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		<title>Blessing of the Animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Pets Welcome! Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or&#160;download the PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 4 October 2026 The problem and Solution of Blessing Today is St Francis of Assisi Day. Even those &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/blessing-of-the-animals/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Blessing of the Animals</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Art and the ineffable</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Transcendence through the arts: what transports you? Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 26 July 2026 If you look at the kinds of things we say &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/art-and-the-ineffable/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Art and the ineffable</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Matariki and new member welcome</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh We will celebrate this special day in Aotearoa with the welcoming of new members to our ropu (congregation). Video to come Audio to come Read below, or download the PDF &#8211; to come Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/matariki-and-new-member-welcome/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Matariki and new member welcome</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Resurrection 2026?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...How do we continue to love now? Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 5 April 2026 In the Monty Python film, The Life of Brian, set in the time of Jesus, Brian’s mother confesses to Brian that his father was not Jewish, but was, &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/resurrection-2026/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Resurrection 2026?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Nothing is Permanent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Today is International Working Women&#8217;s Day Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, quotes, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 8 March 2026 In 2017 the tide was in. It was a tide of &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/nothing-is-permanent/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Nothing is Permanent</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Water Communion 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 25 January 2026 Why do we repeat this ritual every year? It isn’t just to brag about our travels. When we share our water in the &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/water-communion-2026/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Water Communion 2026</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>In and out of time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 23:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or download the&#160;PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 2 November 2025 On 21 February 2023 Archimedes’ arrow of time is released, to speed over 254 days to its destination: &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/in-and-out-of-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">In and out of time</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>On the brink of Spring — let’s make the road by walking</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Video to come Audio to come Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or download the PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 7 September 2025 To Tomorrow, 1 September, is the first day of Spring in Aotearoa. &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/on-the-brink-of-spring-lets-make-the-road-by-walking/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">On the brink of Spring — let’s make the road by walking</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8230;that all souls shall grow in harmony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh An exploration of justice and inclusion. Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or download the&#160;PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 27 July 2025 To come In this place, in this community, we covenant to serve &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/that-all-souls-shall-grow-in-harmony/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8230;that all souls shall grow in harmony</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Matariki, past, present and future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...This service will celebrate the only indigenous holiday in Aotearoa. Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Video to come Audio to come Rachel Mackintosh © 22 June 2025 No text this week]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How do we make human rights real?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Violence and harassment in the world of work affects us all. What is the spiritual moment we need to address it? Video to come Audio to come Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/how-do-we-make-human-rights-real/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How do we make human rights real?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Change is loss, and …</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Video to come Audio to come Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or download the PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 9 March 2025 Please take a moment to close your eyes and breathe. Breathe in &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/change-is-loss-and/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Change is loss, and …</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2025 Water Communion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Audio to come Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or download the&#160;PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 2 February 2025 Why do we repeat this ritual every year? It isn’t just to brag about our &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/2025-water-communion/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2025 Water Communion</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A year and a day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Read below, or download the&#160;PDF Rachel Mackintosh © 3 November 2024 Barbara Kingsolver, in her novel Demon Copperhead, has Demon say this: “… she looked at me in the &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-year-and-a-day/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A year and a day</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>The Macky family –a longtime thread woven into our whakapapa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speakers:- The Macky familyWorship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Meditation / Conversation starter What do you make of the whakatauki, “We walk backwards into the future with our eyes fixed on the past”? How do you conceive our past and our future? Links Chalice Lighting:- “We inherit this free faith from the brave and gentle” &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/the-macky-family-a-longtime-thread-woven-into-our-whakapapa/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Macky family –<br>a longtime thread woven into our whakapapa</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Matariki and New Member Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh No text this week. Meditation / Conversation starter What have you learned about Matariki and how does it resonate with you?]