39 people from 13 MUA congregations met at Kingswood Meeting House for our Annual Lunch. This was a change of venue from our usual, and also a change of caterers. Jill Bowie and her staff did us proud – we had a choice of four main meals, three accompaniments and two sweets, all of which were delicious.
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Training Day on Prayer & Meditation a great success
13 of us from 7 congregations (including Leicester Unitarian Fellowship, whom we were pleased to welcome) gathered at Kingswood to learn about prayer and meditation from Rev. Ant Howe (Kingswood) and Rev. Sarah Tinker (Kensington). After some brief opening devotions, Sarah set the ball rolling by asking us to split into pairs and discuss what … Read more
Miss Janice Ashley: 1932 – 2009
The Midland Unitarian Association is very sad to announce the death of a dear friend to many of us, Miss Janice Ashley. She died peacefully in her sleep following a battle with cancer on 20th July.
MUA Publicity Workshop
A highly successful Publicity Workshop was held at Birmingham New Meeting on Saturday 20th June. It was well supported, with 24 members attending from 13 MUA Congregations. The Workshop was led by Sue Woolley, the MUA District Facilitator, using a laptop and projector to give a very professional presentation using PowerPoint slides. Sue started the proceedings by inviting everyone to respond when meeting a stranger in a lift who spots the chalice badge and asks ‘What are Unitarians?” The day was then divided into four sessions. The two morning sessions were led by Sue: 1) Publicity using people and buildings and 2) Producing a Newsletter. The first dealt with how to help visitors find your chapel, and then ensuring that it is attractive and welcoming.
Singing our Faith – the Ministers’ Meeting Hymn Sing
Over 30 Midlands Unitarians gathered at Kingswood Meeting House on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon, to join with Rev. Ant Howe and the talented choir and organist from Kingswood, to learn some hymns from the new purple hymn book, Sing Your Faith.
A Happy Celebration of Fifty years of service
A large crowd of friends from eight different MUA Congregations gathered at Warwick on Sunday 17th May to join in a Service of Celebration marking fifty years of service to Warwick Unitarians by Malcolm Sadler.
Warwickshire & Neighbouring Counties Monthly Meeting of Protestant Dissenting Ministers Asparagus Lunch, Oat St Chapel, Evesham
Friends from most of the MUA congregations met at Oat St Chapel, Evesham for the Annual Asparagus Lunch. In spite of the gloomy weather, it was a joyful occasion. The service beforehand was led by the President of the General Assembly of Unitarian & Free Christian Churches, Rev. Bob Wightman, who spoke inspiringly about the … Read more
Creating a Vibrant Spiritual Community through Small Group Ministry Training Course, Kingswood
19 delegates from seven MUA congregations attended a whole-day training course about Small Group Ministry, led by the inspirational Rev. Jim Robinson of Hampstead. After a spiritual opening session, to remind us that we are a spiritual community, not just a social club, we all “checked in”, by sharing the wide variety of small groups … Read more
Oxford member Catherine Robinson has article in The Guardian
Below is the link to a splendid article by Oxford’s Pulpit Secretary, Catherine Robinson, which was published in the Guardian and online on 28th March 2009. As a succint summary of what Unitarianism is about, it can hardly be bettered. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/mar/28/unitarian-tim-berners-lee
Midland Unitarian Association AGM held at The Great Meeting House Unitarian Church, Coventry
38 members from 13 of our 18 congregations, plus two visitors (Mrs. Joyce Ashworth, President of the Unitarian General Assembly and Mrs. Lis Dyson-Jones, MUA link member on the GA’s Executive Committee) came together on a beautiful Spring day at Coventry’s Great Meeting House Unitarian Church. The business part of the meeting went very smoothly, … Read more