Auckland Unitarians

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Alix Geard

Exploring music as a development of pulse, breath and vocalisation, and also as a way of building culture through repetition, borrowing and repurposing.

For more information see:-https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/music-and-being-human/

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Alix Geard

Exploring music as a development of pulse, breath and vocalisation, and also as a way of building culture through repetition, borrowing and repurposing.

For more information see:-https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/music-and-being-human/

00:00:00.000 Titles & Prelude

00:03:21.000 Welcome

00:04:52.000 Opening Words

00:08:23.000 Chalice Lighting

00:08:59.000 Covenant

00:09:33.000 Joys and Concerns

00:10:56.000 Music and Being Human / the beat and the borrowings / the song we become

00:19:23.000 Extinguishing the Chalice

00:20:00.000 Closing Words

00:20:47.000 Postlude

00:24:42.000 Meditation / Discussion Questions

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Revd Dr Ralph Catts

Ralph Catts is a Unitarian minister based in Melbourne, and it will be a privilege to have him lead one of our services, as he is the only Unitarian Minister in the South Pacific. He is the Learning & Development Coordinator for the ⁠Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association (ANZUUA)⁠.

For more information see:-⁠

⁠https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/seeking-meaning/

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Revd Dr Ralph Catts

Ralph Catts is a Unitarian minister based in Melbourne, and it will be a privilege to have him lead one of our services, as he is the only Unitarian Minister in the South Pacific. He is the Learning & Development Coordinator for the Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association (ANZUUA).

For more information see:-⁠

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/seeking-meaning/

00:00 Prelude & Welcome

07:42 Chalice Lighting & Covenant

08:55 The UUA Principles

10:30 Readings

14:25 Address: A Theology for Seekers

24:01 Time for reflection

26:14 Discussion - Dr Catts' responses only

33:32 Responsive Prayer: For our Fellowship

35:02 Benediction, Extinguishing the Chalice, Acknowledgements

36:19 Postlude

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Maria Hayward

What does colonisation really mean and why should we, as Unitarians, care? Have you ever wondered what people really mean when they talk about the effects of colonisation? The korero today provides an example of embedded racism in the language of the colonisers – and asks what we can learn from this?

For more information see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/post-colonial-aotearoa/

00:00:00.000 Preamble

00:02:26.000 Post-colonial Aotearoa

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Maria Hayward

What does colonisation really mean and why should we, as Unitarians, care? Have you ever wondered what people really mean when they talk about the effects of colonisation? The korero today provides an example of embedded racism in the language of the colonisers – and asks what we can learn from this?

For more information see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/post-colonial-aotearoa/

00:00:00.000 Titles & Welcome

00:02:02.000 Chalice Lighting

00:03:07.000 Covenant

00:03:45.000 Preamble

00:06:11.000 Joys and Concerns

00:07:15.000 Post-colonial Aotearoa

00:26:41.000 Closing Words

00:28:37.000 Extinguishing the Chalice

00:29:10.000 Meditation / Discussion Questions

with Rachel Mackintosh
Recorded at Auckland Unitarian Church 26 July 2026
Today our topic is art and the ineffable.
By some irony, I will be using words to convey the ineffable: that which is too vast to be contained in words.
That’s okay.
Words have spaces between them.
Art takes many forms...
For more information see:-
https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/art-and-the-ineffable/

with Rachel Mackintosh
Recorded at Auckland Unitarian Church 26 July 2026
Today our topic is art and the ineffable.
By some irony, I will be using words to convey the ineffable: that which is too vast to be contained in words.
That’s okay.
Words have spaces between them.
Art takes many forms...
For more information see:-
https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/art-and-the-ineffable/

With Laurie Ross

This requires Transformation of the Neoliberal Economic System to serve our higher values (the 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism).

Talk first given @ Auckland Unitarian Church 19 July 2026

This recording was made 4th August 2026.

For more information, see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/an-eco-peace-economy-for-aotearoa-nz/

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Maria Hayward

Refugees and migrants contribute towards making Auckland the second most diverse city in the world. As we celebrate World Refugee Day (June 20th) perhaps we can reflect on what is gained from this diversity - how we are enriched by this as individuals and as a community.

To find out more see:-
https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/what-do-we-gain-from-diversity/