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Sunday Gathering: 'How much do we really know?'
Sep
10
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering: 'How much do we really know?'

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Our weekly Sunday Gathering is a chance to meet other New Unity members, to be uplifted by the message, to share joys and sorrows, to feel togetherness. So how much do we know? How much of nature is really understood and what still remains a mystery to us? I will discuss particle physics to illustrate the success and limitations of human discovery. In the process, I will share how the process of doing scientific research impacted me personally. In the chapel at Newington Green, 39A Newington Green. 

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Sunday Gathering: Your Elephant and You
Aug
13
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering: Your Elephant and You

Our weekly Sunday Gathering is a chance to meet other New Unity members, to be uplifted by the message, to share joys and sorrows, to feel togetherness. The human mind has been compared to an elephant and rider. The rider has the sense of being in charge but the elephant is running the show. What's going on with your elephant? How can understanding that change your life? Led by Andy Pakula. In the chapel at Newington Green, 39A Newington Green. 

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Sunday Gathering: 'How does your garden grow: Unsung female heroes of science'
Aug
6
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering: 'How does your garden grow: Unsung female heroes of science'

Our weekly Sunday Gathering is a chance to meet other New Unity members, to be uplifted by the message, to share joys and sorrows, to feel togetherness. This message is about the women who made a difference in our world and how much we have to thank them for what they’ve done. A special focus will be on botany and the plant world and how amazing plant life is and what plants can tell you. Led by guest speaker Grace Graham. In the chapel at Newington Green, 39A Newington Green. 

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Sunday Gathering: Ramadan, Islam, and the inner struggle
May
28
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering: Ramadan, Islam, and the inner struggle

This Sunday is the second full day of Ramadan, a central 30 day observance in the practice of practicing Muslims. We will take this opportunity to reflect on western views of Islam - both the hostility from some quarters and the tolerance and welcome from others. 

As Ramadan is a time of charity and deepening faith, we ask what the realities of the western view of Islam can teach us about our own nature and about the practices that can help us grow beyond our limitations.

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Sunday Gathering: The greatest power is named Fear
May
14
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering: The greatest power is named Fear

Fear is one of the strongest motivators of all living things. Fear is an essential part of what enables all beings to survive and it has been built-into us through natural selection. Fear drives us to safety, to success, and to the worst humankind have done.  How powerful is fear? Can we and should we ever be free of it?

Andy Pakula leads this Sunday Gathering, which are always free and welcome to all.

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Sunday Gathering - Fear and Courage: Easter Sunday
Apr
16
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering - Fear and Courage: Easter Sunday

In lives that too often bring real sorrow and tragedy, what kind of hope can we have for our own return to light from times of darkness? Today, we celebrate, not miracles, but real-life resurrection!

Presented jointly by Revd. Andy Pakula and Revd. Sara Ascher, Executive Director of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists.

Our Sunday Gatherings are always free and welcome to all.

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Sunday Gathering - Fear + Conviction = Courage
Apr
9
11:00 AM11:00

Sunday Gathering - Fear + Conviction = Courage

Many of us believe that fear and courage are polar opposites. However, a proverb says that fear and courage are brothers. So how so we find courage in a world that can give us reasons to be afraid?

The message today will be offered by New Unity member, Latrice Reid.

Our Sunday Gatherings are always free and welcome to all.

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Act Now or Swim Later: How to see the climate and live the change
Mar
26
11:00 AM11:00

Act Now or Swim Later: How to see the climate and live the change

Climate change can often feel "out there" as something we are all a part of, but that is usually affecting someone else a thousand miles away...London has been hotter than ever before, which means more picnics on Hampstead Heath and even though it is really sad for the poor polar bears, it's not really all that bad is it?

The message today will be offered by Ama Josephine Budge a London/Accra - based writer, curator and artist whose work navigates explorations of race, gender, diaspora and feminism. Her work challenges neo-liberal feminisms, working to activate and catalyse movements that emphasize human rights, ecological revolutions and de-gendered identities. 

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Values into Action: Grace Leslie-Graham Leading to Affect Change
Feb
26
11:00 AM11:00

Values into Action: Grace Leslie-Graham Leading to Affect Change

'My message is about putting yourself forward as a leader to affect change or to make a difference in your world or community. I will draw on coming from a family of strong women and talk about our descendant, Queen Nanny of the Maroons, who was known as the Mother of all Jamaicans. She was an 18th century leader, who was born in Ghana and was taken to Jamaica as a slave. She was a warrior and spiritual advisor, who led Maroons, ex-slaves who escaped slave ships, from the base camp of Nanny Town to the Blue Mountains, where they had victories against the British between 1724-1739, even though they where outgunned and outnumbered.
....if we are brave enough, can take the lead and do something to change things for the better,.'
(Grace Leslie-Graham)

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Champions of Dignity: Walking the Humanist Walk
Feb
12
11:00 AM11:00

Champions of Dignity: Walking the Humanist Walk

On August 9th, 2014, Mike Brown – an unarmed black teenager – was shot and killed by white Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown’s murder sparked an uprising which has forever changed the discourse around race in America, and which spread round the world. James Croft, who just before the shooting had moved to Missouri to work at the Ethical Society of St. Louis (a Humanist congregation), will tell the story of how the uprising in Ferguson challenged him to put his values into action.

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