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  • Outdoors, over the surface of a stream or river, a person's hands cup to scoop up water. Droplets of water are streaming off their hands back to the source.
    This new UUA worship program offers connection, support, and learning for lay worship leaders.
    June 2, 2026 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship
  • An older male Anglican priest in a black robe and white stole stands in a church sanctuary. We see him in three-quarter view from the front, and he is smiling and looking upwards and to the right.
    The word “emerit” is a gender-neutral alternative for the gendered terms “emeritus” and “emerita.” This article discusses the word and encourages its use.
    Reference | May 27, 2026 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Gender, Gender Justice, Ministerial Transition, Sexism/Gender-Based Oppression
  • The cover of Blessing It All, edited by Revs. Allison Palm and Heather Concannon. A range of brightly colored vertical stripes are blended together, fading to white at the top and bottom of the cover.
    Ritual is an embodied and participatory way to mark a transition or facilitate a transformation.
    Leader Resource | By Allison Palm, Heather Concannon, Aisha Ansano | February 5, 2026 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship
  • A view of wooden church pews, and the church narthex, from the pulpit. The pulpit holds a piece of sheet music and a microphone.
    an online sermon-writing experience for laypeople
    July 9, 2025 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • A close up shot of a chalice -- a lively flame and oil burner inside the large lip of a metal chalice -- at First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee. In the dark background, the beams of the sanctuary arch gracefully.
    The American Unitarian Association was officially formed on May 26, 1825.
    Leader Resource | April 7, 2025 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Unitarianism, Worship
  • A mature tree growing out of a mossy rock with its roots exposed.
    A worship collection calling upon our individual and collective resilience for troubled times.
    Reference | November 1, 2024 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Resilience, Worship
  • Several arms and hands with different skin tones are intertwined and connected.
    Originally designed for the Safety Conference Threats from Without, Care from Within, this short worship service recording offers a time of refuge and centering during troubled times. View it alone or as a group.
    Sermon, Video | By Rosemary Bray McNatt, Mariela Pérez-Simons, Jules Taylor | October 23, 2024 (reviewed November 2024) | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Congregational Action, Resilience, Trauma, Worship
  • In a gym-turned-polling station, multiple adults stand at individual voting booths filling out ballots. An American flag and "vote" are stenciled on the side of one partition.
    A worship collection celebrating democracy as a promise and a practice
    Leader Resource | October 7, 2024 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: #UUTheVote, Activism, America, Democracy, Worship
  • Taken from a balcony looking down, people enter a Unitarian church building with red carpet. They are entering wooden pews with hymnals in their arms.
    Whether your congregation is layled or whether you have a professional minister (maybe you are the professional minister!), it's not always easy to fill the worship schedule.
    Complete Service | By Erika Hewitt | September 27, 2024 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship
  • Our planet appears suspended in space, lit by a blue halo.
    New ideas for connecting our theology to meaningful, sensory-rich worship.
    January 3, 2024 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Climate Justice, Earth Day, Worship
  • An illustration of a blue hand holding small red hearts and "planting" them as seeds. The dark blue ground is sprouting red hearts growing on dark stalks. The message says "Seeds for the new year: an on-demand worship collection for UU congregations" and the url "UUA.org/2024"
    WorshipWeb offers you a set of worship resources to welcome 2024.
    November 2, 2023 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship
  • A silver menorah, against a dark background, holds colored candles. The first three candles and the shamash candle are lit.
    Thoughtful commentary and context for how to light a menorah responsibly and respectfully.
    Video | By Joanna Lubkin | October 10, 2023 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Hanukkah, Judaism, Worship
  • 14 hands in a circle, each touching the rim of a chalice
    Based on the theology of Creative Interchange, this training is for teams who have the honor of co-creating meaning while shaping the worship experience of the congregation.
    Training | By Erika Hewitt | September 13, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • A person with dark skin holds and strums an acoustic guitar that's resting on their knee. There's a small, red UUA chalice in the corner and the words SING OUT LOVE and UUA.org/virtual-hymnal
    Subscribe today, or view our guided tour!
    August 2, 2023 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • 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 1923, led by Rev. Norbert Čapek.
    Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt | January 17, 2023 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Flower Communion, Unitarianism, Worship Tips
  • Holding a music binder and gesturing, Paul Vasile leads a group in singing
    A song-centered live webinar.
    December 6, 2022 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • 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.
    Leader Resource | By JeKaren Olaoya, Erika Hewitt | September 2, 2022 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: #WidenTheCircle, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian Universalism, Worship Tips
  • 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.
    Leader Resource | August 4, 2022 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • 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....
    Leader Resource | February 7, 2022 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips
  • 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.
    Leader Resource | January 20, 2022 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips