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UUCT encourages members to explore and participate in the Global Prayer Program of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU). Members and Friends of the Church might wish to use these texts for:
- personal contemplation and meditation
- the start of activities with family and friends
- the beginning of committee and group meetings at the Church
Reflecting on these monthly texts reminds us that we are part of a world-wide movement. Members and Friends of UUCT should feel free to submit texts for this program to Lorella Thomas Hess at
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The World
May the world that is one in its life, a rich blue top spinning in the endless night of space, a world that is one in its interdependence and fragility, be one in our hearts and minds and deeds also. – Charles Eddis |
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God is the Knowledge Principle. May knowledge remove ignorance and may we realize that knowledge is a lasting inner wealth by which all outer achievements can be accomplished. By lighting the chalice may we bow down to knowledge as the greatest of all forms of wealth.
Knowledge backs our actions, whether good or bad. We therefore light this chalice as a witness to our thoughts and actions. The flame of the chalice burns upwards; similarly, we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals. When lit by spiritual knowledge, the negative tendencies in a human being get slowly exhausted, and the ego too finally perishes.
Knowledge does not lessen when shared; on the contrary, it benefits both the giver and the receiver.
Indian Council of Unitarian Churches |
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We have gathered here to light the chalice with a flame that symbolizes freedom - of expression, faith and other individual liberties. Flame that brings light, helps us to see and fends off the darkness. Flame that warms us up when it is cold, either outside or in our hearts.
Unitarian Universalist Society of Finland (http://www.netlife.fi/~nl02067/uu/) |
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