Auckland Unitarians

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Kate Lewis.

Recorded 19th November 2023 @ Auckland Unitarian Church.

I’m very aware that this is the first service since Clay died that we’re not using one of his talks. I’ve been on the calendar for months, and Ted and I decided that this would be an alright topic for today since we’re hurting and I hope that some of these words may be useful for all of us in dealing with grief.

I also feel the need to give a disclaimer because I’m an academic, and this isn’t my field. I am talking about self-compassion because becoming more compassionate towards myself and others is a path that I am on and something I’m striving for. I have become interested in the psychology behind it and have done some reading, and I’m convinced that most of us can benefit from an increased dose of self-kindness.

For further information see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/the-healing-power-of-self-compassion/

Speaker & Worship Leader:-
Viv Allen

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/curiosity-may-be-harmful-to-cats-but-how-about-to-unitarians-2/

Speaker:- Mary Ellen Warren
Worship Leader:- Ruby Johnson

Speaker:- Grant Williams of
Maritime Union of New Zealand
Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh.

For more information see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-wharfies-story/

with Karn Cleary

Speaker:- John Maindonald
Worship Leader:- Shirin Caldwell

Recorded 8 October 2023 @ Auckland Unitarian Church

John Donne (1572-1631), who wrote the words that I want to ponder today, lived in England in troubled times. He was born to a staunchly Roman Catholic family at a time when it was illegal to be a practicing Catholic.

For more information see:-
https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/no-person-is-an-island-unto-themselves/

Speaker:- Peter Lineham

Worship Leader:- Ruby Johnson

I was very struck by an article in the Washington Post on 21 August of this year by Perry Bacon jnr....

Recorded 1 October 2023 by Auckland Unitarian Church

For more information see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/finding-your-home-in-the-church-community/

Recorded @ Auckland Unitarian Church 24 September 2023

Speakers & Worship Leaders:- Rachel Mackintosh & Betsy Marshall

In early 2014, our Unitarian community was coming to terms with the fact that after only eight months, due to visa issues, we’d lost the American minister we’d contracted for two years. Fortunately the Ministerial Search Committee wasted no time in resurrecting itself to identify what we might do to support our Church’s dual strategy of working towards a full-time ministry and strengthening lay leadership.

For more information see:-

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/cornucopia-a-tribute-to-clay-nelson/

Speaker & Worship Leader:- Rev. Clay Nelson

Recorded @ Auckland Unitarian Church 17 September 2023

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/pomp-and-circumstance-a-valedictory/

Speaker:- Paul Watson of Essentially Men
Worship Leader:- Ted Zorn

Recorded 10 September 2023

https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-new-way-of-being-men-being-real/