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- A Warm
Welcome and Invitation ....
Welcome to the Web Site of the Kidderminster New
Meeting House and to our Unitarian Fellowship. We invite you to share in and to
enjoy our warm and unconditional friendship, either through this web site or,
should you wish it, active participation in our religious services, social
activities and events.
- Our Unitarian forbears have
served the people of Kidderminster in the liberal Christian tradition for over
200 years. We seek to continue that tradition. Spirituality and Community,
Truth, Peace, Social Justice, and the Celebration of all Life and Life Events
are important to us.
- About Visiting Us ....
- Approached through tranquil
gardens off Church Street and close-by the heart of the town, regular 11.00
a.m. Sunday Services are held as detailed on the New Meeting House Calendar set
out below.
- Importantly too, New Meeting
House premises are open informally to Visitors each Friday morning from 10.00
am to 1.00 pm for Coffee/Tea/Biscuits (Chat Café) and for the Friendship
of our Spiritual Community.
- Our Friday Visitors come for
various reasons, for example, to find out more about our activities, religious
and secular, and to share ideas about common human values and concerns. Others
come purely to socialise and chat or, conversely, to spend quiet time alone for
reflection and retreat.
- Friday morning is a good time for
an informal tour of our beautiful Grade II Listed Building, especially if you
would like to explore the possibility of a Unitarian Service or Other Ceremony
to celebrate a Life Event such as a birth or marriage.
- Whatever the reason for your
visit, you are assured of a warm and friendly welcome.
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Services & New Meeting
House Calendar ....
- SUNDAY
SERVICES*
- August
1st - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with Rev.
Ann Latham
- August
8th - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with Paul
Janke
- August
15th - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with
Peter Markey
- August
22nd - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with
Graham Williams
- August
29th - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with
Rev. Ann Latham
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- September 5th - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with Rev. Ann Latham
- September 12th - 11.00 am - Harvest Thanksgiving
Service* with Rev. Ann Latham
- September 19th - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with Alison Thursfield
- September 26th - 11.00 am - Morning Service* with Sue Woolley
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- (*
Followed by Coffee/ Tea/ Biscuits and informal fellowship)
- OTHER DIARY EVENTS - Kidderminster
- KIDDERMINSTER UNITARIANS FRIDAY CHAT CAFÉ
(Coffee, Tea, Cake, Biscuits and a chat)
An integral part of a Friendship
Morning running concurrently with various Social Activities. Open each
Friday (10.00 am - 1.00 pm) - ALL WELCOME ! Venue: The Vestry (Pearsall Room),
Unitarian New Meeting House, Church Street , Bullring, Kidderminster, DY10 2AR.
- KIDDERMINSTER UNITARIANS RAMBLING / WALKING GROUP
Next Meeting - Details to be announced soon
- KIDDERMINSTER UNITARIANS FRIDAY FORUM
The
Discussion Forum meetings have been discontinued for the Summer Period.
Meetings will resume Mid-to-Late Autumn. Venue: The Vestry (Pearsall Room)
or Church Foyer 'Quiet Room', Unitarian New Meeting House, Church Street ,
Bullring, Kidderminster, DY10 2AR.
- A TALK BY
HISTORIAN SCOTT PETIT - Wednesday Evening 28th July, 2010 - (7.30
pm)
NON-CONFORMITY, SOCIAL VALUES AND ACTIVISM - Victorian Action by Free
Churches & Unitarians & Its Modern Day Relevance
Kidderminster New Meeting Members, everyone from around the M.U.A. and
neighbouring Districts, interested friends and members of the public are warmly
welcome. Venue: Unitarian New Meeting House, Church Street , Bullring,
Kidderminster, DY10 2AR.
- KIDDERMINSTER UNITARIANS SUMMER OUTING TO QUARRY BANK MILL -
Wednesday 25th August, 2010
Quarry Bank Mill is a large Victorian
Cotton Mill powered by both water wheel and steam engine. The mill was owned by
the staunchly Unitarian Greg Family for several generations. Depart
Kidderminster 9am for the 2 hour journey to Styal, which will allow about 4
hours there. If the weather is kind (!!) we can all meet for a picnic lunch
near the play area at 1pm, or at the mill restaurant if wet. In the afternoon
it is hoped to arrange a visit to Styal Unitarian Chapel and hold a short
service there at 2.30pm, before our return for home at about 3 to 3.30pm
Everyone from around the M.U.A. and neighbouring Districts are welcome to
join us for what should be an enjoyable day out.
- - ALL
WELCOME - CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION - Roger Mathews (Kidderminster
Unitarians): Tel:01562-850538;
Email:
roger@mathews8763.fsnet.co.uk
- OTHER DIARY EVENTS - Midland Unitarian Association
- Midland
Unitarian Association Garden Party
Saturday 14th August, 2010 - 2.30 for
3.00 p.m. Tea will be at 4.00 p.m. Venue: Kingswood Meeting House,
Packhorse Lane, Hollywood, B47 5DQ The Kingswood Congregation wll be
providing tea and cakes, for which a small charge of £2 will be made
(profits to 'Send a Child to Hucklow'). Bring yourselves, your families and
some sandwiches! Further details from Sue Woolley (District Facilitator)
(E-mail: sue.woolley@virgin.net
)
- Midland
Unitarian Association Annual Lunch
Saturday 30th October, 2010 - 10.30 for
11.00 a.m. Venue: Kingswood Meeting House, Packhorse Lane,
Hollywood, B47 5DQ Guest Speaker: Derek McAuley, Chief Officer of the
General Assembly of Unitarian & Free Christian Churches Cost:
£8.50 a head. Further details from Congregation Secretaries or from
Sue Woolley (District Facilitator) (E-mail:
sue.woolley@virgin.net )
- Midland
Unitarian Association Annual General Meeting
Saturday 26th March, 2011 -
10.30 for 11.00 a.m. Venue: Kingswood Meeting House, Packhorse Lane,
Hollywood, B47 5DQ Guest Speaker: Historian Scott Petit - Provisional topic
- 'Non-Conformity, Social Values and Action'. Lunch will be arranged by the
Cradley Congregation. Further details to be announced/confirmed by
Congregation Secretaries and/or Sue Woolley (District Facilitator) (E-mail:
sue.woolley@virgin.net )
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- Our Beliefs & Spirituality
....
- The Unitarian Movement has
evolved from an early dissenting Christian belief in the Oneness of God, that
is, in the Unity of the Divine. Unitarianism today embraces full and
unconditional freedom of religious thought. We have no fixed creed or dogma.
Personal spiritual growth is encouraged through individual reasoning and
conscience.
- In addition to the teachings of
Jesus, we draw inspiration from those of religious luminaries from other faith
traditions concerned with the higher human values of love, forgiveness,
forbearance and generosity.
- We would like to think that these
values are constant aspirations in our daily lives.
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