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Amid all the noise in our lives
by Tim Haley
Openings · Opening Words · Meditations

As surely as we belong to the universe
by Margaret A. Keip
Openings · Opening Words · Weddings / Unions

As we enter into worship, put away the pressures of the world
by Erika A. Hewitt
Openings · Opening Words

As we gather together this morning
by Bets Wienecke
Openings · Opening Words

Bridging Ceremony
by Jeff Liebmann
Openings · Opening Words

Children of the earth and sky, we are nurtured, sustained
by Alice Berry
Openings · Opening Words

Come down off the ladder.
by David S. Blanchard
Openings · Opening Words

Come into this circle of community. Come into this sacred space.
by Andrew Pakula
Openings · Opening Words

Come into this house of worship.
by Carolyn S. Owen-Towle
Openings · Opening Words

Come into this place
by Rebecca A. Edmiston-Lange
Openings · Opening Words

Come we now out of the darkness of our unknowing
by Annie Foerster
Openings · Opening Words · Winter · Winter Solstice / Yule

Come we now out of the darkness of our unknowing
by Annie Foerster
Chalice Lightings · Opening Words · Winter · Winter Solstice / Yule

Come ye into this house of worship!
by Elizabeth A. Parish
Openings · Opening Words

Come, let us worship together.
by Lindsay Bates
Openings · Opening Words

Come. Let us be joined in seeking the aspirations of the heart.
by Calvin O. Dame
Openings · Opening Words

Determined Seed
by Laura Wallace
Openings · Opening Words · Winter

Do not leave your cares at the door.
by Norman V. Naylor
Openings · Opening Words

Easter
by Charles F. Flagg
Openings · Opening Words · Spring · Easter

Everything begins on the verge of awareness.
by George Kimmich Beach
Openings · Opening Words

For our community gathered here, for the spirit that called us together and drew us to this place:
by Jane E. Mauldin
Openings · Opening Words · Litanies

If just for this hour
by Martha Kirby Capo
Openings · Opening Words · Variable · Association Sunday

In this quiet hour may our spirits be renewed.
by Gary Kowalski
Openings · Opening Words

Ingathering
by Tamara Lebek
Openings · Opening Words · Fall · Homecoming / Ingathering

Let there be joy in our coming together this morning.
by Carl G Seaburg
Openings · Opening Words

Many Paths
by Martha Kirby Capo
Openings · Opening Words · Variable · Association Sunday

May we come into this building hallowed
by Kenneth R. Warren
Openings · Opening Words

On a Winter Morning
by Barbara Cheatham
Openings · Opening Words

Once More
by Amy Bowden Freedman
Openings · Opening Words · Spring

One of the old ones stood up into the morning light
by Barbara J. Pescan
Openings · Opening Words

Opening Words for a Leadership Team Worship
by Gina Whitaker
Openings · Opening Words · Responsive Readings

Opening Words for Flower Communion Sunday
by Thomas Rhodes
Openings · Opening Words · Spring · Flower Communion

Our prophets died for the freedom of faith;
by Heather K. Janules
Chalice Lightings · Opening Words

Reflection on the UUA Purpose and Principles
by Michael E. Sallwasser
Openings · Opening Words

Sabbath Invitation
by John Millspaugh
Openings · Opening Words

Take from life its coals, not its ashes.
by Laurel S. Sheridan
Chalice Lightings · Opening Words

The conscious choice
by Martha Kirby Capo
Openings · Opening Words · Variable · Association Sunday

There are some heights to which we have not risen, and never will
by Paul H. Bicknell
Openings · Opening Words

To this house we come bringing our boldest dreams
by Lawrence E. McGinty
Openings · Opening Words

Today we celebrate a dream awakening.
by Elizabeth M. Strong
Openings · Opening Words

Water! Earth! Air! Fire!
by Peter S. Raible
Openings · Opening Words · Spring · Earth Day

We are called to gather in worship as a beloved community.
by Kirk D. Loadman-Copeland
Openings · Opening Words

We are here that we might have life
by John C. Morgan
Openings · Opening Words · Offerings

We are here today to recognize the completion of your Coming of Age...
Openings · Opening Words · Spring · Coming of Age

We are people of all ages
by Carol Meyer
Openings · Opening Words · Responsive Readings

We are people of all ages who enter this space
by Carol Meyer
Readings · Responsive Readings · Opening Words

We are Unitarian Universalists
by John M. Higgins
Openings · Opening Words

We Arrive Together Here
by Andrew Pakula
Meditations and Prayers · Opening Words · Variable

We bid you welcome on this first Sunday of the new year.
by Sylvia L. Howe
Openings · Opening Words · Winter · New Year's Day

We come to love a church,
by Andrew C. Kennedy
Openings · Opening Words

We come to this hour
by Louise A. Robeck
Openings · Opening Words

We come together today in praise and thanksgiving
by Mary J. Harrington
Openings · Opening Words · Spring · Mother's Day

We gather here as individual people:
by Barbara Hamilton-Holway
Openings · Opening Words · Fall · Homecoming / Ingathering

We gather here to worship:
by Gary Kowalski
Openings · Opening Words

We gather in community to rest from our labors
by Paul H. L'Herrou
Openings · Opening Words

We gather on this Sabbath morn
by Burton D. Carley
Openings · Opening Words

We gather this day to seek in the midst of our fragmented selves the unity which enfolds us all
by John H. Robinson, Jr.
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We gather together in this space to honor and understand our lives.
by Judith G. Mannheim
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We gather together to face ourselves honestly,
by Philip Larson
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We have come into this room of hope
by Libbie D. Stoddard
Openings · Opening Words

we need one another
by Erik Walker Wikstrom
Openings · Opening Words · Variable · Association Sunday

We summon ourselves from the demands and delights of the daily round:
by Gordon B. McKeeman
Openings · Opening Words

We unite in our differences
by David Breeden
Openings · Opening Words · Variable · Association Sunday

Welcome to this common, sacred space.
by Amy McKenzie Quinn
Openings · Opening Words

What life have we, if we have not life together?
by Charles A. Howe
Openings · Opening Words

Whatever the need that brings you to this special place and hour,
by Albert F. Ciarcia
Openings · Opening Words

Whether you have come here with heart full or heart empty,
by Krista Taves
Openings · Opening Words · Responsive Readings

Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.

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