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.
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Meditation
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Humanity's Psalm (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Atheism, Connections, Direct Experience, Diversity, God, Identity, Inclusion, Individualism, Integrity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Reverence, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
Opening
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A New Year for Beloved Community (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Beginnings, Community, Inclusion, Judaism, Unitarian Universalism, Vision
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A Place of Belonging and Caring (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Abundance, Acceptance, Caring, Commitment, Community, Home, Unitarian Universalism
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Come Sit By Our Fire (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Direct Experience, Empathy, Hospitality, Journey, Listening, Love, Personal Stories
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Invoking the Past, Present and Future (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Connections, Generations, History, Humanism, Interdependence, Purpose, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Vision
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Learning to Love This World (WorshipWeb)Tagged as: Beginnings, Community, Earth, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature
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We gather here as individual people (WorshipWeb)
