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Theme suggestions for this month: Courage (Soul Matters): Courage, Character Awe (Touchstones): Awe, Wonder, Mystery

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  • Para prepararse para este Mensaje para todas las edades, deberá hacer lo siguiente:Retire una pequeña vela de té blanca de su carcasa de aluminio.Haz una vela falsa con un nabo o jícama: pélala y córtala con cuidado (¡solo para adultos!) hasta que el disco de nabo tenga el mismo tamaño que...
    Spanish / Español | Script | September 11, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Children's Sabbath, Direct Experience, Doubt, Freedom, Playfulness, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Responsibility, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Beliefs, UU History, UU Identity, Wonder
  • To prepare for this Message for All Ages, you’ll need to remove a small white tea light from its aluminum casing and make a fake candle out of a turnip...
    Script | September 11, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Children's Sabbath, Direct Experience, Doubt, Freedom, Playfulness, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Responsibility, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Wonder
  • The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.
    April 19, 2023 | From WorshipLab
  • Our faith’s hope is to be found in living as if our deepest yearnings could be fulfilled.
    April 19, 2023 | From WorshipLab
    Tagged as: Community, Interdependence, UU Identity
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Chalice Lighting | By Church of the Larger Fellowship | April 3, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Animal Blessing, Animals, Wisdom
  • It is very foolish to be greedy.
    Chalice Lighting | By First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY | April 3, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Animal Blessing, Animals, Greed, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer
  • A fine coat is not always an indication of an attractive mind.
    Story | By Julie Albanese | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Beauty, Mindfulness
  • We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.
    Affirmation | By Jessica Henderson Daniel | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Beauty, Compromise, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Unitarian Universalism
  • "It is easy to propose impossible remedies."
    Affirmation | By Jessica Henderson Daniel, Duane R. Bidwell | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Animal Blessing, Direct Experience, Hope, Psychology
  • We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
    Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Community, Direct Experience, Integrity, Secular
  • Our best blessings are often the least appreciated.
    Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature
  • Better to yield when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.
    Affirmation | By Karen G. Johnston, Kasey Kruser | March 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Commitment, Community, Earth, Earth-Centered, Nature
  • Leader 1: This is a special night – Christmas Eve, the night before we celebrate the birth of a Jewish leader whose life and words have changed the minds and hearts of many to the side of goodness, generosity and caring. Leader 2: In honor of that birth, tonight we tell the story of a man whose...
    Script | By Tessa Strickland, Cindy Gainer | March 15, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 6th Principle (World Community), Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Compassion, Conscience, Dignity, Generosity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarianism
  • For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever; the earth is always shifting
    Responsive Reading | March 14, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Caring, Change, Community, Connections, Faith, Generations
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Affirmation | By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aaron Asis | January 26, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #climatechange, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Atheism, Islam, Memorial Services, Ministerial Transition, Pastoral Care, Six Sources, Spirituality, Teamwork, Terrorism, Tradition, #30DaysofLove
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Activity | By Rick Ayers, G'Ra Asim, James Baldwin | January 25, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Personal Stories, Sexuality
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Affirmation | By M.V. Lee Badgett, Wayne B. Arnason | January 7, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #LoveResists, Adult Self Knowledge, Interfaith, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Music Sunday, Path to Leadership, Seven Principles, Spirituality, Unitarianism, Wonder, Work, Worship Tips, Worth, Youth Ministry
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Affirmation | By William Ellery Channing, Rick Ayers, Karen Armstrong | January 1, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Disruption/Harassment, Hinduism, Journey, Memorial Day, Self-Respect, Small Congregations, Stewardship, Women
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Affirmation | By Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Jacqueline Alcántara | December 26, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackHistoryMonth, #FamiliesBelongTogether, #SCOTUS, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Budgeting for Congregations, Congregational Polity, Governance for Congregations, Living Our Faith, Mid-Size Congregations, New Member Ceremony, News, Ordinations, Paganism, Pride Sunday, Quinceañera, Seven Principles, Sexuality, Six Sources, Sorrow, Stewardship for Congregations, Strength, Summer Solstice, Support and Caring in Congregations, Teamwork, Trauma, Unitarianism, Universalism, Violence, Vulnerability, Wonder, Worth, Youth Group Dynamics, #GivingTuesday, #LGBTQ, #Orlando, #30DaysofLove
  • Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
    Affirmation | By James Luther Adams, Steve Adams | December 1, 2022 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #EndMoneyBail, 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Judaism, New Home, Personal Stories, Service, Social Media
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