Holidays & Ceremonies

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  • Celebrating Purim
    From WorshipWeb
    Purim marks the Jewish people’s deliverance from a royal death decree around the fourth century BCE, as told in the Book of Esther.
  • Occasion Tags
    Occasion tags include holidays, rituals, and life passages.
  • Chalice and Advent Wreath on UU chancel.
    Celebrating Advent
    Advent is a season of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the nativity of Jesus.
  • Celebrating Hanukkah
    The eight-day celebration of Hanukkah (or Chanukah) celebrates two miracles: a great Jewish military victory and a miraculous supply of oil for the Temple.
  • Abstract and unfocused multicolored lights.
    Celebrating Christmas Eve / Christmas
    Christmas Eve often includes “lessons and carols” and a story that conveys the spirit of Christmas.
  • Thanksgiving-350x262 seder plate
    Thanksgiving—Not a Religious Buffet
    From Call and Response
    A couple of decades ago, many of our Unitarian Universalist congregations celebrated a Thanksgiving “seder,” a ritual patterned after the Jewish...
  • An unlit chalice on a church altar
    Holidays and Ceremonies
    The seasonal celebrations and special occasions of the UU congregational calendar show our theological diversity.
  • Celebrating Mother's Day
    In Unitarian Universalist congregations, Mother’s Day has increasingly taken on a sense of being a day to mark the contributions of all women.
  • Kids on a swing, hanging from a mighty oak tree.
    Celebrating Earth Day
    Our seventh principle, “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part,” makes this a day to celebrate religiously.
  • Vases of daffodils and hyacinth on altar.
    Honoring the Flower Ceremony
    The Flower Ceremony is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community.