Closing words bring the service to an end and prepare people to return home. If the service has been thematically tied together, the words can be a summation, a parting thought, a final nugget for people to reflect on throughout the week.
Benediction comes from the Latin, to speak well or the good words, and are a final blessing on the community. Benedictions are a blessing: words of comfort, strength, and encouragement for the week to come.
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With what benediction shall I leave you? This: In your life, may you know the holy meaning, the mystery that breaks into it every moment. May you live at peace with your world and at peace with yourself. And may the love of truth guide you in your every day. Amen.Benediction | By Mark Mosher DeWolfe | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Love, Meaning, Mystery, Peace, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism
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Invite the congregation to join hands. The hand in yours belongs to a person whose heart is sometimes tender, whose skin is sometimes thin, whose eyes sometimes fill with tears, and whose laughter is a beautiful sound....Closing | By Erika Hewitt | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Body, Connections, Direct Experience, Relationships, Trust, Unitarian Universalism, Vulnerability
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Go in peace, speak the truth, give thanks each day. Respect the earth and her creatures, for they are alive like you. Care for your body; it is a wondrous gift. Live simply. Be of service. Be guided by your faith and not your fear. Go lightly on your path. Walk in a sacred manner. Amen.Closing | By Gary Kowalski | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Awe, Body, Earth, Faith, Service, Unitarian Universalism
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Cheered by our community, blessed by our covenant, uplifted in mind, and renewed in spirit, go forth with courage and in peace to meet the days to come. Amen.Closing | By Burton D. Carley | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Commitment, Community, Meaning, Purpose, Service, Unitarian Universalism
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Awesome and gracious God -- you who are the power that brings us to life and the spirit that sustains us -- forgive us for being less than we might be. Guide us to become what is in our power to become, in your service....Closing | By Polly Leland-Mayer | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Direct Experience, Faith, God, Healing, Service, Wholeness
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By our presence here with one another, Hearing the harmony that is the music of the spheres, May some of the harshness and discord of our human lives Be transmuted into music....Closing | By Richard S. Gilbert | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Arts & Music, Awe, Community, Presence, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
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And now may the blessings of life be upon us and upon this congregation. May the memories we gather here give us hope for the future. May the love that we share bring strength and joy to our hearts, and the peace of this community be with us until we meet again.Closing | By Gary Kowalski | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Community, History, Relationships, Strength, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
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The world is too beautiful to be praised by only one voice. May you have the courage to sing your part. The world is too broken to be healed by only one set of hands. May you have the courage to use your gifts. May you go in peace.Benediction | By Eric Williams | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Brokenness, Courage, Healing
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Love is the Spirit of this church [or: congregation]. May the songs we sing celebrate this Love. May the lives we lead embody this Spirit. May you all go forth in peace.Benediction | By Eric Williams | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Arts & Music, Love, Purpose, Service, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Worth
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[And now], since the struggle deepens, since evil abides, and good does not yet prosper, Let us gather what strength we have, what confidence and valor that our small victories may end in triumph, and the world awaited be a world attained.Benediction | By Barrow Dunham | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Activism, Commitment, Hope, Strength
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As we leave this hallowed place, may our feet remember its feel, So that wherever we walk, we know ourselves to be on hallowed ground. May we know that we are kin with every soul, every star, every stone and leaf of grass. And may our words be gentle and our touch be kind. Blessed be.Closing | By Amy Zucker Morgenstern | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Connections, Reverence
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The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord keep all those whom you love, whether here or in some other place. May God be your companion and you be God's friend, as you walk together through all the days of your life; and at the journey's end, may you find the welcome of God's love. It keeps us all.Closing | By Charles C Forman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Connections, Death, Friendship, God, Reverence, Sacred, Salvation, Unitarian Universalism
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Let us go out now into the sun-washed light of the blossoming world. May the inner light of our own being add its bright blessing to the dappled days and enhance the glow of nightfall. Amen.Closing | By Judy Welles | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Nature
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Now may the love of truth guide you, the warmth of love hold you, and the spirit of peace bless you, this day and in the days to come. Amen.Closing | By Jane E Mauldin | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Love, Peace, Searching, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Vision
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May the prayers of our hearts and the songs of our lips shared in this holy hour of worship, be with us now in all the days to come. Amen.Closing | By Phyllis B O'Connell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Arts & Music, Awe, Grace, Peace, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism
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May the love that overcomes all differences, that heals all wounds, that puts to flight all fears, that reconciles all who are separated, Be in us and among us now and always. Amen.Closing | By Frederick E Gillis | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Fear, Immanence, Love, Reconciliation, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
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May the love that gives to life its beauty, the reverence that gives to life its sacredness, and the purposes that give to life its deep significance be strong within each of us and lead us into ever deepening relationships with all of life. Amen.Closing | By George G Brooks | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Abundance, Awe, Interdependence, Relationships, Sacred, Unitarian Universalism
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May our lives be blest according to the depth of our love, the persistence of our faith, our willingness to forgive and be compassionate, and in proportion to our yearning to be free. Amen.Closing | By Paul H Beattie | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Compassion, Faith, Freedom, Love, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism
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May our faith sustain us, our hope inspire us, and our love surround us as we go our separate ways, knowing that we will gather again in this beloved community. Amen.Closing | By Jim Wickman | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Connections, Faith, Hope, Love, Unitarian Universalism, Unity
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We leave blessed by our connections to one another, to the spirit of life. Walk lightly that you see the life that is below your feet. Spread your arms as if you had wings and could dance through the air. Feel the joy of the breath in your lungs and the fire in your heart. Live to love and be a...Closing | By Susan Karlson | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Abundance, Body, Connections, Playfulness, Service, Unitarian Universalism