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Once upon a time, most folks used the offering plate to fulfill their pledges of financial support. Nowadays lots of folks click on their church websites or set up automatic transfers from their checking accounts. Some still write a monthly check, paying their "church bill" along with all the...Offering | By Paul R Beedle | April 24, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, Direct Experience, Generosity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Spiritual Practice, StewardshipWorship element
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With our words we have given our mind's consent to the letter of this covenant. Now let us come together in the spirit of covenant, laying on our hands, and offering our heart's consent. As we begin, join me in placing your hands over your heart. Feel its precious beating....Blessing | By Keith Goheen | April 22, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Commitment, Compassion, Hospitality, Installations, Ministry, Ordinations, Presence, Relationships, Reverence, Service, Spirituality, Tradition, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Olympia who had a dream. She dreamed that one day she would grow up to be a minister. But during the 1800s, only men were ministers, so it didn’t seem likely that Olympia’s dream would come true. Olympia, however, continued to dream. Time passed,...Story | By Christopher Buice | April 14, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, History, Judaism, Purpose, Universalism, WomenWorship element
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The Resurrection is to me the most difficult story in the Bible. John 20:31: Jesus said unto Thomas, "Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." To elaborate on this, I look at three characters in the story. Mary Magdalene, a woman...Reading | By Ricardo Williams | April 13, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Commitment, Doubt, Easter, Faith, PresenceWorship element
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Time to Tally Up...By Ted Resnikoff | April 8, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, General Assembly, Growth, Leadership, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
It's Gonna Feel Like It's Your Birthday! ...By Ted Resnikoff | March 27, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Education, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article -
We extinguish this flame, But we keep its light in our hearts, with its message of love and justice, Taking it outside these walls to the world we live in, until we are together again.Chalice Extinguishing | By Maddie Sifantus | March 27, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, Community, Humanism, Justice, Teamwork, Unitarian UniversalismWorship 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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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 -
I got off work at 7 pm and did the thing where you chase the bus a little bit but then realize you won’t make it and walk sheepishly back to the bus stop. I’m already an hour late to Sunday night singing at the Lucy Stone Cooperative, a UU affordable housing co-op in Boston. I’m still...Reading | By Elizabeth Nguyen | March 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Commitment, Community, Conflict, Direct Experience, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, VulnerabilityWorship element -
We are all dying, our lives always moving toward completion. We need to learn to live with death, and to understand that death is not the worst of all events. We need to fear not death, but life— empty lives, loveless lives, lives that do not build upon the gifts that each of us has been given,...Poetry | By Mark D. Morrison-Reed | March 23, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Commitment, Death, Direct Experience, Fear, Living Our Faith, PlayfulnessWorship element
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Jim Key Has a Message for Youth Watch this message from Unitarian Universalist Association Moderator Jim Key – Youth Caucus at...By Ted Resnikoff | March 20, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Education, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article
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Register for Youth Caucus Learn about Youth Sponsors to GA Learn How to Become a Delegate to GA [vimeo 122571659]...By Ted Resnikoff | March 19, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article -
During the hot Nebraska summers of my childhood, I spent hours, high in my treehouse, devouring the books I found in the small collection my parents had acquired from the estates of various relatives. One of my favorites was A Wonder Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s retelling of classical myths. My...Reading | By Barbara Rohde | March 17, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Climate Justice, Commitment, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature, Responsibility, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Youth Caucus Sr. Dean Olivia Calvi Leads, But You Can Get There First! General Assembly (GA) 2015 Youth Caucus RegistrationUnitarian Universalist Association. Check out where she is in the race to get to GA in Portland, Oregon [vimeo 121264504] Learn how to avoid roadblocks to get your completed...By Ted Resnikoff | March 4, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Congregational Action, Education, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article
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Talk about your Unitarian Universalist community, for all to hear Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees : How do you engage in Unitarian Universalism? Share your own true story (and win a paid registration to GA 2015 or other UU event)! What is your UU community?...By Bart Frost | March 4, 2015 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Congregational Action, Connections, Education, Faith, Faith Development, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Registration for General Assembly Youth Caucus 2015 is Now Open! Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Portland, Oregon continues: Registration for Youth Caucus is now open, and the registration fee increases on May 1. We strongly encourage you to lock in savings by completing this 3-step...By Ted Resnikoff | March 2, 2015 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Spirit of Life and Love, we are here because we believe what we do matters. We are here because we believe how we live our life matters. That with every act of kindness or meanness, courage or fear, love or hate, we are weaving the fabric of the universe that holds us all. We are here because we...Meditation | By Laura Horton-Ludwig | February 19, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, Brokenness, Challenge, Character, Choice, Commitment, Conscience, Disaster or Crisis, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
The flame of our chalice this morning is a symbol of the warmth and brightness of our connections. The flame lights our way back together again From our separate summer lives, and it lights our way forward Into this new church year of promise and renewal.Chalice Lighting | By Janet Parsons | February 18, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Caring, Commitment, Community, Connections, Discernment, Faith, Friendship, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Hope, Unitarian Universalism, UnityWorship element -
Answer the call for Youth Caucus! Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly Youth Caucus...By Ted Resnikoff | February 4, 2015 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Congregational Action, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, General Assembly, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Purpose, Secular, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth SundayPage/Article