Options Search using the links below, or by entering your own search terms. Back to: Opening Words Index of First Lines Starting a Service Resource Library WorshipWeb Home See also: Calls to Worship Chalice Lightings Invocations Learn more about: The Author

Opening Words  -  Peter Raible

Water! Earth! Air! Fire!

Water: nurturer of life, sustainer of growth, basic to every living thing;

Earth: where every seedling takes root; the ground of our being, our home and point of outlook;

Air: in every breath we acknowledge the atmosphere wherein we live; the elixir of our existence;

Fire: thwarter of cold, light against the darkness, symbol of the burning human spirit.

Water! Earth! Air! Fire!

These signify the larger unity of all life and the glory of creation wherein our spirits are embraced.

Source: 1997 UUMA Worship Materials Collection; altered

WorshipWeb Home · UUA Home · Contact UUA

Unitarian Universalist Association
25 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 · Telephone (617) 742-2100 · Fax (617) 742-2875

Information Feedback

This page was last updated December 6, 2000.
All material copyright © 2000, Unitarian Universalist Association.
There have been [an error occurred while processing this directive] accesses to this page since August 7, 2000.
Address of this page: http://www.uua.org/worshipweb/opening/raibleps-open01.html