My first attempt at morning worship/ritual

So, something inside of me is calling for me to be more, well, religious during the week and outside of Sundays. It’s impossible for me to do Wednesday Night Vespers at UUCA due to work, so I borrowed a hymnal (Singing the Living Tradition) on Sunday to take home with me. I mentioned a couple of days ago how I really want some morning ritual. Well, late last nite (after a long day of putting in the hours at Church, I spent almost all day doing church-related stuff yesterday) I was inspired to flip through the hymnal, find my favorite hymns, flip through the readings, and a basic form took place, which I tried this morning, and I loved it. I did it right after I woke up and I’m not only wide awake but I just feel different.

In a good way.

Here’s what I tried -

Opening Hymn – #123 – Spirit of Life
Opening Reading – #419 – Look To This Day
Light Chalice
Hymn – #95 – There is Move Love Somewhere
Daily Reading *
Hymn – #352 – Find a Stillness
Meditation
Hymn – 100 – I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Closing Reading – 686 – “Go in peace. Live simply, gently, at home in yourselves.”
Daily Hymn #
Extinguish Chalice

* – Daily reading – I’m starting at the beginning on the readings and am going to work my way through, one per day.

# – Daily hymns – These are ones that just speak to me, and they’re last because they get stuck in my head. What I chose -

M – #199 – Precious Lord, Take my Hand
T- #149 – Lift Every Voice and Sing
W- #203 – All Creatures of Earth and Sky
R- #298 – Wake, Now, My Senses
F- #121 – We’ll Build a Land
S- #131 – Love Will Guide Us

So, I’m interested if other UUs out there are struggling to have some sort of morning worship or ritual in their lives. I’m also considering if I want some sort of evening one, too. My pal Chutney tried to put one up a few months ago, and eventually I want to have something more in there. But this is good and simple for now.

This is just a solitary worship kinda thing. If it were a group thing, the beginning hymn would be more communal in nature.