Remembrance

This list includes every page tagged with "Remembrance."

  • In a green meadow, a person pushes a wheelchair occupied by an elderly woman.
    Prayer for the Living
    By Tess Baumberger
    From WorshipWeb
    And when I move into that final mystery, may those to whom I am connected comfort one another. May they each find a way to embody whatever they have learned from me.
  • A drop of water bounces off of a vessel of still water, sending out small ripples.
    Memorial Garden Blessing
    By Amy Zucker Morgenstern
    From WorshipWeb
    Those who have been a part of us remain within and around us, sustaining us like our blood, like rain.
  • A group of mourners walks across a cemetery green.
    Closing Memorial Prayer
    By Joel Miller
    From WorshipWeb
    Spirit of Life and Love: Under the vast spiral of time and space, surrounded by the simple blessings of a community of care and love, we carry these memories of (our beloved) with us back to the community and life they* loved. We pray: ...
  • The corner of a gravestone, which is bedecked with toys and flowers and a fake butterfly stuck in the grass.
    Love Does Not Disappear
    By Elea Kemler
    From Braver/Wiser
    In the eighteen years I’ve served as minister of my small-town congregation, I have led 96 memorial services, most for people I have loved. The longer I stay, the deeper I love and the more I grieve.
  • An older woman sits at a table, gazing at a framed photo of a man, suggesting that she is his widow
    Prayer of Remembrance
    By Lori Walke
    From WorshipWeb
    Holy One, on this day of remembrance we say aloud their names again: the names of those who died this year. Died — the word is jarring. So...
  • An empty brass candle holder emits a stream of smoke, suggesting that a candle has entirely burned itself out.
    Love Showed Up
    By Elizabeth Harding
    From Braver/Wiser
    Remembering is the art of holding a memory and sharing it; it’s drawing upon that memory so it can help us to grow into people who live lives of meaning and service. As a practice, remembering connects us deeply to each other and to the love that sustains us.
  • a person's hands grasp the handle of a shovel, a green lawn in the background
    Blessing for Life and the End of Life
    By Natalie Fenimore
    From WorshipWeb
    Blessed is all creation moving toward one ending in order to begin again. Blessed are the stories told with tears and loud laughter.
  • A field in Mongolia of dirt, deeply cut by cracks. The phenomenon, called a “dzud," is a drought in the summer and an extremely cold winter.
    Litany for Those Lost to Climate Change
    By Erica Baron
    From WorshipWeb
    Leader: [ if applicable: In addition to our own beloved dead], we take the time to acknowledge all those already lost as the world feels...
  • For All Our Losses
    By Patricia Shelden
    From WorshipWeb
    For those we miss. For things long gone. For those who or what we last held in our arms, in our hands and in our hearts — we pray. We pray...
  • Army soldier in dress uniform playing Taps at Arlington National Cemetery
    The Last Soldier
    By David M. Horst
    From WorshipWeb
    I saw the parade pass by with the last soldier marching. I saw politicians stand by not in pride, but in shame as they recited the names of...

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