The home of Unitarianism in the West Midlands
(my apologies if the quality of sound is not so good as usual – we had a terrific rainstorm half way through recording the service!) Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Ellen Fay It is the Winter season of the year,. dark and chilly. Perhaps it is a winter … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Ant Howe In this sacred gathering may the joyful find space to praise…. May the inquirers feel safe to question….. May the lonely find the touch of a friend…… May the singers be given a tune to sing….. May the lost discover the … Read more
Two Minute Silence Our service this week will begin with the customary Two Minute Silence, in honour and remembrance of those who have laid down their lives in war. [silence] They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words We meet on holy ground by Richard S. Gilbert We meet on holy ground, For that place is holy where we meet one another. Where lives touch, where love moves, Where hope stirs, there is holy ground. How much we need this moment … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Verona Conway Our worship is to the holy spirit of the universe who sustains it in love and makes it ever new each moment of time. Our prayer is for light to see the way, truth to teach us how to walk, faith … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Cliff Reed (adapted) Welcome to this virtual space of prayer, ‘where we meet not only one with another, but all with God’. Through the generations we have come to celebrate the love that is divine, to be its human channels to each … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Cliff Reed As the true prophets of God have always told us, the Divine will is for mercy and compassion, love and justice. May we, and all true worshippers of the one true God, never suppose that vengeance and cruelty, hatred and murder, … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by Kenneth L. Patton, from Songs for Living (adapted) Let us worship with our eyes and ears and fingertips. Let us feast our eyes upon the mystery and the revelation in the faces of our brothers and sisters. Let us live a thousand … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words Draw Close by Ben Downing (adapted) Friends, draw close. Listen together. Pray together. Share the mysteries which never die, And the silences that never cease. And as we share and celebrate and worship, One in all, and all in each, May we feel … Read more
Prelude Roots and Wings by Elizabeth Harley Opening Words by David Usher (adapted) We come together today, seeking a reality beyond our narrow selves; that binds us in compassion, love, and understanding to other human beings, and to the interdependent web of all living things. May our hearts and minds be opened this … Read more