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Blessed by Our Connections

Blessed by Our Connections

We leave blessed by our connections to one another, to the spirit of life. Walk lightly that you see the life that is below your feet. Spread your arms as if you had wings and could dance through the air. Feel the joy of the breath in your lungs and the fire in your heart. Live to love and be a...

S Susan Karlson
In the Rising Sun Today

In the Rising Sun Today

We all know loss and pain. Let none of it divide us. In the rising sun today Let us do together what we cannot do alone: Roll away the stones that close our hearts.

J Joel Miller
the strength we have gained

the strength we have gained

Into our world we commend our spirits: May the strength we have gained in this communal hour sustain us as we resume the work that is at hand. Source: Association Sunday 2009...

M Martha Kirby Capo
May our wisdom show itself

May our wisdom show itself

Now may our wisdom show itself in compassion and understanding; and may the fruits of the spirit be apparent in our lives.

P Philip Randall Giles
The Hand In Yours...

The Hand In Yours...

Invite the congregation to join hands. The hand in yours belongs to a person whose heart is sometimes tender, whose skin is sometimes thin, whose eyes sometimes fill with tears, and whose laughter is a beautiful sound....

E Erika Hewitt
Benediction

Benediction

As we leave this hallowed place, may our feet remember its feel, So that wherever we walk, we know ourselves to be on hallowed ground. May we know that we are kin with every soul, every star, every stone and leaf of grass. And may our words be gentle and our touch be kind. Blessed be.

A Amy Zucker Morgenstern
May Love Permeate

May Love Permeate

May love permeate your every heartbeat May faith guide your every step May truth and compassion be your Eternal travelling companions And may a deep, abiding Spirit rest joyously In your every waking wish And your every resting dream...

B Becca Reynolds
In this community

In this community

In this community we give and we receive. May we go forth, now, to share the bounty of our love.

S Sydney K Wilde
The song is best sung with others

The song is best sung with others

The universe sings no less because time and space wear us thin. The music calls us to recognize our limitations, to recognize that the song is best sung with others.

M Manish Mishra-Marzetti
In the river, the water continually flows

In the river, the water continually flows

In the river, the water continually flows on, yet the river is ever there. "Our lives flow on in endless song," yet life and joy shall never end. Quotation from the traditional Quaker song, "My Life Flows on in Endless Song," #108 in Singing the Living Tradition.

J John C Morgan
Remembering that the universe is larger

Remembering that the universe is larger

Remembering that the universe is so much larger than our ability to comprehend, let us go forth from this time together with the resolve to stop trying to reduce the incomprehensible to our own petty expectations, so that wonder—that sense of what is sacred—can find space to open up our minds...

M Marjorie Newlin Leaming
Gathered Community

Gathered Community

The worship of the gathered community is now ended. Go in peace. Go in joy. Go in love to share in the ongoing worship of the community in dispersion. Carry with you what is precious to us all: reverence for all life, beauty that displays itself in love, deep, abiding peace.

G Gordon B McKeeman
When we say, "Go now in peace"

When we say, "Go now in peace"

When we say, "Go now in peace," we mean the peace that asks us to stop grasping after power over and the peace that demands that we live fully, that we love with a fierce love, that we hope with a bold hope, that we pray and sing and struggle....

A Amy McKenzie Quinn
Depature

Depature

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....

R Robin F. Gray
Until We Meet Again

Until We Meet Again

May all our hours together be blessed as this one has been: by open-hearted sharing, learning from one another, and making beautiful harmonies together. And may we greet everyone we encounter with the same acceptance and grateful kinship, until we meet again. Blessed be.

A Amy Zucker Morgenstern
May the love that is the doctrine...

May the love that is the doctrine...

May the love that is the doctrine of this church be also the strength and the spirit of this congregation and of our individual lives.

K Kenneth R Warren
Prayer for a Drop in the Bucket

Prayer for a Drop in the Bucket

Blessed are the droplets, for they shall fill the bucket to overflowing. Blessed are they who know there is a bucket, for they shall be filled with hope. Blessed are they who can see beyond their lifetimes, for they shall walk in faith that their work will not be in vain....

