Ceremonies and Rituals for Worship

Ritual

• A Blessing for the Ashes

  
  A Blessing for the Ashes (WorshipWeb)

  by Naomi King

  Tagged as: Animal Memorial, Death, Generations, Grief, Memorial Services, Reverence, Transformation

• A Blessing of Hands for Hospital Workers

  A Blessing of Hands for Hospital Workers (WorshipWeb)

  by Charlotte Arsenault

  Tagged as: Body, Caring, Service

• A Dedication for Religious Education Teachers

  A Dedication for Religious Education Teachers (WorshipWeb)

  by Alison Crotty, Marci Beaudoin, Nancy Jasa, Sarah Roberts

  Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Children, Generations, Leadership, Trust, Youth/Teens

• A Flower Communion for Colleagues

  A Flower Communion for Colleagues (WorshipWeb)

  by Tess Baumberger

  Tagged as: Beauty, Connections

• A Litany of Farewell to An Intern

  A Litany of Farewell to An Intern (WorshipWeb)

  by Kayle Rice

  Tagged as: Ending, Gratitude, Letting Go, Ministerial Transition, Service, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism

• A Ritual for Ingathering/Water Communion (international focus)

  A Ritual for Ingathering/Water Communion (international focus) (WorshipWeb)

  by Eric Cherry

  Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Connections, Earth, Globalism, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, International, Nature, Unitarian Universalism, Water Communion

• A Ritual for Water Communion

  A Ritual for Water Communion (WorshipWeb)

  by Gary Kowalski

  Tagged as: Buddhism, Christianity, Community, Diversity, Hinduism, Humanism, Inclusion, Taoism, Unity, Water Communion

• A Ritual of Joys and Sorrows

  A Ritual of Joys and Sorrows (WorshipWeb)

  by Scott Phillips

  Tagged as: Community, Joy, Relationships, Sorrow, Unitarian Universalism, Youth/Teens

• A Ritual of Letting Go, Cleansing, Intention, and Hope

  
  A Ritual of Letting Go, Cleansing, Intention, and Hope (WorshipWeb)

  by Lois Van Leer

  Tagged as: Beginnings, Earth-Centered, Fire Communion, Hope, Letting Go, New Year, Purpose, Spiritual Practice, Wisdom

• A Thanksgiving Communion

  
  A Thanksgiving Communion (WorshipWeb)

  by Michael Tino

  Tagged as: Abundance, Body, Christianity, Community, Food, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism

• Blessing of the Waters

  Blessing of the Waters (WorshipWeb)

  by Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs

  Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth-Centered, Nature, Paganism

• Blowing the Shofar

  
  Blowing the Shofar (WorshipWeb)

  by John Marsh

  Tagged as: Humility, Judaism, Tradition

• Board Investiture Ritual

  
  Board Investiture Ritual (WorshipWeb)

  by Audette Fulbright Fulson

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Business Meetings, Community, Covenant, Leadership, Purpose, Service, Unitarian Universalism, Work

• Bridging Ceremony for Fifth Graders

  Bridging Ceremony for Fifth Graders (WorshipWeb)

  by Dana Poss

  Tagged as: Bridging

• Bridging Ceremony: Your Time Is Now

  Bridging Ceremony: Your Time Is Now (WorshipWeb)

  by Jaynn Truran

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Bridging Ceremony, Children, Choice, Direct Experience, Ending, Friendship, Generations, Growth, Letting Go, Power, Youth/Teens

• Building Dedication

  Building Dedication (WorshipWeb)

  by Daniel Chesney Kanter

  Tagged as: Building/Space Dedication, Generations, History, Home, Unitarian Universalism

• Burning Bowl Ritual

  Burning Bowl Ritual (WorshipWeb)

  by Victoria Weinstein

  Tagged as: Change, Direct Experience, Ending, Fire Communion, Healing, Letting Go, New Year, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Transformation

• Ceremony of Child Dedication

  Ceremony of Child Dedication (WorshipWeb)

  by Kate Howard

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Child Dedication, Children, Community, International, Joy, Parents, Responsibility, Unitarian Universalism

• Ceremony of Remembrance: Yom Hashoah

  Ceremony of Remembrance: Yom Hashoah (WorshipWeb)

  by Mary Wellemeyer

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Grief, Holocaust Remembrance / Yom Ha'Shoah, Hope, Human Rights, Judaism, Responsibility, Suffering

• Commissioning of the Church Leaders

  Commissioning of the Church Leaders (WorshipWeb)

  by Erik Walker Wikstrom

  Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Governance, History, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism

• Cornbread and Cider Communion in Refugee Times

  
  Cornbread and Cider Communion in Refugee Times (WorshipWeb)

  by Dawn Skjei Cooley

  Tagged as: America, Body, Communion (Christian), Food, Gratitude, Immigration, Interdependence, International, Solidarity, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism

• Creating a Valentine of Caring

  Creating a Valentine of Caring (WorshipWeb)

  by Lyn Cox

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Arrogance, Caring, Humanism, Love, Service, Unitarian Universalism, Valentine's Day, WorshipWeb

• Dedication of a New Chalice

  Dedication of a New Chalice (WorshipWeb)

  by Thomas Rhodes

  Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Truth, Unitarian Universalism

• Eucharistic Prayer: Insight

  Eucharistic Prayer: Insight (WorshipWeb)

  by Kenneth Claus

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Direct Experience, Grace, Gratitude, Nature, Revelation, Spiritual Practice, Tradition, Transformation

• Eucharistic Prayer: The Didache Re-Imaged

  Eucharistic Prayer: The Didache Re-Imaged (WorshipWeb)

  by Kenneth Claus

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Connections, Direct Experience, God, Immanence, Nature, Revelation, Reverence, Tradition, Transformation

