Beginnings

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This list includes every page or product from UUA.org, UU World magazine, or inSpirit books & gifts that is tagged with Beginnings.

  • Purple iris blossom.
    Flower Communion
    From WorshipWeb
    What a gathering—the purple tongues of iris licking out at spikes of lupine, the orange crepe skirts of poppies lifting over buttercup and daisy....
  • Christmas Eve Night
    From WorshipWeb
    Like those shepherds who were on the hillsides with their flocks, like those wise ones in their observatories with their telescopes and astronomical...
  • Image of hands under running water.
    Teacher Hand Blessing
    From WorshipWeb
    Note: This ritual combines fresh water with water from the previous year that has been boiled and filtered. The combined water is poured over the hands...
  • Blessing of New Drivers
    From WorshipWeb
    Keeper of our journeys, Today we mark and celebrate a significant moment in the lives of these young people Who this year assume the responsibility of...
  • Silhouette of a flock of birds on a branch
    Communion with Earth and Sky
    From WorshipWeb
    Early spring awakens memories of a deeper cold and hopes of a warmer wetness, sprouting seeds and budding branches....
  • friends
    For Every Time We Make a Mistake
    From WorshipWeb
    (May be read responsively) For every time we make a mistake and we decide to start again: We light this chalice. For every time we are lonely and we let...
  • Lit candles held in a row of cupped hands
    Every Endeavor Begins With a First Step
    From WorshipWeb
    Leader: Every endeavor begins with a first step, and encounters darkness and difficulty along the way. Response: We know the darkness of ignorance, of...
  • A rose resting on a wooden casket, more flowers visible in the background
    Chalice lighting, for a memorial service
    From WorshipWeb
    Birth is a miracle of love and courage, bringing light into the world; Death is a loss of light, but no less an act of courage, For we are born from— an...
  • A large number of people are in silhouette against the blaze of a bonfire
    Little Flame
    From WorshipWeb
    Little flame, Light the tender kindling of our souls... And soon a roaring blaze shall be Of warmth and love and community. From this little spark May a...
  • A half-dozen people (heads and shoulders) silhouetted against a deep blue sky.
    There is Light
    From WorshipWeb
    In the beginning There was light Infinite and expansive Flowing out from an unseen center. Throughout Creation There is light From the steady Sun The...