Online Blessings

Prayer for a Blessing  By Rev., Rabbi, Dr.Jesse Vera Phd Dearest and Beloved G-d of Moses, Abraham, Eliza, Joshua and David- As I call unto you, Please hear the prayers of a penetant man. Dearest G-d bless all manatu for animals, plants, rocks, water, fire, and our beloved mother earth.  Bless all of those whom we call friends that are pure of heart, if they are in need of help, grant them guidance with your Hochmah,( Wisdom ). Please Bless all who have ascended before us Let them know as we light a candle that this light is to help them receive our energy in our constant thoughts.  And Dearest G-d, Please bless all of your children, no matter which tribe they may have started from or where they are today, they, we, are all YOUR CHILDREN.  In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit grant us all the Green Light. AMEN
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Online Ceremony

Universal Life Church By Rev. Larry Fulmer, Jr.

Ceremonial Act of Installation PRESIDENT: We gather today to covenant with __name___ as the Called Minister of this Congregation. We celebrate our Shared Universal Life Church Principles with __name__ , recognizing that we also minister our Universal Life Church values individually and collectively both here and throughout our community. _Name__ , we have chosen and called you to live among us, to make our concerns your concerns, and to collaborate with us in the ministry of this congregation. Our desire is to find wholeness among ourselves and to create relationships of mutual wholeness in our community and out into the world. We would have you speak the truth in love. We would have you model wisdom and kindness to our children and youth. We would have you minister to us in times of joy and in times of sorrow. We would have you demonstrate by your example as well as by your words, the life of courage and compassion. We would have you nurture our movement toward greater service to the world. Are you willing to take up these shared responsibilities? MINISTER: I am. PRESIDENT: On our part, we pledge to remember that the work of Universal Life belongs to all of us. We pledge to honor freedom of conscience in both pulpit and pew. We share responsibility with you for the spiritual development and the material welfare of our Congregation. As we would ask you to be charitable toward our failures, we will also remember that you are human too. We pledge to participate and to cooperate with you in our growth toward an ever-expanding community of caring. Will the members please stand and join me in the Covenant of Shared Ministry: MEMBERS: We, the members of the Universal Life Church of _______, commit ourselves with Reverend _____ to collaborate in fulfilling the goals of this Congregation. We hereby install ____ _____ as our Called Minister and pledge our partnership in ministering Universal Life Church values in our community and beyond. MINISTER: I accept the shared Ministry to which you have called me. I pledge to honor the freedom of pulpit and pew, to speak with integrity and love both publicly and privately, diligently to fulfill the various offices of spiritual leadership, counsel, celebration, religious education, activism and administration. I pledge to promote mutual relationships of justice and kindness among all people, with ourselves, and within nature as articulated by our Statement of Universal Life Church Principles. This is my covenant with you. ~ Rev Larry Fulmer, Jr. ******************** Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button. As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site with wedding ceremonies to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials. Try our new free toolbar at: ULC Toolbar

Funeral Ceremony Sermon

By Carolyn Young Universal Life Church - Online Funeral Ceremony

Requiem for an Unborn (set up the sacred space and light a candle for everyone in attendance. Make sure there are plenty of tissues available.) Many of us know the pain of losing a child. And if we are fortunate to have not known, as women we can still empathize and grieve. A life stopped before it was started can more distressing than other any deaths. Body and spirit stiffen against sorrow, but to aid the release of the grief of those who mourn, we must let our own awareness flow free. We gather tonight to say good-bye to _______, a child-but not a child; truly "real" to but one among us. Whether the one we mourn was beloved or a stranger, we have the right and the need to grieve because her fate is our own. She has left behind empty arms, not just her parents', but all who would have cherished her and nurtured her and assisted her in becoming a woman. We hope she accomplished what she had set for herself. (Let everyone tell what they would have liked to have done with _______. When each person is finished speaking they blow out their candle and wish Godspeed to the soul.) I would like to have taken her for walks in the woods and shown her the wonders there . . . and let her show me the wonders of God's creations through a child's eyes again. (When all are finished ground the energies and open the space.) ******************** The Universal Life Church offers handfasting ceremonies, funeral ceremonies and ordination to become an ordained minister. As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have enjoyed the new article directory for seminary members. Try our new free toolbar at: ULC Toolbar

Funeral Prayers

PRAYER
Universal Life Church - Online Funeral Ceremony
 

Eternal spirit, before whom generations rise and pass away, we find that even in the face of death, our words can be those of thanksgiving.

We are thankful for one who shared his/her life with us...One for whom love and family were so important.... whose life was lived with vigor.

For the struggles of life, and for the triumph of character over trial, of courage over difficulty, of faith over sorrow, we give thanks.

