What's New on WorshipWeb?

December

• Our NEW WorshipWeb app!
• Winter Solstice Chalice Lighting by Ariel Hunt-Brondwin
• Words of welcome, "We Are Glad You Are Here," by Amanda Schuber
• An interactive, social justice-themed UU Christmas pageant by Rev. Tim Kutzmark

Go-To Resources

• The 2019-20 liturgical & monthly theme calendar (PDF)
• The new Ordination and Installation Handbook (Phase 1)
• Recommended practices (PDF) for guest preachers in UU congregations
• Our Decentering Whiteness in Worship page
• Our Black Lives Matter Collection
• Our Compassion for Refugees Collection
• Our blog post, "What You're Saying When You Say 'I Don't Need a Mic'"

Added November 2019

• Welcome Home by Rachel Rott
• Do Not Fear Agitation (in english & en español) by Rev. Tania Márquez
• a Blessing of Shared Ministry, for use at an installation, by Revs. Wendy Bartel and Lynn Gardner
• Call from the Past, Present, and Future (in english & en español) by Rev. Tania Márquez
• A Fire in the Universe by Shawn Trapp
• The Five Jagged Rocks of Unitarian Universalism, a sermon by Kari Gottfried
• The Soil That Sustains Us, a time for all ages by Ariel Aaronson-Eves
• There Is No Easier Way, a reading about justice by Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen
• In Celebration of Winter Solstice by Stephanie Noble
• Winter Solstice, a poem by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker

The Promise & the Practice

An entire packet (PDF) 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