Sometimes circumstances call for special material—and the current pandemic is one such circumstance. We're grateful to the people here who have written and shared worship resources for worship in the time of Covid-19.

New! Video Collections

WorshipWeb is building two collections of videos that you may use, with attribution, in your online and streaming worship services:

• Messages for All Ages on video
• Music and Hymns on video

Chalice Lightings & Extinguishings

• "Sacred Unknowing," a chalice lighting by Rev. Amy Carol Webb
• "The Persistent Flame" by Amy G. S. A. Brooks
• "Our Community Knows No Boundaries," a chalice lighting by Rev. Nancy Reid-McKee
• "Grounding in Our Faith," a chalice lighting by Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann
• "Across the Distance," a chalice lighting by Rev. Laura Thompson
• "In This Time of Uncertainty," a chalice lighting by Rev. Amy Williams Clark
• "Connected through the Web of Life," a chalice lighting by Rev. Jenn Gracen
• "We Are One" a chalice extinguishing by Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern

Opening Words

• "Gathering in Our Own Spaces" by Jeff May
• "It Will Be Enough" (a Passover opening) by Rev. Elizabeth Mount
• "Stay Together and Stick Together" by Rev. Rod Richards
• "Apart but Together" by Rev. Dr. Cindy Landrum
• "Surrender to This Life" by Rev. Gretchen Haley
• "You Are Never Alone" by Rev. Sharon Wylie

Affirmations

• "The Church Has Left the Building" an affirmation by Rev. Margaret Weis
• "Even When Our Hearts Are Broken," an affirmation by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker
• "Feel That?" by Gwen Matthews

Poetry

• "These Days" by Rev. Lynn Ungar
• "A Prayer for Salvation" by Peregrine Morkal-Williams
• "Pandemic" by Rev. Lynn Ungar
• "Choices" by Rev. Marcia Stanard
• "Hope" by Jennifer Pratt-Walter

Stories

• "Tiny the God" by Becky Brooks
• "Rainbows in the Windows" by Jenn Blosser

Ritual

• A Covid-19 Grief and Gratitude ritual by Rev. Cathy Rion Starr
• A Blessing of the Electronic Devices by Dayna Edwards
• A Blessing of the Laptops by Austen Petersen
• A powerful Covid Grief Ritual by Rev. Kate Landis

Music

• "In These Hard Times" by Linda Hirschhorn
• New Lyrics for Jim Scott's "Gather the Spirit," by Pat Lamanna

Meditations

• "Surface Tension" by Rev. Tess Baumberger
• "Blessing on Those Staying Home" by Rev. Linda Barnes
• "A Blessing for Safety" by Rev. Rosemary Morrison
• "My Commitments to Myself" by Laura Mancuso

Prayers

• "A Prayer for These Times" by Kenneth P. Langer
• Prayer for an Online Memorial Service by Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig
• Prayer for Parenting in a Pandemic by Rev. Sara Goodman

Responsive Readings

• "Hope Rises" by Rev. John Buehrens and Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker

Time for All Ages

• Arm's Length: Acts of Love in the Covid Era by Rev. Karen G. Johnston

Benedictions

• Benediction for a People in Pandemic by Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael