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  • A close-up of hands playing the piano
    As we listen to the blessing of music, May we know this ending As more than a time of goodbye. May the warmth of this community and the memory of our chalice flame sustain our hearts and encourage our minds, as we engage the blessings of life's challenges and joys. The service has ended. Your...
    Benediction | By Maureen Killoran | August 10, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Arts & Music, Community, Trust, Unitarianism
  • A tiny drop of water bouncing off of the surface of water in a bowl.
    The following is a creative format for a water communion, but most other worship elements have been removed to highlight they way that the communion is structured. Note: this service, as written didn’t include a Joys and Sorrows component; its creator hoped for the larger container of the water...
    Ritual | By Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine | August 6, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Water Communion
  • UUs holding Black Lives Matter banner witness for racial justice in Denver, CO, January 2015.
    God who is with us in the courtrooms, at the border, in the streets, in the struggle, We do not know if this arc bends toward justice....
    Prayer | By Elizabeth Nguyen | August 6, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Anti-Oppression, Justice, Race/Ethnicity, Solidarity
  • A plate filled with Utlimate Reese's Pieces cookies
    What does “fair” mean? Is “fair” the same thing as “equal”? Which one is reflected in the concept of “justice”? Designed to be used as a Message for All Ages or as part of a Children's Chapel service, this activity uses cookies (yum!) to explore the differences between fair and...
    Activity | By Erika Hewitt | August 3, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Children's Sabbath, Direct Experience, Equity, Food, Justice, Playfulness, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Seven Principles
  • "We are not isolated beings, but connected, in mystery and miracle, to the universe and to each other," Anonymous
    [In the] spirit of love, harmony, and remembrance, we stand too often divided, too often set apart from one another in heedless ways. We seek to be compassionate but our vision may be clouded or distracted. We too often go forward, day by day, and look without seeing....
    Litany | By Dennis McCarty | August 3, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Compassion, Direct Experience, Integrity, Relationships, Solidarity, Suffering, Vulnerability
  • "There is a Love holding us," Rebecca Parker
    Sheet Music (PDF) for "There Is A Love." There is a love holding me / us. There is a love holding all that I / we love. There is a love holding all. I / We rest in this love.
    Music | By Elizabeth H. Norton, Rebecca Ann Parker | July 31, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, Love, Peace, Power, Relationships, Seven Principles, Transcendence, Wonder
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    “Hope has to be seen to be believed. It has to be made visible. It has to be something we can feel and touch. We are called to be persons who embody hope for one another. We have to be each other’s partners in hope.”...
    Quote | By Paul J. Wadell | July 24, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Connections, Hope, Humanism, Purpose, Relationships
  • a person's hand holds out a blank card, and we see they have others in their second hand
    This is a ritual of caring for one another, couched in terms of struggle and hope.
    Ritual | By Erika Hewitt | July 24, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Connections, Direct Experience, Hope, Pain, Relationships, Strength, Vulnerability
  • Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood
    Be revered In thee the faithful hope that still looks forward, And keeps the life-spark warm of future action Beneath the cloak of patient sufferance.
    Closing | By Margaret Fuller | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Faith, Hope, Patience, Self-Respect, Strength, Suffering, Unitarianism
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
    Quote | By Martin Luther King, Jr. | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Failure, Hope, Limitations
  • Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood
    “Look, look!” The strangers around me were shouting and pointing. I spun around. From my position halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge, I could see a large circle of light on the Verizon building, prominent in the New York City skyline. Inside the circle were three symbols that would have meant...
    Reading | By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Change, Courage, Economy, Hope, Joy, Justice, Love, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
  • Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood
    “Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That ­could abash the ­little Bird That kept so many warm— I’ve heard it in the...
    Poetry | By Emily Dickinson | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Hope, Listening, Nature, Secular
  • Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood
    Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; Therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; Therefore, we are saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; Therefore, we are saved by...
    Reading | By Reinhold Neibuhr | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Ethics, Faith, Forgiveness, History, Hope, Limitations, Living Our Faith, Love, Salvation, Work
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    Ah, it’s true. When our ancestors spoke of heaven, they were speaking of this moment. When they went on about nirvana they imagined a time like this. When they sang of paradise, it was this morning they imagined....
    Poetry | By Mark Belletini | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Body, Community, Generations, Imagination, Living Our Faith, Love, Mystery, Presence, Silence, Truth
  • Cover of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood
    You get up in the morning, you brush your teeth, and you help another human being.
    Quote | By Paul Eisemann | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Caring, Character, Choice, Meaning, Purpose, Relationships, Service
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    This charge was written to be led by several voices: one person says a line, and then all in attendance respond, “We charge you to engage.” Because your congregation is located in one of the poorest cities in the nation in the richest state per capita in the country We charge you to engage...
    Litany | By Cathy Rion Starr | June 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Activism, Faith, Humanism, Installations, Justice, Oppression, Ordinations, Privilege, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Solidarity, Unitarian Universalism
  • A person, seen only from the waist up in the dark, holds a red neon heart in their hands.
    Welcome to this place of peace; May we find some moments of quiet contemplation. Welcome to this place of celebration; May our hearts soar with gratitude for the gift of life. Welcome to this place of sacred love; May we gently hold all that is broken here. Welcome to this place of inquiry; Here,...
    Opening | By Cathy Rion Starr | June 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Acceptance, Community, Contemplation, Gratitude, Justice, Unitarian Universalism
  • Unitarian Universalist Association Chalice
    Leader: Today we mark the turning of a season. We mark it with the ritual exchange of flowers. We mark it with the election of new leaders and our annual business meeting. And right now, in this moment, we mark it with celebration of outgoing leaders. [Invite outgoing leaders forward] There is a...
    Litany | By Cathy Rion Starr | June 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Change, Commitment, Ending, Gratitude, Leadership, Letting Go, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Teamwork, Unitarian Universalism
  • Woman holding rainbow patterened umbrella at LGBTQ Equality March, October 2009.
    To prepare for this activity, place umbrellas in the pews. Instruct people to open the umbrellas when the man in the story receives the umbrella. Today we have a very special item in our very special Mystery Box. This item is going to teach us more about sanctuaries....
    Story | By Tim Atkins | June 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Caring, Character, Children, Empathy, Generosity, Interdependence
  • Chalice with tea light candles on altar.
    This is a house of reflection and contemplation, of joy and sorrow, friendship, sharing and laughter. We light this chalice in remembrance of what we have been and in the hope of what we may become.
    Chalice Lighting | By Dale Hudson | June 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Connections, Direct Experience, Friendship, History, Hope, Joy, Reconciliation, Relationships, Sorrow
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