WorshipLab

Welcome to the WorshipLab

These pages and posts are about the larger scope of worship; the practicalities of making worship come alive for as many people as possible; and other ways for worship leaders to equip and inspire themselves.

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  • A pale background with pink flowers, the UUA logo, and the words "Flower Ceremony Centennial, 1923-2023"
    Celebrate 100 Years of the Flower Ceremony! The first Flower Ceremony was held in Prague, in June 2023, led by Rev. Norbert Čapek.
    By Erika Hewitt |
  • Holding a music binder and gesturing, Paul Vasile leads a group in singing
    A song-centered live webinar.
  • Inside a church, Black people stand as if listening to a preacher or choir.
    If you’re trying to build a worship service that's anti-racist and decenters whiteness, you start in one spot.
    By JeKaren Olaoya, Erika Hewitt |
  • An altar with a lit candle, crowded by jars of herbs and flowers and other ritual objects
    Worship is relational and even transformational, but it's not informational.
  • A ceramic mug of coffee sits on a table next to an open laptop, showing many people in Zoom cells.
    If you're a worship leader seeking a full-length service to share with your congregation, we hope you find the following list helpful....
  • dictionary page with entry for "copyright" highlighted in yellow
    In early 2022, various UUA pages addressing different aspects of copyright—particularly copyright issues in worship—were removed to shift focus to our new Copyright Primer for Congregations. Please visit that page to learn more.
  • A wash of green, blue, and purple light blending together.
    Church is for helping people stay human in the face of inhumane circumstances.
    By Erika Hewitt, Elizabeth Stevens |
  • In the background, a group of Black people stand on a church chancel. In the foreground, from behind, a black person stands in their pew with arms raised in a "praise" position.
    When we learn to dismantle the markers and habits of white supremacy in our worship life, we get free together.
    By Erika Hewitt, Julica Hermann de la Fuente |
  • In a dark space, a laptop compiuter is open about forty-five degrees and emits a wash of colored light.
    Mini-webinars explaining the liturgical and technological ways to create sensory-rich Zoom worship services.
  • A woman wearing headphones sits at a laptop, gesturing with both hands at someone (not visible) on the screen.
    Sometimes circumstances call for special material—and the current pandemic is one such circumstance. We're grateful to the people here who have written and shared worship resources for worship in the time of Covid-19. New!...
The purple WorshipWeb logo
Three laboratory flasks sit on a white counter, each filled with a vividly colored liquid (sky blue, cherry red, and sunshine yellow)
a toggle switch is labeled "Magic" and "More magic"