What's New on WorshipWeb?

February

• Hope Will Be Restored (an Easter Homily) by Heide Cottam

• Transfiguring Love (an invocation) by Rev. Chip Roush

• Good Tidings and Gladness (a Christmas prayer) by Carter Susanna Hodges Smith

• The Labor of Our Days, (a reading) by Jennifer Willet

• Companioned Inside Your Grief, a quote on grieving and spiritual practice by Megan Devine.
• Immovable Elements of Being Alive, a quote on grief/loss by Megan Devine.

Go-To Resources

• The 2018-19 liturgical & monthly theme calendar (PDF)
• Recommended practices (PDF) for guest preachers in UU congregations
• Our blog post, "What You're Saying When You Say 'I Don't Need a Mic'"

Added January 2019:

• Revel in the Mystery, by Antonia Bell-Delgado

• The Work We Share, by Rev. Krista Taves

• Prayer of Storytelling, by Mandie McGlynn

• Cauldron Prayer, by  Rebecka Clement

• Christmas Prayer, by Rev. Shari Woodbury

• Invitation to Christmas, (Opening Words) by Rev. Shari Woodbury

• We Bear Witness, (Transgender Day of Remembrance responsive reading) by Rev. Amy Brooks

• Blessing of the Ashes, by Rev. Addae Ama Kraba

• The Heart of Our Faith, by Rev. Monica Jacobson-Tennessen

• You Are Beloved and You Are Welcome Here, by Rev. Joan Javier-Duval

• Meditation for Challenging Times, by Rev. Joan Javier-Duval

• The Fires of Our Commitment (a post-election prayer), by Rev. Beth Dana

• A Chaplain's Blessing, by Andrea Hawkins-Kamper

• Hope, Nearly Not There, a poem by Rev. David Breeden

• Quinceañera Ceremony, by Rev. Kendyl Gibbons

• The Innkeeper, by Anne Dilenschneider

• Waiting For Now, by Mandie McGlynn

• Days of Awe, by Ben Soule

• Making Aspirations Real, by Ben Soule

• Bearing Witness, an anti-racism homily by Heide Cottam

Added December 2018:

• Come Whoever You Are (a welcome) by Marilyn Falkowski
• We Are Grateful, a table grace by Rev. Amy Kindred
• The Dark Nights of Midwinter, by Rev. Dawn Fortune
• In This Time of Waiting (an Advent prayer) by Cricket Hall
• Christmas Is a Risk by Rev. Rexford J. Styzens
• In Mourning for the Children, a prayer by Rev. Doug Taylor
• We Gather As Many Drops by Rev. Leslie Takahashi
• The Symphony of Life by Rev. Doug Taylor
• We Labor in Love by Amanda Udis-Kessler
• We Carry the Flame by Rev. Doug Taylor
• Constellations of Our Lives by Rev. Karen G. Johnston
• The Work of Creation by Israel Buffardi
• Fellow Sojourners, a Christmas Eve chalice lighting by Rev. Dan Lambert
• Let Our Lives Be a Prayer by Rev. Joel Miller
• In the Rising Sun Today by Rev. Joel Miller
• A Sabbath Rest litany by Rev. Dan Lambert

The Promise & the Practice

an entire packet of worship materials for The Promise & the Practice, including:

• a Promise & Practice call to worship by Viola Abbitt
• a Promise & Practice chalice lighting by Rev. Rebekah Savage
• a second Promise & Practice chalice lighting by Adrian Graham
• Connie Simon's reflection, "Missing Voices"
• Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel's reflection, "Words Matter"
• Rev. Kimberly Johnson's reflection, "Black Joy"
• a Promise & Practice pastoral prayer by Connie Simon
• a second Promise & Practice pastoral prayer by Viola Abbitt
• Rayla Matton's powerful homily, "Tired of Being Silent"
• Rev. Rebekah Savage's homily, "The Healing Is Not Done"
• DeReau Farrar's homily, "A Parable on Privilege"
• a Promise & Practice litany, "The Promise That Binds," by Viola Abbitt
• a Lamentation for Two Voices by Rev. Erika Hewitt and Rebekah Savage
• a participatory healing ritual by Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel
• a Promise & Practice benediction by Rev. Rebekah Savage
• "Hush," a Promise & Practice benediction by Rev. Kimberly Johnson
• a third Promise & Practice benediction, also by Rev. Kimberly Johnson
• "The Golden Chain," two versions of an Ife creation story (for all ages) by Erica Shadowsong
• "Repairing Our Mistakes with Love," a Time for All Ages by Jae Scott and Rev. Erika Hewitt