As we light the chalice and fully embrace the sacred space created here this morning, please hold in your hearts the Unitarian Universalist principle which calls upon us to respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Today, we remember those who share this earth with us no longer. We bear witness to their lives, and the roles they have played in ours. We pay homage to, and make stronger, that web which connects us all.