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Working to feed the hungry and obtain adequate food for poor people in our society has long been central to my own justice and service work. When I was in high school, I spent many weekends volunteering with a group called Youth Service Opportunities Project....Sermon | By Michael J. Tino | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Body, Direct Experience, Earth, Food, Food Justice, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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On a deeper level, do we consider what we are eating and whether its origins are compatible with our personal values? Since the beginning of time, dietary practices have been incorporated into the religious practices of humanity....Reading | By Gerri Kennedy | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Body, Ethics, Food Justice, Nature, Prophetic Words & DeedsWorship element
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"Humans are part of the web of life. What we do to the planet, what we do to other species, and what we do to other people, we end up doing to ourselves."...Quote | By John Robbins | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature, Prophetic Words & Deeds, ResponsibilityWorship element
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May the firmness of the earth be yours. May the flow of the water be yours. May the freedom of the air be yours. May the fierceness of the fire be yours. May all of the gifts of this life, The Below and the Above, Be with you now and remain with you always.Closing | By Eric Williams | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, PaganismWorship element
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[sing Holy Waters] We bring waters from the four directions. Water from the north, from icy seas and frozen lands, water that commingles and is part of the water of the globe. Bless these waters, that they may be healing waters. May the waters make us new....Ritual | By Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth-Centered, Nature, PaganismWorship element
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We light this chalice, spark of the original fire of creation, to remind us that we all on this planet—the furred, the feathered, the finned, and the scaled, along with us featherless bipeds—we are all made of the same star-stuff and all share a common destiny. We all share the same hopes of a...Chalice Lighting | By Mark Causey | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Climate Justice, Compassion, Diversity, Earth, Earth-Centered, Equity, Ethics, Interdependence, Nature, Relationships, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
In faith, together, we light this small scrap of light, symbol of Grandfather Sun's enormous power, whose energy burns so brightly In these days of deep Summer, catapulting the leaves and vines, vegetables, flowers and fruits to astonishing size, lengths and heights, spilling over the tops of cag...Chalice Lighting | By Ellen Hamilton | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Community, Earth, Earth-Centered, Food, Freedom, Gratitude, Growth, Joy, Nature, SummerWorship element -
Tune: L. v Beethoven Theme from 9th Symphony (Ode to Joy) Sing of joy and gladness now and evermore to Nature’s song, Open up our heart’s desire with love that lasts our whole life long May the knowledge of our kinship spread throughout the universe, Helping us to live our lives in harmony with...Music | By Bruce Callander | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, ReverenceWorship element
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We give thanks for the animals Who live close to nature, Who remind us of the sanctities of birth and death, Who do not trouble their lives with foreboding or grief, Who let go each moment as it passes, And accept each new one as it comes With serenity and grace....Meditation | By Gary Kowalski | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Animals, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Gratitude, PeaceWorship element
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Here we are gathered, Humanist, and Christian, Non-theist, Buddhist, and Jew, Pagan, and Seeker—a Unitarian Universalist congregation. Let us confess what we know to be true.We are quick to proclaim our faith, but slow to live the teachings of that faith as it has been handed down to us, across...Meditation | By Mary Edes | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Forgiveness, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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We come together this morning as celebrants, as seekers and companions. We enter into this, the longest day, joyfully, allowing ourselves the beauty of this time together in which we may rest our cares and sorrows, and allow our hearts and spirits to be uplifted....Opening | By B Leslie Koons | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Balance, Beauty, Earth, Presence, Searching, Summer SolsticeWorship element
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I [do not] mean to present myself as some kind of bodhisattva of compassion. However, in my better moments—at least in my more conscious moments—while I’m eating, I do try to imagine the lives and even the deaths of the creatures who nourish me. I try to think of the freedom and exhilaration...Reading | By Lillian Nye | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, Animals, Body, Earth Day, Ethics, Food, Food Justice, Nature, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, WorkWorship element -
Utility | January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Caring, Community, Food, Friendship, Happiness, Hospitality, Love, Teamwork, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page -
Utility | December 19, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Climate Change, Climate Justice, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Environment, Interdependence, Nature, Science, WholenessCurriculum page
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Utility | December 2, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Direct Experience, Earth, Environment, Nature, Reason, Science, Unitarian Universalism, WonderCurriculum page
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Adapted from the story, "We Are All One," in Stories in Faith by Gail Forsyth-Vail (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2007), which was adapted from a Cantonese tale adapted by Lawrence Yep....Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Compassion, Connections, Empathy, Interdependence, Kindness, NatureCurriculum page -
Utility | November 7, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Direct Experience, Food, Gratitude, Tradition, WorkCurriculum page
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Utility | November 7, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Direct Experience, Mystery, Reason, Science, Transcendence, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, WonderCurriculum page
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Utility | November 7, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Awe, Direct Experience, Meaning, Mindfulness, Mystery, Reason, Reverence, Science, Searching, Spirituality, Transcendence, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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Genesis 1: 1-31; 2:1-4 (New Revised Standard Version) In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was...Story | October 29, 2014 | For Multigenerational | From Wisdom from the Hebrew ScripturesTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Authority, Birth, Connections, Creativity, Diversity, Earth, God, Good, Interdependence, JudaismCurriculum page