Materials for Worship Services & Celebrations


	Growing Vital Religious Communities In Canada

Worship in Unitarian Universalist Congregations

Materials for Worship Services and Celebrations

Special Chalice Lighting to Remember Knoxville

Chalice Lighting: A Spiritual Home
By Rev. Carole Martignacco

As a spiritual home is a sanctuary, a safe space
for the gathering of the beloved community,
we light this chalice, symbol of our free faith,

In solidarity with brothers and sisters all over the world
who mourn with the Knoxville community last week's tragic events,
the violation of their sanctuary and the loss of precious lives.

We light this chalice in honour of the courage and goodness
of those who in every age, mindless of the cost to themselves,
are moved to shield others from acts of violence.

May this flame burn in our hearts today to warm us
and remind us that our greatest security lies in our choice
to answer hate with the all-consuming power of love.

Sermon Collections by Congregation

Congregation

Unitarian Congregation of Durham

Unitarian Church of Calgary

Unitarian Church of Edmonton, Alberta

Unitarian Congregation of Guelph

Beacon Unitarian Church, Coquitlam, BC

Unitarian Fellowship of Kelowna British Columbia

Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship

Unitarian Fellowship of London

Unitarian Congregation of Niagara

North Shore Unitarian Congregation

First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, Ontario

First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo

Unitarian Church of Vancouver

Peterborough Unitarian Fellowship

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa

First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, ON

Unitarian Fellowship of Regina

Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon

First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, Ontario

Unitarian Church of Montreal

Neighbourhood UU Congregation of Toronto, Ontario

South Fraser Unitarian Congregation

Westwood Unitarian Congregation, Edmonton, AB

Unitarian Church of Victoria, British Columbia

First Unitarian Congregation of Waterloo, Ontario

First UU Church of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sharing Our Faith

If you are a member of a UU congregation in Canada, you are invited to join a discussion of worship programs by sending a blank email to cuc-worship-discussion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Include information on your congregation and your role.

Other Worship Materials

Canadian Sermon Series

La raison d’être d’une communauté religieuse
The Task of the Religious Community

Meditation

Adding a Second Service

ICUU Sunday
Each year the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists prepares a worship service package and encourages congregations in member groups to hold an "ICUU" worship service on a Sunday near to March 25--the founding date of the ICUU.

Canadian Unitarian Artists Musicians & Writers

UUA Worship Web: a searchable collection of readings and resources for
worship services http://www.uua.org/worshipweb/main.html

Dare To Be Religious - Opening and Closing Words and Responsive Readings

Turning Points
An Historical Radio Drama on Unitarianism and Universalism in Canada

Other Sermons & Speeches

Congregation	Minister or Speaker	Link
Montreal	Rev. Dr. Charles W. Eddis	ANGUS CAMERON AND THE HIGH HOPE OF ADVENTURE Address to the Canadian Unitarian Universalist Historical Society
Montreal	Rev. Ray Drennan	Eating Alone at the Picnic May 20, 2001
Vancouver	Rev. Phillip Hewett	Paper Delivered to ICUU Symposium, Oxford, 2001
Waterloo, Ontario	Craig Beam	Defining Ourselves: Six Sources of Unitarianism
Western Canada District	Rev. Wayne Arnason	To Trust the Dawning Future More

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