God grant us such strength in the memory of our friend that we might be thankful for the gift of life that is given to each of us, and in our hearts, may the loss of ______ be balanced by thanksgiving for the life that was shared with us. Amen.

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Funeral Ceremony

Extreme Unction 

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There follows the Sacrament of Extreme Unction, or anointing, as it is popularly designated. Here the clergyman may find himself confronted with prejudices which in spite of reiterated explanations seem to have an extraordinary vitality.  His announcement that he purposes to anoint the sick person is often accepted by the patient and his friends as the reading of the death-warrant.  It is necessary to point out that the Sacrament of Extreme Unction gives health not only to the spirit, but also sometimes to the body. The basis for the teaching is of course to be found in the well-known utterance of James (v, 14, 15): "Is any man sick among you?  Let him bring in the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man; and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be in sins they shall be forgiven him."

Anciently it was the custom to confer this sacrament before the Viaticum; the maintenance of the existing usage has been prescribed not only by the Roman Ritual, but also the Lutheran, and many other denominations as well. Although the existence of a precept to receive this sacrament cannot be established, still the failure to avail oneself of its efficacy out of sheer sloth would be a sin. It cannot be administered more than once during the same illness, unless, after some notable betterment which has either certainly or probably taken place, a new danger should supervene. In chronic diseases, therefore, such as tuberculosis and different cancers that sometimes go into remission but then reoccur, it will often happen that the anointing sacrament may and ought to be repeated because of the recurrence of what is, morally speaking, a new danger.

According to the discipline in vogue in the Latin Church, the unctions essential to the validity of the sacrament are those of the organs of the five senses--the eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, and hands. There is a diversity in the custom as to the unctions to be added to those already enumerated; in the United States, besides the parts mentioned, only the feet are anointed.

The sick-room ought to be made ready for the visit of the priest or minister on the occasion of his giving the last blessing, and or sacrament, it can at least be cleaned and aired. On a table covered with a white cloth there ought to be a lighted blessed candle, a crucifix, a glass of water, a spoon, a vessel containing holy water, and a towel. According to the rubric of the Roman Ritual the priest is to remind those who are present to pray for the sick person during the anointing, and it suggests that the Seven Penitential Psalms with the litanies might be employed, or the 23^rd Psalm for this purpose. 

Extreme unction, like other sacraments, produces sanctifying grace in the spirit. It has, however, certain results proper to itself. Of these the principal one seems to be the getting rid of that spiritual torpor and weakness which are the baneful output of actual sin, and which would be such a serious handicap in this supreme moment. From the viewpoint of the Christian, the struggle to be maintained with the devil is now more formidable than ever, and a special endowment of heaven-sent strength is necessary for the soul's final victory. 

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Funeral Ceremony Sermon

Universal Life Church By Rev. Kirk Alan Haas Breathe

Do not be afraid to breathe Even though this is something our loved one Could not do. Do not be afraid for our loved one For they have found peace. Do not be afraid for their family For they are together and strong. Do not be afraid to be happy And to tell your stories of your friend. Do not be afraid to keep loving this man. He never stopped loving you. Do not be afraid to cry With the sadness you feel in his passing. Do not be afraid to move forward with your lives, Without him. Do not be afraid To breathe. Poem for the passing of a loved one. Written for and Delivered at the funeral of Terry Lee Haas 09.17.04 by Rev. Kirk Alan Haas, Officiant Terry Lee Haas passed away forty-eight days short of his fiftieth birthday from lung failure. Terry's brother officiated the ceremony, his first official act as a minister. ******************** The Universal Life Church offers handfasting ceremonies, funeral ceremonies and ordination to become an ordained minister. As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have enjoyed the new article directory for seminary members. Try our new free toolbar at: ULC Toolbar

Funeral Ceremony

By 'Didj Man' Blessing

Let the sweetness of the Creator's breath draw this new born child of the eternal to the everlasting mercies that do beckon one as a Mother whispering to her Babe in the cradle; let my breath cover you and remind you that you are mine and that no thing done under the sun can escape my gentle gaze, But let now I pray thee your gaze be as mine; brief, gentle,and kind. For the face you see does wash clean as you are now stepped out of your earthly body and are now a seed of Hope for all who await this journey ahead,so as you leave please remember to smile for the World in which you came for the power of forgiveness is the holy spirit's witness to the blood that quickens all those who be ever living to see the day where none would ever have to pass from this World to the next in blind faith, but in the unquinching arms of wisdom, and a love that has no bounds, but yet all boundaries are made by this love. Fear not my coming child for death is not becoming of you; I take you unto life and that is who I am............... ******************** The Universal Life Church offers handfasting ceremonies, funeral ceremonies and ordination to become an ordained minister. As a long time member of ULC, Rev. Long created the seminary site to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have enjoyed the new article directory for seminary members. Try our new free toolbar at: ULC Toolbar