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  • Let us remember that we are not alone until we light this flame next time.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Ben Atherton-Zeman | December 11, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Connections, Relationships, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • May we each find the balance point we need
    Closing | By Michelle Collins | September 15, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Beginnings, Change, Ending, Life Transition, Limitations, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Be kind. Be brave. Be just. Be merciful.
    Benediction | By Adam Slate | March 13, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Courage, Hope, Justice, Kindness, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • We end our gathering with gratitude for camaraderie, shared wisdom, goodwill, and support
    Benediction | By Adam Slate | March 10, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: WorshipWeb, Worship
  • May we prevail in our intentions to make a gift of the world to the next generations.
    Benediction | By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | March 8, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: WorshipWeb, Worship
  • From this ground, let us sow mercy, justice, and compassion.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Melissa Jeter | March 2, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Abundance, Grace, Imagination, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • We can use our inner lights to kindle new sparks throughout our lives and in the world.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Amanda Alice Uluhan | February 24, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • May love guide you on your journey forward
    Benediction | By Caitlin Cotter Coillberg | October 18, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Ministerial Transition, Ministry, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • We are all called to serve, to grow, and to love as we continue this journey of transformation.
    Benediction | By Kent McKusick | July 27, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Growth, Love, Service, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • We extinguish this flame but not its meaning and mission in our hearts.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Maggie Lovins | January 19, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: WorshipWeb, Worship
  • May the promises you have made to yourself about who you want to be feel closer to the reality of who you are right now.
    Benediction | By Emily Richards | November 17, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Beginnings, Change, Growth, Transformation, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Let it be said by generations to come that when the pain of our separation was revealed, we moved closer to the promised land of our beloved community.
    Benediction | By Anya Sammler-Michael | March 22, 2021 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Challenge, Compassion, Disaster or Crisis, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Seven Principles, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • May you rejoice in the unknown. May you hug uncertainty to you tight.
    Benediction | By David Breeden | November 24, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Hope continues, uncertain and true, like candlelight, ready to spark again.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Kevin Jagoe | November 2, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Autumnal Equinox, Despair, Disaster or Crisis, Fall, Hope, Winter, Winter Solstice / Yule, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • Tonight in this community, we have shared stories, sung carols, opened our hearts to the beauty of music. Tonight we have turned to one another, lighting each other’s candles in the dark. Tonight we have dared to hear a message of hope spoken once again against the challenge of the world. It is...
    Benediction | By Maureen Killoran | December 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Caring, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Community, Courage, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
  • When we take fire from our chalice, it does not become less. It becomes more. And so we extinguish our chalice, but we take its light and warmth with us, multiplying their power by all of our lives, and sharing it with the world.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Amy Zucker Morgenstern | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Abundance, Activism, Calling, Christianity, Community, Generosity, IllUUmination, Imbolc / Brighid's Day / Candlemas, New Year, Paganism, Seven Principles, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
  • We extinguish this flame, But we keep its light in our hearts, with its message of love and justice, Taking it outside these walls to the world we live in, until we are together again.
    Chalice Extinguishing | By Maddie Sifantus | March 27, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Humanism, Justice, Teamwork, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb
  • Ours is a communion borne of words and welcome. Our communion finds expression in caring and commitment to our highest ideals. Our communion lives on in our hearts though this sacred hour is ended.
    Closing | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Sacred, WorshipWeb
  • As we prepare to depart, we give voice to these hopes: May we know ourselves bound in community, even while we are apart. May a passion for justice burn in our lives. May we carry the light of compassion in our hearts and in our every interaction....
    Closing | By Robin F. Gray | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Justice, Peace, WorshipWeb
  • Each week as we gather we light a common chalice. We sing and celebrate, we pray and think. Then we each gather strength from the flame and go out from here, taking the light with us.
    Closing | By Heather Christensen | March 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Community, Direct Experience, Humanism, Interdependence, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb

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