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In prayer, we call to mind the peacemakers.Meditation | By Eric Cherry | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Courage, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Faith, Fear, Healing, History, International, Nonviolence, Peace, WarWorship element -
We are five days away from what is has come to be traditionally celebrated as the birth of Jesus of Nazareth....Sermon | By David A Miller | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Advent, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Generosity, Grace, New Child, Revelation, Transformation, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We affirm that love is our greatest purpose. Accepting one another is the truest form of faithful living. The search for truth is our constant star....Affirmation | By Jay E Abernathy, Jr | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Courage, Hope, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Love, Purpose, Seven Principles, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
A chalice lit in our midst is a symbol of our liberal faith, A faith built on the foundation of freedom, reason and tolerance A faith sustained by acts of kindness and justice A faith that visions a world flourishing with equality for all her people A faith that demands the living out of goodness...Chalice Lighting | By Debra Faulk | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Compassion, Equity, Faith, Freedom, Good, Health, Justice, Kindness, Unitarian Universalism, WholenessWorship element -
You never know when the moment of decision will come. Perhaps it is on the school playground, when you see the class bully picking on a new victim. Or standing in the check-out line at the grocery store behind a young mother whose screaming child has her at her wits end....Homily | By Lisa Friedman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Courage, Justice, Kindness, Living Our Faith, Love, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Where is our holy church? We're on the side of love.Homily | By Fred Small | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Christianity, Compassion, Courage, Judaism, Justice, Living Our Faith, Love, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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If you're new to Unitarian Universalism, one of the things you will learn is that we are extremely proud of our history. In truth, our history is full of great things but it also has its share of shameful moments and embarrassing episodes....Reading | By Thom Belote | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Caring, Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Justice, Living Our Faith, Love, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Spirit of Truth and Justice Hear us as we ask that you hold the collective anxiety that permeates this fear-filled situation. This is a call to arms. Arms that will hold broken hearts, and elated hearts arms that wrap themselves around a body, beaten and disfigured in truth and metaphorically…...Prayer | By Marta I. Valentín | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Immigration, Justice, SolidarityWorship element
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"Few of their children in the country learn English Unless the stream of their importation could be turned they will soon so outnumber us that all the advantages we have will not be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious." Does this sound familiar? This...Sermon | By James (Jay) C Leach | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Globalism, Immigration, Immigration, Oppression, PrivilegeWorship element
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We light this chalice to celebrate the inherent worth and dignity of every person; To reaffirm the historic pledge of liberal religion to seek that justice which transcends mere legality and moves toward the resolution of true equality; And to share that love which is ultimately beyond even our...Chalice Lighting | By Steve Stock | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Community, Dignity, Equity, Justice, Love, Mystery, Purpose, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism, WorthWorship element -
We pray for the peace not past understanding: The peace of children laughing and students quietly studying, Of young women dancing and men flirting beneath the stars. The peace not past understanding: Where no gunfire disrupts the night, Where girls can walk downtown and not be afraid, Where boys...Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), PeaceWorship element
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May we light this chalice to honor our past: for Jan Hus, burned at the stake for suggesting that the cup be shared by all; for our Service Committee's earliest days, when its logo enabled the persecuted to find a safe haven. May we light this chalice to endorse our present: for our commitment to...Chalice Lighting | By George G Brooks | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Commitment, Dignity, Freedom, Generations, History, Justice, Partner Church Observation, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism, VisionWorship element
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Jefferson Unitarian Church Golden, CO Mothers Day, May 13, 2007 Three weeks ago my wife, Phyllis, and I participated in our all church social action weekend. What a magical day that was! We chose to help out building the new community garden at 32nd Avenue just this side of I-70....Sermon | By Peter Morales | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), Child Dedication, Children, Commitment, Health, Parents, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Teacher Dedication, Teacher RecognitionWorship element
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In a Barnes & Noble just before Easter, I watched a woman glance at a table of books and make a face like she'd just tasted something awful. Then she hurried on by as if she were afraid the books would bite. Curious, I looked to see what she had grimaced at: All the books on the table were about...Sermon | By Holly Anne Lux-Sullivan | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Diversity, Faith, Identity, Living Our Faith, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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In 1935, a US government truck pulled up to my grandfather’s house, a two-room sharecropper’s shack in which sixteen people lived. They were starving to death. Not malnutrition. Starvation. The truck brought surplus food, which on that particular visit consisted of a gallon of mustard. My father...Sermon | By David Breeden | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Human Rights, Labor Day, Money, Poverty, WorkWorship element
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Be ours a religion which, like sunshine, goes everywhere; its temple, all space; its shrine, the good heart; its creed, all truth; its ritual, works of love; its profession of faith, divine living.Reading | By Theodore Parker | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Faith, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We gather together as a community of seekers, to honour the interdependence of life, to respect the dignity of all, and to honour the land we walk humbly upon....Opening | By Sean Neil-Barron | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Indigenous American, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, ResponsibilityWorship element
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The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) distributed a new Chalice Lighting Reading each month. Congregations are invited to use it during worship services, and to introduce it as a Global Chalice Lighting.Utility | January 8, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), WorshipPage/Article -
Compiled from a variety of West African and South African folk tales. Once upon a time two cousins lived side by side in a village. They worked together in the fields each day and returned home each night to share a meal and some fun in the evening. The young woman cousin's name was Nosa....Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Challenge, Conscience, Courage, Creativity, EthicsCurriculum page -
Utility | November 9, 2014 | For Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Challenge, Compassion, Conscience, Courage, Creativity, EthicsCurriculum page