Comments on: “Do Unitarians have a liturgy?”

By: Ron Robinson

Ron Robinson — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:04:23 +0000

Let me put in a plug for something a little different maybe. The UUCF will send out for $5 copies of the Communion Services and Sermons book published by the UU Christian Fellowship. But we are also soliciting liturgies for the full church year, plus for occasional services, for our next special issue of the UU Christian Journal. Also looking for essays exploring liturgy, especially related to baptism. Deadline is April 15. Send liturgies for consideration to Editor Tom Wintle at tomwintle@firstparishweston.org or to me at RevRonRobinson@aol.com and I will forward them. And help us spread the word about the call for submissions.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:38:52 +0000

Then there’s the 1937 “Hymns of the Spirit,” co-written by U.S. Unitarians and Universalists, with sixteen options for orders of service. Some of them are quite nice, and useable for a range of theologies (in some cases there are even substitutions with humanist words!). Not sure how many congregations actually used these.

For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that in the mid-1980’s the Congregation of Abraxas, a Unitarian Universalist group, published a booklet with four liturgies — three daily offices, and a eucharist. I can’t find my copy at the moment, otherwise I’d put more details in. Probably not worth wasting time seeking it out– I don’t think anyone ever used the booklet.

By: James Field

James Field — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:23:02 +0000

you can get a reasonably good sense of the Hungarian liturgy (in Transylvania and Hungary) from the curriculum on the ICUU website. I also posted a longish piece about it earlier this year.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:39:37 +0000

I’m told that the Unitarian churches of the Khasi region of India have a tradition of liturgical worship, including use of a prayerbook and communion ritual (I’m also told that their churches services go for about 2 hours). But I’m also told that their liturgies borrow heavily on traditional Khasi tribal ritual, and elements of Jewish liturgy. However, I’ve never seen an English translation of their liturgy. Has anybody else?