Synopsis
Kensington Unitarians meet to share experiences, to learn from each other, to explore our diverse faiths, to welcome spiritual seekers and offer companionship on life's journey.
Episodes
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Choose Your Own Adventure
06/01/2019 Duration: 37minService led by Jane Blackall. "In this service we'll consider the possibility of bringing a lightness and playful spirit to our everyday decision-making. Why not? Featuring readings given by Brian Ellis and Jeannene Powell."
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Burying the Old Year, Birthing the New
30/12/2018 Duration: 32minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "With a simple ritual to mark the end of one year and the start of the new. With clarinet music from Benjie del Rosario. Featuring a reading given by Brian Ellis."
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Candlelit Christmas Eve
24/12/2018 Duration: 53minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "A candlelit service of readings and carols for Christmas Eve. Featuring readings given by Brian Ellis, Juliet Edwards and Veronica Needa."
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Winter Solstice - The Wheel Forever Turning
23/12/2018 Duration: 39minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "We'll be honouring the cycles of the year and of our lives, the eternal cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. Featuring readings given by Roy Clark and David Talbot."
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Christmas Carol Service
16/12/2018 Duration: 56minService led by Sarah Tinker and Jeannene Powell. "Our annual Carol Service is a cheering feast of carols and readings, so you can sing along at home, and enjoy festive music from our choir. Featuring a reading given by Antony Bunsee."
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The World Waiting to Be
09/12/2018 Duration: 23minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "Where do ideas come from and what best nourishes our creative processes? We'll be honouring the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in this service. Featuring a reading given by Tristan Jovanovic."
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Waiting and Hoping
02/12/2018 Duration: 31minService led by Jeannene Powell. "As we move into the season of Advent, in this service we will consider the times of waiting for those things we hope for. Featuring a reading given by Roy Clark."
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Roads to Peace
25/11/2018 Duration: 35minService led by Sarah Tinker and Lynda Kane. "Lynda Kane is from a NSPCI church in Northern Ireland, a movement with many Unitarian connections."
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Bridge Building
18/11/2018 Duration: 33minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker "How might the building of bridges help us transform our interpersonal conflicts? Featuring a reading given by Julia Alden."
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We Remember Them
11/11/2018 Duration: 26minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker "A Remembrance Day service, marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 armistice with a quartet and opportunity to light candles of peace and reconciliation. Featuring a reading given by Roy Clark."
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Pathways of Peace
04/11/2018 Duration: 31minService led by Jeannene Powell. "In times of conflict and injustice, we humans often resort to violence in an attempt to resist oppression and create change, but is there another way? In this service we'll look at some alternative possibilities which represent a more peaceful approach to resolving issues. Featuring a reading given by Brian Ellis."
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Celebrating Life
28/10/2018 Duration: 26minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "Unitarians are pioneers in creating meaningful ceremonies for life's key stages. Do join us for our All Souls Ceremony of honouring those who have died. Featuring a reflection given by Lucy Elston-Panter."
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The Call
21/10/2018 Duration: 29minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "Frederick Buechner writes: 'Where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.' What is the call now for us, as individuals and as a community? Featuring a reading given by Antony Bunsee."
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Our Unitarian Faith
14/10/2018 Duration: 37minService led by Revs. Sarah Tinker and Ant Howe. "Linking in with our afternoon workshop ('How to be a Unitarian') this will delve into what Unitarianism means to us and to others."
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Why Are We Here?
07/10/2018 Duration: 30minService led by Jeannene Powell. "In today's service Jeannene will be asking the question 'Why Are We Here?' Not as a deep theological question but as a more practical one: why are we here at church today? Featuring a reading given by Gina Bayley."
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Harvests - Memorial for Stephanie Saville
30/09/2018 Duration: 38minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "A service to celebrate the life of Stephanie Saville alongside our annual harvest celebration, with great choral music and followed by a food and drink reception in Stephanie's honour. Featuring readings given by Harold Lorenzelli and Mark Franklin."
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Living Invisibly
23/09/2018 Duration: 36minService led by Jeannene Powell and Sarah Tinker. "As we continue to explore advantage and disadvantage this month, we'll explore some of the pros and cons of living invisibly, and having parts of our life and identity unseen. Featuring a reading given by Roy Clark and a chalice lighting by the children's group."
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Addressing Inequality
16/09/2018 Duration: 32minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "In this service we will be looking at the effects of inequality and there will be a chance to hear of Unitarians who made a difference in their own day, working to close gaps between rich and poor."
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Justice Like Water
09/09/2018 Duration: 25minService led by Rev. Sarah Tinker. "Examining the importance of fair water distribution and including our annual Gathering the Waters ceremony - bring some water from your summer to join together with others in our community."
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Other People's Lives
02/09/2018 Duration: 37minService led by Jane Blackall. "It can be quite tempting to judge people's life choices based on what we can see at face value... but there's often a lot going on beneath the surface: context that we may be blissfully unaware of, that we will struggle to imagine, because the circumstances of other people's lives are sometimes very different from our own. In this service we will consider the effect of chance circumstances on people's subsequent opportunities in life and ask how we can be more aware of the advantages and disadvantages others face. Featuring readings given by Brian Ellis and Jeannene Powell."