On the first Sunday after Labor Day, many Unitarian Universalist congregations kick off the new congregational year with an Ingathering service, and some congregations include the Water Communion ritual (or Water Ceremony) in this service.
Themes often used include: reunion; re-gathering; re-covenanting as a community of faith; hospitality; returning home to the church community that holds us; hope; looking forward with excitement to church year. The service may be intergenerational in whole or in part.
Unitarian Universalist Perspectives
Search Words for Worship Services
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Affirmation
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So are we bound together (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Connections, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, WorshipWeb
Blessing
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Teacher Hand Blessing (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Beginnings, Body, Caring, Children, Earth-Centered, Education, Generations, Gratitude, Growth, Humanism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Purpose, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
Chalice Lighting
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A Chalice Lighting for Ingathering (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: Caring, Commitment, Community, Connections, Discernment, Faith, Friendship, Growth, Hope, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
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Chalice Lighting for the New Year (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: Beginnings, Faith, Gratitude, Hope, Unitarian Universalism
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Thirsty (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Agnosticism, Body, Community, Compassion, Connections, Direct Experience, Earth, Hope, Humanism, Joy, Love, Nature, Searching, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
Homily
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Degrees of Separation (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Community, Friendship, Interdependence, Solidarity
Invocation
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Invitation to Join the Journey (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Courage, Diversity, Generations, Inclusion, Journey, Teamwork, Trust, Unitarian Universalism
Litany
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The Home That Love Made (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Direct Experience, Interdependence, Love, Purpose, Relationships, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
Meditation
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All That We Have Been, All That We Will Become (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beginnings, Body, Calling, Commitment, Courage, Interdependence, Judaism, Playfulness, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Trust, Unitarian Universalism
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Bring Us Close to the Earth (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Change, Christianity, Community, Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Interdependence, Listening, Nature, Science, WorshipWeb
