Sundays (10:30am)

The Universal Worship was born from the inspiration of Hazrat Inayat Khan in 1921 to celebrate the spiritual message of all the world’s religions on one altar. In the Universal Worship service, we light candles to represent the different streams of faith and offer prayers honoring the message and messengers of unity.

Services are led by a Cherag (from the Persian word ‘lamp’) and may include readings from the scriptures of the world’s religions, as well as music, meditation and song. In the words of Inayat Khan, “The blessing which we receive in this service is the blessing of all the great teachers and prophets and illumined souls, all in one.” Please join us on a Sunday morning or evening at Rising Tide to share in this blessing.

“The different candles which are lighted mean our adherence and respect to all the different teachers, religions, and scriptures. They teach us that there is one light and many lamps. . . It is this religion of unification which Jesus Christ came to teach; the teachings of Moses and the efforts of Muhammad were all towards this one object. All that Buddha has taught, all that Krishna has said, is summed up in one thing: that it is one light that is the divine light, and it is the guidance coming from that light which becomes the path for humanity to tread.”
– Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Unity of Religious Ideals