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Chalice Lightings

All ICUU-affiliated groups have been asked to submit brief chalice lightings. Every month, a chalice-lighting reading will be distributed to Unitarian and Universalist congregationsaround the world.

We ask each congregation to use the reading for at least one worship service in the designated month, identifying it as the “Global Chalice Lighting” for that month and naming the group which submitted it.

Readings will be circulated in English and, where different, in their original language. It is hoped that the ICUU Global Chalice Lighting Project will enhance the worship experience in our congregations and raise awareness of the international dimensions of our religious movement.

Want to get the monthly global chalice lightings emailed to your email account?
Join the Canadian Unitarian Council's e-list! To subscribe, just send a blank email to:
global-chalice-lighting-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

October 2008 (in English, French and German)

Bless the work that we do,
And the silence that falls upon us,
And the joy that stirs within us.
And let praise rise to our lips
Naturally out of the fullness of our hearts.
-Sheila Crosskey
British General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

Deutsch/German
    
Segne unsere Arbeit
     und die Stille, die sich auf uns senkt,
     und die Freude, die in uns wach wird.
     Und lass das Lobpreisen
     ganz natürlich
     aus der Fülle unserer Herzen
     zu unseren Lippen emporsteigen.