A Amy Zucker Morgenstern
May our faith sustain us

May our faith sustain us

May our faith sustain us, our hope inspire us, and our love surround us as we go our separate ways, knowing that we will gather again in this beloved community. Amen.

J Jim Wickman
To pass the peace

To pass the peace

To pass the peace is a revolutionary act. It means to trust the outsider we fear, to wish well those who have hurt us; and to forgive at last ourselves. To offer the blessing to those around you is to love your neighbor and yourself and to be at peace with God. Pax vobiscum. Peace. Peace.

C Clarke Dewey Wells
As we depart one from another

As we depart one from another

As we depart one from another, let our hearts be secure through every human season. Let our hearts be secure in seasons of anguish as in seasons of joy, in seasons of failure as in seasons of success, in seasons of uncertainty as in seasons of security....

J James A Hobart
An ending, or merely prelude to more glorious beginnings?

An ending, or merely prelude to more glorious beginnings?

We have reached the end of this time For the gathering of memory And for letting the imagination play with future possibilities. We have enjoyed magic moments and edified each other. Shall it be concluded, then? Or will this adventure, now commenced, continue?— Our separate paths converging,...

M Michael A Schuler
It Is Our Journey Together

It Is Our Journey Together

We are on a journey. We didn’t plan it. We didn’t have time for the bread to rise. We may find ourselves in the wilderness, hungry, thirsty, Doubting that we should have ever come. But look around: We are not alone. It is our journey together: A journey to our better selves, A journey to a...

D Debra Haffner
Chalice Extinguishing

Chalice Extinguishing

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.

R Robin F. Gray
The Good Fridays of Our Lives

The Good Fridays of Our Lives

The Good Fridays of our lives come unbidden and unexpected Bringing the winter of despair and the death of dreams and hope Only love has the power to mend what has been broken A love that brings healing to our wounds A love that offers hope when we have none A love that creates unity where there ...

A Andrew Pakula
Go in peace. Live simply

Go in peace. Live simply

Go in peace. Live simply, at home in yourself. Be just in your word, just in deed. Remember the depth of your own compassion. Do not forget your power in the days of your powerlessness. Do not desire with desire to be wealthier than your peers, and never stint your hand of charity. Practice...

M Mark Belletini
Mindful of our highest aspirations

Mindful of our highest aspirations

Mindful of our highest aspirations, Bound by common faith and purpose, And, yet, beginning with ourselves as we are, Let us take one more step, together, in our unending quest for dignity, justice and love. Amen.

R Rebecca A Edmiston-Lange
What I Know

What I Know

I do not know where we go when we die; And I do not know what the soul is Or what death is or when or why. What I know is that The song once sung cannot be unsung, And the life once lived cannot be unlived, And the love once loved cannot be unloved.

K Kenneth W. Collier
The Days of Awe Begin with Us

The Days of Awe Begin with Us

The Days of Awe begin with us tonight. May the next ten days be days of reflection, introspection, and peace. May we prepare ourselves for the changes in the year to come. May it be a good year. May it be a healthy year. May it be a year of peace for all of us, all around the globe....

D Debra Haffner
How To Write Your Own Closing Words

How To Write Your Own Closing Words

If the “opening words” called people to worship and opened the time and space for this purpose, the closing words bring the service to an end and prepare people to return home. If the service has been thematically tied together, the words can be a summation, a parting thought, a final nugget for...

E Erik Walker Wikstrom
Blessed with Questions

Blessed with Questions

Some came here to be blessed with answers in a tumultuous world. Let us hope too, however, that many of us have been blessed with questions to direct us with a clarity of mind to steer our logic towards kindness and justice always.

M Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo
Our connection to each other and this community remains

Our connection to each other and this community remains

Our time in this place may have ended, but our connection to each other and this community remains. Together may we walk the path of justice, speak words of love, live the selfless deed, trod gently upon the earth, and fill the world with compassion. Until we meet again, blessed be.

K Kathy A Huff
Let Us Be Humble

Let Us Be Humble

Let us be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as we are. Let us be confident, for we too are composed of the same stuff as the stars. Amen.

J Jay E Abernathy, Jr
The work continues

The work continues

Our time together is finished, but our work is not yet done: May our spirits be renewed and our purpose resolved As we meet the challenges of the week to come. The chalice flame is extinguished Until once again ignited by the strength of our communion. Go now in peace.