• Eucharistic Prayer: Uncommon Oneness

  Eucharistic Prayer: Uncommon Oneness (WorshipWeb)

  by Kenneth Claus

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Christianity, Communion (Christian), Community, God, Solidarity, Tradition, Transformation, Unity

• Four Part Water Communion

  
  Four Part Water Communion (WorshipWeb)

  by Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine

  Tagged as: Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Water Communion

• Goodbye Ritual (for Minister Retiring or Leaving)

  Goodbye Ritual (for Minister Retiring or Leaving) (WorshipWeb)

  by Tess Baumberger

  Tagged as: Ending, Leadership, Letting Go, Ministerial Transition, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian Universalism

• Holding the Hope for One Another

  Holding the Hope for One Another (WorshipWeb)

  by Erika A. Hewitt

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Connections, Direct Experience, Hope, Pain, Relationships, Strength, Vulnerability

• Honoring Founders/Longterm Members

  
  Honoring Founders/Longterm Members (WorshipWeb)

  by Mark Stringer

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Commitment, Dissent, Integrity, Interdependence, Leadership, Living Our Faith, Relationships, Teamwork, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism, Unity

• Honoring the Bouquet of Our Mothers

  Honoring the Bouquet of Our Mothers (WorshipWeb)

  by Judy Welles

  Tagged as: Mother's Day

• Honoring Those Who Have Mothered Us

  Honoring Those Who Have Mothered Us (WorshipWeb)

  by Barbara Child

  Tagged as: Mother's Day, Reconciliation

• If you woke this morning with a sorrow so heavy

  If you woke this morning with a sorrow so heavy (WorshipWeb)

  by Judy Welles

  Tagged as: Joy, Listening, Presence, Sorrow, Unitarian Universalism, Vulnerability

• Jazz Funeral for the Old Year

  Jazz Funeral for the Old Year (WorshipWeb)

  by Melanie Morel-Ensminger

  Tagged as: Hope, Letting Go, Memorial Services, Mourning, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Remembrance, Wholeness

• Leavetaking Ritual (for a Minister)

  Leavetaking Ritual (for a Minister) (WorshipWeb)

  by Chip Roush

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Ending, Leadership, Letting Go, Ministerial Transition, Service, Unitarian Universalism

• Living The UU Principles

  Living The UU Principles (WorshipWeb)

  by Karen J Hirsch

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Generations

• Meditation on Forgiveness (a ritual for Yom Kippur)

  Meditation on Forgiveness (a ritual for Yom Kippur) (WorshipWeb)

  by Jay E Abernathy, Jr

  Tagged as: Brokenness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Vulnerability, Wholeness, Yom Kippur

• New Member Covenant

  New Member Covenant (WorshipWeb)

  by Laura Randall

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Commitment, Community, Covenant, Identity, Living Our Faith, New Member Ceremony, Unitarian Universalism, Unity

• RE Teacher Dedication

  RE Teacher Dedication (WorshipWeb)

  by Cindy Leitner, Liz Jones, Barbara Wells ten Hove

  Tagged as: Children, Generations, Leadership

• Reflections

  
  Reflections (WorshipWeb)

  by Eric Kaminetzky

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Connections, Contemplation, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism

• Retirement Recognition

  
  Retirement Recognition (WorshipWeb)

  by Carol Hepokoski

  Tagged as: Aging, Direct Experience, Ending, Letting Go, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Respect, Work

• Ritual for a Retiring Minister

  Ritual for a Retiring Minister (WorshipWeb)

  by Sandy Hoyt, Suzanne Reitz

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Ending, Leadership, Letting Go, Ministerial Transition, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Service, Unitarian Universalism

• Ritual for the New Year

  Ritual for the New Year (WorshipWeb)

  by Joan Kahn-Schneider

  Tagged as: Letting Go, Life Transition

• Ritual of Departure for a Director of Religious Exploration (DRE)

  Ritual of Departure for a Director of Religious Exploration (DRE) (WorshipWeb)

  by Tess Baumberger

  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Change, Children, Gratitude, Leadership, Letting Go, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Teacher Recognition, Unitarian Universalism

• The Birthday Circle: A Ritual to Celebrate Another Year Around the Sun

  
  The Birthday Circle: A Ritual to Celebrate Another Year Around the Sun (WorshipWeb)

  by Teresa Honey Youngblood

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Child Dedication, Children, Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Children's Sabbath, Coming-of-Age, Community, Direct Experience, Growth, Humanism, Prophetic Words & Deeds

• Transgender Re-naming Ceremony

  Transgender Re-naming Ceremony (WorshipWeb)

  by Laura Bogle

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Body, Direct Experience, Gender, Honesty, Identity, Inclusion, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Life Transition, Multiculturalism, Transformation, Wholeness

• Transgender Rite of Passage

  Transgender Rite of Passage (WorshipWeb)

  by Del Mulhern

  Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Courage, Earth-Centered, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Reconciliation, Unitarian Universalism, Wholeness

• Water Blessing - Wedding Blessing

  Water Blessing - Wedding Blessing (WorshipWeb)

  by Tess Baumberger

  Tagged as: Abundance, Commitment, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Unitarian Universalism, Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies, Wisdom

• Welcoming the New Member

  Welcoming the New Member (WorshipWeb)

  by Manish Mishra-Marzetti

  Tagged as: New Member Ceremony, Unitarian Universalism

• Winter Solstice Blessing

  Winter Solstice Blessing (WorshipWeb)

  by Eric Williams

  Tagged as: Patience, Presence