Ceremonies and Rituals for Worship

Ritual

• A Blessing for the Ashes

  A Blessing for the Ashes
  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
  by Charlotte Arsenault
  Tagged as: Body, Caring, Service

• A Dedication for Religious Education Teachers

  A Dedication for Religious Education Teachers
  by Nancy Jasa, Sarah Roberts, Alison Crotty, Marci Beaudoin
  Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Children, Generations, Leadership, Trust, Youth/Teens

• A Flower Communion for Colleagues

  A Flower Communion for Colleagues
  by Tess Baumberger
  Tagged as: Beauty, Connections

• A Litany of Farewell to An Intern

  A Litany of Farewell to An Intern
  by Kayle Rice
  Tagged as: Ending, Gratitude, Letting Go, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism

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

  A Ritual for Ingathering/Water Communion (international focus)
  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
  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
  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
  by Lois Van Leer
  Tagged as: Beginnings, Earth-Centered, Hope, Letting Go, New Year / Fire Communion, Purpose, Spiritual Practice, Wisdom

• A Thanksgiving Communion

  A Thanksgiving Communion
  by Michael Tino
  Tagged as: Abundance, Body, Christianity, Community, Food, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism

• Blessing of the Waters

  Blessing of the Waters
  by Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs
  Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth-Centered, Nature, Paganism

• Blowing the Shofar

  Blowing the Shofar
  by John Marsh
  Tagged as: Humility, Judaism, Tradition

• Board Investiture Ritual

  Board Investiture Ritual
  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
  by Dana Poss
  Tagged as: Bridging

• Bridging Ceremony: Your Time Is Now

  Bridging Ceremony: Your Time Is Now
  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
  by Daniel Kanter
  Tagged as: Building/Space Dedication, Generations, History, Home, Unitarian Universalism

• Burning Bowl Ritual

  Burning Bowl Ritual
  by Victoria Weinstein
  Tagged as: Change, Direct Experience, Ending, Healing, Letting Go, New Year / Fire Communion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Transformation

• Ceremony of Child Dedication

  Ceremony of Child Dedication
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  by Thomas Rhodes
  Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Truth, Unitarian Universalism

• Eucharistic Prayer: Insight

  Eucharistic Prayer: Insight
  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
  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
  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
  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)
  by Tess Baumberger
  Tagged as: Ending, Leadership, Letting Go, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarian Universalism

• Holding the Hope for One Another

  Holding the Hope for One Another
  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
  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
  by Judy Welles
  Tagged as: Mother's Day

• Honoring Those Who Have Mothered Us

  Honoring Those Who Have Mothered Us
  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
  by Judy Welles
  Tagged as: Joy, Listening, Presence, Sorrow, Unitarian Universalism, Vulnerability

• Jazz Funeral for the Old Year

  Jazz Funeral for the Old Year
  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)
  by Chip Roush
  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Community, Ending, Leadership, Letting Go, Service, Unitarian Universalism

• Living The UU Principles

  Living The UU Principles
  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)
  by Jay E Abernathy, Jr
  Tagged as: Brokenness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Vulnerability, Wholeness, Yom Kippur

• New Member Covenant

  New Member Covenant
  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
  by Cindy Leitner, Liz Jones, Barbara Wells ten Hove
  Tagged as: Children, Generations, Leadership

• Reflections

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

• Retirement Recognition

  Retirement Recognition
  by Carol Hepokoski
  Tagged as: Aging, Ending, Letting Go, Respect, Work

• Ritual for a Retiring Minister

  Ritual for a Retiring Minister
  by Sandy Hoyt, Suzanne Reitz
  Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Ending, Leadership, Letting Go, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, Service, Unitarian Universalism

• Ritual for the New Year

  Ritual for the New Year
  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)
  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
  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
  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
  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
  by Tess Baumberger
  Tagged as: Abundance, Commitment, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature, Unitarian Universalism, Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies, Wisdom

• Welcoming New Members, Including Children

  Welcoming New Members, Including Children
  by Sarah C Stewart
  Tagged as: Inclusion

• Welcoming the New Member

  Welcoming the New Member
  by Manish Mishra-Marzetti
  Tagged as: New Member Ceremony, Unitarian Universalism