighting | By Peter Scott Lee | May 14, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Faith, Gratitude, Installations, Love, Ministerial Transition, Ministry, Ordinations, Remembrance Day, Sacrifice, Service, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
What if when I light the chalice, you hear an invitation to welcome gratitude for the earth? This week, as I got ready to light the chalice, my family talked about blessings from this planet. Here is my list: [list 3-7 things] And now, with this flame of hope shedding light in your heart: what is...Chalice Lighting | By Karen G. Johnston | May 6, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Children, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Gratitude, Nature, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Among Star Wars afficianados, May 4th is recognized as a special day. This "May the Fourth" invocation was written by Tori Jameson with help from Earl Rogers, Kevin Mann, and Cyn Burnelle. Please use it in worship as responsibly as a Jedi uses a lightsaber. Leader: May the force be with you!Invocation | By Tori Jameson | May 4, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, History, Playfulness, SecularWorship element -
We meet on holy ground, Brought into being as life encounters life, As personal histories merge into the communal story, As we take on the pride and pain of our companions, As separate selves become community. How desperate is our need for one another: Our silent beckoning to our neighbors, Our...Opening | By Richard S. Gilbert | April 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Connections, Purpose, Relationships, SacredWorship element
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For sleepless nights awaiting the curfew-breakers For anxious hours as a driving instructor For hours spent on sidelines, cheering And watching school plays, sometimes “resting our eyes,” For the pressures of bread-winning And “wait ‘til your father gets home.” For teaching moments and...Chalice Lighting | By Peter Friedrichs | April 16, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Change, Children, Direct Experience, Father's Day, Fathers, Parents, Prophetic Words & Deeds, RelationshipsWorship element -
Bring who you are as you enter our church this morning. Bring your best self and your struggling self; bring your mistakes and your triumphs; bring your shortcomings and your recommitment to good....Opening | By Sarah C Stewart | March 29, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Covenant, Love, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, VulnerabilityWorship element
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It is said that ministers are here to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. I say, we are all afflicted, and we are all comfortable. May our time together this morning be a comfort and a confrontation. May we here find peace in times of tumult; May we here invite tumult into lives of...Opening | By Sharon Wylie | March 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Activism, Challenge, Commitment, JusticeWorship element
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The diversity of the human species is astounding. The fact that we can gather together for common experience is nothing short of a miracle. Today, let us celebrate some of those differences....Opening | By Dawn Skjei Cooley | March 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Covenant, Diversity, SacredWorship element
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We join our voices in a holy communion of mind and heart, dedicated to the promises that bind us in compassion, one with another. In this hour we light the flame that signals our intention to find the sacred in every living thing.Chalice Lighting | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Compassion, Covenant, Dignity, Healing, Immanence, Inclusion, Reverence, SacredWorship element -
By the light of this chalice we prepare for the future. We prepare ourselves for the times of triumph and times of trial that might come. We prepare ourselves to be present to one another with loving hearts even in the most difficult of times....Chalice Lighting | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: CaringWorship element
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(Can be preceded by singing the first verse of "Bright Morning Stars," Hymn 357 in Singing the Living Tradition) Day breaks on our gratitude for family and friends, For the freedom to find our own truth, For the company of those who gather here, And the promises we offer one another....Chalice Lighting | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Covenant, Faith, Family, Freedom, Friendship, Grace, Gratitude, Hope, Journey, TruthWorship element -
This chalice burns with twin flames. The first flame burns for those who seek and defend the right to a free and responsible search for truth and meaning so that each person may live according to conscience in a democratically elected society. The second flame burns for the defenders of freedom,...Chalice Lighting | By Tracy Bleakney | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, America, Anti-Oppression, Commitment, Democracy, Freedom, July 4th, Justice Sunday, Memorial Day, Oppression, Power, Responsibility, Rights, Secular, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Wind that whispers through the willow trees Sun that sustains us Water that washes over willing earth and weathered stones A smile shared and savored A child’s squeal of delight as she dances in the daisies and daffodils The quiet joy of gathered community This, this is the spirit of life and lov...Invocation | By Seth Carrier-Ladd | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beauty, Children, Community, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Joy, Nature, Paganism, Sacred, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Committed to respond to the call of a wounded world… We join together this day with loving hearts, hands and minds. Embracing the interconnected web of water, air and earth… We light a fire of sustaining hope, ever bright with love and justice. May we bring forth this day new wisdom, strength...Opening | By Lynn Harrison | March 18, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Home, Nature, Responsibility, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
For millennia People have gathered together to hear stories, To root for the underdog, To jeer the evil and the unkind. We see in our stories Mirrors to our own lives Where we hope good things will happen to good people And that evil will be vanquished....Opening | By Sharon Wylie | March 3, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Evil, Generations, Good, History, Judaism, Purim, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Listen. Listen to silence. Listen to the wind. Listen to the stars. Hear trees. Dance. Dance to the beat of your neighbor’s heart. Dance to the rhythm of your childhood dreams. Sing. Sing and hum a wordless song to the tune of your rushing blood. And Pray. Pray with a fever that makes you sweat...Opening | By Jessica Purple Rodela | March 2, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: ListeningWorship element
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Ultimate Grace, the heart of every matter, in every perfection and imperfection, in all senses and: tenses, in moments of every right and wrong, presenting choices to inquiring hearts. You are in the purpose and the journey of mishaps. You are in moments of understanding and misunderstanding. We...Invocation | By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Freedom, Growth, Inclusion, Purpose, Revelation, Searching, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We are here and together at home in this evolving place, home in this ever changing breath and body, home in this dewy morning even as it reaches toward a hot high noon.Opening | By Susan Maginn | February 20, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Body, Calling, Direct Experience, Environment, Listening, Nature, Transcendence, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We take time to remember The ancestor’s journey Lit by a thousand stars What the wilderness taught them “Blessed art thou oh lord” Trust in the path Celebrate with joy What might the wilderness teach us Where can we pray to our thousand stars To feel our own life’s blessings To know our own...Chalice Lighting | By Sara Eileen LaWall | February 18, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Generations, Joy, Trust, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element