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1 District Minister / District Secretary succession planning: Mr Adrian Farmer, of Belper Unitarians, will be taking on the post of District Administrator on 1st March 2026. An advert has been placed on the GA’s ministerial vacancies board for the District Minister role. 2 Annual Report and Accounts: these were approved at the meeting. … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Laura Dobson May we be blessed by the fertile Earth, our foundation and bedrock, with gratitude. May we be blessed by the spring rains and the glistening dew, quenching our thirst for freedom and beauty. May we be blessed by the shining Sun … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Sophia Lyon Fahs We pause in reverence before the wonder of life, the wonder of this moment, the wonder of being together, so close yet so apart, each hidden in a secret chamber, each listening, each trying to speak, yet none fully … Read more
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