Here’s an opening prayer (or call to worship?) for the start of a virtual worship
service during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was written by Rev. Dr. Cynthia
Landrum, minister in Clarklake, Michigan and posted on the Unitarian
Universalist Association website.
Opening Prayer: Apart but Together
Spirit of life and love,
we gather together in different ways this morning,
from computer screens,
we gather together in different ways this morning,
from computer screens,
from telephones,
from car radios;
we gather,
we gather,
reaching out across the wires,
waving from a safe distance,
to come together in religious community.
to come together in religious community.
From living room to front porch to car seat,
we gather as we are able,
ready to be of service to each other,
to the world,
ready to build the community of hope and of love,
as we face this bright morning.
ready to build the community of hope and of love,
as we face this bright morning.
We are apart,
but we are together,
offering our love,
offering our love,
our commitment,
our hope,
our hope,
and our prayers,
in service to one another and this world.
in service to one another and this world.
It is a new way,
but an old way,
that we come together in worship today.
~ written by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum is the minister of the
Universalist Unitarian (UU) Church of East Liberty in Clarklake, Michigan. She
blogs at Rev. Cyn. Posted on the Unitarian Universalist Association website.
https://www.uua.org/worship/words/worship-service/apart-together
