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Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words The Beloved Community from Sacred Earth by Cliff Reed We gather to uphold the liberty of the human spirit and to reject all that would enslave it. We gather to be the beloved community where no one is a slave, and everyone is … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words Let us Worship by Kenneth L. Patton Let us worship with our eyes and ears and fingertips. Let us feast our eyes upon the mystery and the revelation in the faces of our brothers and sisters. Let us live a thousand lives as … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Sylvia L. Howe (adapted) I bid you welcome on this first Sunday of the New Year. Like Janus we gather with part of us looking backward and part of us looking forward. We gather on the edge of the new … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Ant Howe We join together now to worship as a beloved community. Each individual brings to our gathering faith and ideas, but each of us also yearns to share fellowship one with the other. May we look beyond any differences to the common … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Ellen Fay It is the winter season of the year, dark and chilly. Perhaps it is a winter season in your life, dark and chilly there too. Come into Christmas here. Let the light and warmth of Christmas brighten our lives and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Evelyn Ryder In a world free of greed and hatred, I see the peace of which I dream; Hands once filled with weapons Now held out in faith and trust. In a world free of fear and prejudice, I see the … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Alex Brianson (adapted) We gather today to share a particular kind of community – a community of faith in which each of us is free to quest for our own ways of being spiritual and religious. We gather today to think about … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words Prayer for Advent by Vernon Marshall (adapted) At Advent, O God, the Father of our spirits, the Mother of our souls, We wait in anxious anticipation for the coming season, keen to experience the warmth of goodwill which is abundant at this time. … Read more
1 Rev Kieren Mardle-Moss: was inducted and ordained as minister to Belper Unitarians on Saturday 22nd November. The committee congratulated him on the successful completion of his ministry training and on his first ministry. 2 District Minister / District Secretary succession planning: Rev Sue Woolley will be retiring from both posts in February / March … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Andrew Usher We have gathered from many places, with many thoughts. We pause together now, to allow ourselves to settle into this place at this time, letting the cares of the outside world relax their grip. As we take the time to reflect on our presence here, … Read more