Chalice Lightings: Words for Worship

Girls lighting a chalice at the General Assembly Opening Ceremony.

Monthly Global Chalice Reading

The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists distributes a new Global Chalice Reading each month. Congregations are invited to use it during worship services, and to introduce it as a Global Chalice Lighting.

About the Chalice

A flame within a chalice (a cup with a stem and foot), represents the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and is a symbol of the Unitarian Universalist faith. Read more about the history and symbolism of the flaming chalice.

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Chalice Lighting

  • In This Small Flame Dwell (WorshipWeb)
    by Jean L Wahlstrom
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Community, Family, Friendship, Generations, Home, Journey, Love, Power, Transformation, Winter Solstice / Yule
  • In This Time of Loss (WorshipWeb)
    by David Breeden
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Death, Generosity, Grief, Identity, Joy, Sacrifice, Searching, Sorrow
  • In This Time of Uncertainty (WorshipWeb)
    by Amy Williams Clark
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Community
  • In Times of Cold We Seek the Warming Fire (WorshipWeb)
    by Brian Kiely
    Tagged as: Brokenness, Challenge, Hope, Purpose, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism
  • Justice, Meaning, and Purpose (WorshipWeb)
    by David Breeden
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Connections, Diversity, Hospitality, International, Living Our Faith, Meaning, Multiculturalism, Purpose, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism
  • Legacy Chalice Lighting (WorshipWeb)
    by Paul Sprecher
    Tagged as: Challenge, Commitment, Courage, Freedom, Generations, History, Journey, Love, Truth, Wisdom
  • Let the Chalice Connect Us (WorshipWeb)
    by Catherine Callahan
    Tagged as: Community, Connections, Unitarian Universalism
  • Let There Be Light (WorshipWeb)
    by Andrew Pakula
    Tagged as: Balance, Compassion, Good, Growth, Journey, Love, Peace, Sorrow
  • Let There Be Light! (WorshipWeb)
    by Gordon B McKeeman
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Balance, Christianity, Compassion, Despair, Grief, Healing, Hope, Oppression, Pain, Sorrow, Unitarian Universalism, Violence
  • Let us Look First to the Response of Love (WorshipWeb)
    by Maureen Killoran
    Tagged as: Challenge, Choice, Courage, Dignity, Integrity, Love, Reverence, Searching, Unitarian Universalism, Vision, Worth