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Loving God, We pause in the stillness to rest for a moment, to quiet ourselves so that we can feel what stirs within us. Each breath draws us closer to the pulse of life and with each exhalation we make room for something new. May we find in this gathering the comfort of those who care. May we...Prayer | By Leaf Seligman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Compassion, God, Gratitude, Kindness, Meaning, PurposeWorship element -
We light this chalice to kindle the fire of commitment to spread our beloved faith, proclaim the Good News that all are worthy and all are welcome, that God is Love and none shall be left behind. May we carry this flame to all we encounter, letting our lives shine with its glow.Chalice Lighting | By Paul Sprecher | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Commitment, Community, Faith, Generosity, Hospitality, Inclusion, Kindness, Living Our Faith, Love, UniversalismWorship element -
God of life and beauty: We pray for the quietness of snowflakes, knowing that love is quiet. We pray for the kindness of small acts, knowing gentleness is fragile....Prayer | By Lucinda S Duncan | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Advent, Compassion, God, Kindness, Living Our Faith, Service, Unitarian Universalism, Vulnerability, Winter, Winter Solstice / YuleWorship element -
May the quality of our lives be our benediction, and a blessing to all whom we touch.Closing | By Philip Randall Giles | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Integrity, Interdependence, Kindness, Love, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Holy Spirit, God of Ages and so many names, we gather once again to rejoice in the light offered to the world by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His walk on this earth was a gift to generations, and today we give thanks for that gift. We know that we are called together today not simply to...Prayer | By Audette Fulbright Fulson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Caring, History, Human Rights, Justice, Kindness, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/EthnicityWorship element -
Dear God, May I be kind, Strong and brave, Joyful, useful, loving, Honest and healthy.Prayer | By Meg Barnhouse | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Children's Sabbath, Courage, God, Health, Kindness, Prophetic Words & Deeds, StrengthWorship element
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Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be between the regions of kindness....Reading | By Naomi Shihab Nye | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Balance, Contemplation, Kindness, SorrowWorship element
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Holy One, We are on our knees In awe and supplication For we have remembered the incomprehensible value Of every human life. We have heard the thrum of helicopter blades And wailing sirens. We have smelled the ash and smoke....Prayer | By Sue Phillips | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Compassion, Death, Despair, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Good, Kindness, SufferingWorship element
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"When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall do them no wrong, the strangers who sojourn with you shall be to you as natives among you, and you love them as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." Levtitcus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible (sometimes called the Ol...Quote | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Hospitality, Immigration, Judaism, Kindness, MulticulturalismWorship element
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We kindle this flame as a symbol of the light we would keep glowing in our lives: of appreciation for those who differ, loving kindness for those who suffer, esteem for all who remind us of our heritage and calling as agents of the Most High.Chalice Lighting | By Philip Randall Giles | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Calling, Kindness, Purpose, Sacred, Searching, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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The flaming chalice is the symbol of Unitarian Universalism. It is an everlasting flame for this community. It offers its warmth to those who are cold. It provides light to those who would see. It purifies and transforms this sanctuary into sacred space, this congregation into sacred community....Chalice Lighting | By Beatrice Hitchcock | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, Faith, Hospitality, Journey, Kindness, Sacred, Strength, Tradition, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism, VisionWorship element -
Utility | January 8, 2015 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Character, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Friendship, Joy, Kindness, Love, Relationships, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page -
Utility | December 19, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Caring, Faith, Kindness, Love, Unitarian Universalism, Valentine's DayCurriculum page
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Adapted from Hebrew scripture (Leviticus 19:18) and Christian scripture (Luke 10:25-37). Preparation To make this story participatory: Open up the storytelling circle to include a "stage area." Ask for volunteers. You will need a child to play the Good Samaritan, the wounded man, the priest, the...Story | November 9, 2014 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Caring, Christianity, Compassion, Empathy, Ethics, Generosity, Kindness, ServiceCurriculum page -
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
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Utility | October 20, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Caring, Character, Community, Compassion, Connections, Generosity, Good, Interdependence, Justice, Kindness, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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[Editor's note: World AIDS Day is December 1.] This painting was a gift from a man I barely knew, but the beauty of the real gift he gave me cannot be captured with a photograph....By Jessica York | November 26, 2013 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Death, KindnessPage/Article -
The Love Surrounds Us program explores all the Unitarian Universalist Principles in the context of the Beloved Community of family/home, school, and neighborhood.Curriculum | By Christy Olson, Lynn Kerr | October 15, 2013 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Caring, Choice, Christianity, Inclusion, Kindness, Love, Relationships, Respect, ResponsibilityCurriculum page -
Based on "A Calabash of Poi," originally published in In the Path of the Trade Winds by Coral Wells Thorpe (New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924). It was a sizable house, as Hawaiian houses go, perhaps fifty feet long, its side thatched with ti-leaves—a sign of rank. Its only window, about a...Story | July 9, 2013 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: Aging, Food Justice, Generosity, Goddess, Greed, Hospitality, Immigration, Immigration, Indigenous American, KindnessCurriculum page -
Utility | July 9, 2013 | From Signs of Our FaithTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Caring, Community, Hospitality, Identity, Immigration, Immigration, Inclusion, Kindness, New Member Ceremony, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page