A Spiritual Practice for Living our Seven Principles

by Rev. Jean McElhaney

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. Rev. Jean McElhaney, LPC, LCSW. will explore how the principles of Compassionate Nonviolent Communication (NVC) can help us align with and embody the 7 principles of Unitarian Universalism in our everyday lives. Jean is ordained as an interfaith minister and certified as a trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

by Rev. Myrna Michell

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Some people live outside and beyond their time, leaving an indelible footprint behind them. Abbess Hildegard of Bingen in Germany was one such person.

by Rev. Dr. Kim Jewel Elliott

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The traditional time for “Halloween” in the Northern Hemisphere where the veils between the world of the living and the dead are the thinnest.

with guest speaker Amanda Fleming

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Amanda will overview a framework for life that encourages you to activate your human superpowers. These powers — when matured to full adult functioning — will enable you to tune in to your evolutionary integrity – so you can be what you were designed to be.

Amanda is Director of PRESENTER AT LARGE LTD, an Auckland-based organisation dedicated to contributing to the evolution of human consciousness in individuals and organisations.

with guest speaker Julian McCusker-Dixon

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Julian’s dream, commitment, and passion is to live life in a state of abundant well being, choosing to live ‘heaven on earth’, inspired by a simple faith and hope, seeking only understanding.

with guest speaker Margaret Mohamed

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A child asked the Master “What is the purpose of our life?” He smiled lovingly and replied “To acquire Virtues”.

All religions teach us to be people with good character. The Virtues Project strategies are one powerful way to awaken, nurture and grow these qualities that make us human.

This work offers an approach to the virtues: the qualities of character and the simple elements of spirituality honored by all cultures and sacred traditions. However, it does not promote the practices or the beliefs of any particular religion. It’s grounded in the simple wisdom of many world religions, all of which describe the human virtues as the highest aspiration for humanity.

with guest speaker Don Smart

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Don was born in London and had a retired Quaker school teacher as his governess for the first 12 years of his life. He went on to be educated at Oxford. Don has been involved in setting up the National Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago.

How to live authentic lives in this knowledge that we are all connected

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Anne-Marie will discuss the role of self inquiry – checking on congruence in how we engage with others and why personal values matter in their driving impact on our innermost attitudes – the basis of creating peace in the world.

by ANZUUA Conference Lay Ministry Training Group

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A presentation from the Lay Ministry Training Group from the 2013 ANZUUA Conference, held this weekend, 25-28 October 2013.

by guest speaker Dr. Sharif Abdullah

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How can we build connection to each other and to the greater whole to address the issues we are facing today?

Sharif is a Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2009) and a TEDx speaker (2012).