Openings and Invocations

Unitarian Universalists use different terms for the words that begin a worship service, including call to worship, invocation, and opening words. These words invite the congregation from their separate lives and to the common place and time of the worship hour.

(In Unitarian Universalist worship if there are Opening Words there is generally not an Invocation, and vice versa.)

Search Words for Worship Services

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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