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Hell is other people</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 16 June 2024 It’s 1944. It’s Hell. A boy shows our first character Garcin into a room that is &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/hell-is-other-people/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hell is other people</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s all Greek to me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 5 May 2024 I first came to this church in 2014 because I had met someone during a residential &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/its-all-greek-to-me/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">It&#8217;s all Greek to me</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Roots hold me close, wings set me free</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 06:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speakers &#38; Worship Leaders:-Rachel Mackintosh &#38; Betsy Marshall Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh, Betsy Marshall © 14 April 2024 Unitarians are a mixed metaphor. Roots from flora, wings from fauna. There &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/roots-hold-me-close-wings-set-me-free/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Roots hold me close, wings set me free</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>The empty tomb: holding lament in one handand joy in the other</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2024 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 31 March 2024 I preached in this church last year on Easter Sunday. My theme was resurrection — I &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/the-empty-tomb-holding-lament-in-one-hand-and-joy-in-the-other/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The empty tomb: holding lament in one hand<br>and joy in the other</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Constrained and sustained and still we rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 10 March 2024 I have recently watched all three seasons of Ted Lasso. I had been aware of the &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/constrained-and-sustained-and-still-we-rise/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Constrained and sustained and still we rise</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Water Communion</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/water-communion-2024/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 06:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 11 February 2024 Why do we repeat this ritual every year? It isn’t just to brag about our travels. When &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/water-communion-2024/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Water Communion</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Bending the arc of the universe</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/bending-the-arc-of-the-universe/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the&#160;various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 14 January 2024 Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/bending-the-arc-of-the-universe/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bending the arc of the universe</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/welcome-to-limbo-please-leave-your-certainties-at-the-door/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker:- Rachel MackintoshWorship Leaders:- Ted Zorn, Kate Lewis Our recently retired minister, Clay Nelson, died on Thursday (2 November 2023). Those of us who have known Clay are grieving. So, we’ve changed this service to reflect on coming together in grief and the wonder of life. Rachel MacIntosh, Clay’s wife, will present a &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/welcome-to-limbo-please-leave-your-certainties-at-the-door/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Welcome to Limbo. Please leave your certainties at the door</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Cornucopia — a tribute to Clay Nelson</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/cornucopia-a-tribute-to-clay-nelson/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Talks / Random Musings]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speakers &#38; Worship Leaders:- Rachel Mackintosh &#38; Betsy Marshall Video to come Read below or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh, Betsy Marshall © 24 September 2023 Beginnings Betsy: In early 2014, our Unitarian community &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/cornucopia-a-tribute-to-clay-nelson/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Cornucopia — a tribute to Clay Nelson</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>We’re gonna sit at the welcome table</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/were-gonna-sit-at-the-welcome-table/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 6 August 2023 I met Clay 10 years ago at a residential training for community organising. The basis of &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/were-gonna-sit-at-the-welcome-table/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">We’re gonna sit at the welcome table</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>A wrinkle in time: the Easter miracle?</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-wrinkle-in-time-the-easter-miracle/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 04:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Audio to come Read below or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 9th April 2023 At the risk of being grandiose, I begin this sermon a bit like &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-wrinkle-in-time-the-easter-miracle/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A wrinkle in time: the Easter miracle?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Making the invisible visible</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/making-the-invisible-visible/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 02:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 12th March 2023 A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the father. The eight-year-old &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/making-the-invisible-visible/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Making the invisible visible</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>That’s how the light gets in</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/thats-how-the-light-gets-in/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker and Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Read below or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 15th January 2023 If you think about the vastness of space, and how enormous our galaxy is, and how &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/thats-how-the-light-gets-in/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">That’s how the light gets in</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Forging new pathways</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/forging-new-pathways/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Mackintosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 02:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...with Rachel Mackintosh Read below, or download the PDF Follow this shortcut to the bottom of the page for the various readings, videos, etc. shared in the service. Rachel Mackintosh © 23 October 2022 Ki te kahore he whakakitenga ka ngaro te iwi &#8220;Without foresight or vision the people will be lost.&#8221; This &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/forging-new-pathways/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Forging new pathways</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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