M Martha Kirby Capo
Keeping faith

Keeping faith

Keeping faith, our faithfulness keeps us. Go in faith.

R Raymond R Nasemann
With faith in the creative powers of life

With faith in the creative powers of life

The Quakers speak not of a "worship service" but of their Meeting -- hence this benediction: With faith in the creative powers of life, With hope for the future of life in this world, With love for all others who share this life with us, Let us go forward together in peace. Our meeting has ended;...

L Lindsay Bates
Ripples of Love

Ripples of Love

I know not where you are, Whether your soul is traveling the universal highway Or as I imagine, sitting at the left hand of God Being consulted about matters of consequence....

J Jay Wolin
Taking the Light with Us

Taking the Light with Us

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.

H Heather Christensen
As We Go Forward

As We Go Forward

As we go forward into this frightening, exhilarating, confusing, miraculous world, may we offer our comfort to the afflicted our love to those who are lonely and our wish for all to be safe.

C Cheryl Block
A Benediction for New Member Sunday

A Benediction for New Member Sunday

In this religious community we reach back into the past to honor those who came before us and those who have given much so that we may be here today. And we reach forward with hands of welcome to embrace those who have newly joined our Fellowship....

T Thomas Rhodes
In the end it won't matter

In the end it won't matter

In the end it won't matter how much we have, but how generously we have given. It won't matter how much we know, but rather how well we live. And it won't matter how much we believe, but how deeply we love...

J John C Morgan
To Water in Excelsis

To Water in Excelsis

To water in excelsis. In vino veritas. As the Son of Man (or, Jesus) came eating and drinking and made friends with the people of the earth regardless of social distinction or class, let us strive to do likewise in our own eating and drinking, thinking and speaking, living and acting....

R Richard M Fewkes
As we leave this community of the spirit

As we leave this community of the spirit

As we leave this community of the spirit, May we remember the difficult lesson That each day offers more things than we can do. May we do what needs to be done, Postpone what does not, And be at peace with what we can be and do. Therefore, may we learn to separate That which matters most And that...

R Richard S. Gilbert
Feel the truth in the depth of our being

Feel the truth in the depth of our being

We have gathered here today to feel the truth in the depth of our being and to think on all that is most righteous and holy. Let us go forth to act in concert with those thoughts and feelings. Blessed be.

C Carol Ann Huston
May our lives be blest

May our lives be blest

May our lives be blest according to the depth of our love, the persistence of our faith, our willingness to forgive and be compassionate, and in proportion to our yearning to be free. Amen.

P Paul H Beattie
To Do Is To Be

To Do Is To Be

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk exposing our true self. To place our ideas—our dreams—before the crowd is to risk loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to...

A Anonymous
Much of ministry is a benediction

Much of ministry is a benediction

Much of ministry is a benediction— A speaking well of each other and the world— A speaking well of what we value: honesty love forgiveness trust A speaking well of our efforts— A speaking well of our dreams. This is how we celebrate life: Through speaking well of it, Living the benediction,...

S Susan Manker-Seale
Go in peace, speak the truth

Go in peace, speak the truth

Go in peace, speak the truth, give thanks each day. Respect the earth and her creatures, for they are alive like you. Care for your body; it is a wondrous gift. Live simply. Be of service. Be guided by your faith and not your fear. Go lightly on your path. Walk in a sacred manner. Amen.

G Gary Kowalski
Winter Solstice Reflection

Winter Solstice Reflection

On this, the longest night of the year, we are warmed by the certain knowledge that tomorrow will welcome more light than today. As it has for eons—for billions of years—the coming of light brings life. May we be awed by the great miracles of light and life, and faithfully nurture the mystery...

G Gregory Jones
Let Our Lives Be a Prayer

Let Our Lives Be a Prayer

Let our lives be a prayer That waters dry souls Mends broken hearts Refuses to be terrorized Seeks this world’s beauty And carries us through its storms.

J Joel Miller
Be Revered

Be Revered

Be revered In thee the faithful hope that still looks forward, And keeps the life-spark warm of future action Beneath the cloak of patient sufferance.

M Margaret Fuller
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