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		<title>Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...8.00pm Wednesday 24th December Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh This Service will not be Zoomed. Readers:- Maria HaywardDavid FougèreLeo BoydBarbara Thomborson Peter KennedyTess BrothersenTed ZornKate Lewis Musicians Piano — Frank ChenOrgan — Edmond WongPiano / Voice — Caitlin SmithFrench Horn — Chris Breeden The collection this evening will be split 50/50 between RainbowYOUTH and &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2025/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2025</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Grinch Who Found Christmas Anyway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker &#38; Worship Leader:- Keola Whittaker Feeling a bit Grinchy this year? You&#8217;re not alone. This sermon is for everyone who has ever wanted to skip Christmas, escape the forced cheer, or hide from a holiday that asks too much. It&#8217;s also about what happens when love finds us anyway, in forms we &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/the-grinch-who-found-christmas-anyway/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Grinch Who Found Christmas Anyway</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2024</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2024/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Worship Leader:- Rachel Mackintosh Proceeds from tonight’s collection will go to Rainbow Youth. The church’s Management Committee has approved matching dollar for dollar tonight’s koha, or you can contribute to this collection directly into our bank account No:- 02 0100 0024691 00, and put ‘Xmas24’ in the details. Please be generous. Readers Betsy &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2024/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2024</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2023</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2023/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 20:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Proceeds from tonight&#8217;s collection will go to Rainbow Youth and to the NZ Food Network. The church&#8217;s Management Committee has approved matching dollar for dollar tonight&#8217;s koha. You can still contribute to this collection directly into our bank account No:- 02 0100 0024691 00, and put &#8216;Xmas 23&#8216; in the details. Please be generous. &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2023/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2023</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2022</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2022/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2022 04:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Service Leader:- Rev. Clay Nelson. Readers:- Nina Khouri, Ted Zorn, Rachel Mackintosh, Kate Lewis. Vocal Solo:- Sophie Richardson. Piano Annabel Yu.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>It’s a Wonderful Life, a UU Christmas Carol</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/its-a-wonderful-life-a-uu-christmas-carol/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Speaker and Worship Leader:- Rev. Clay Nelson 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. Rev. Clay Nelson © 18th December 2022 I don’t consider it Christmas until I have watched It’s a Wonderful Life. I &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/its-a-wonderful-life-a-uu-christmas-carol/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">It’s a Wonderful Life, a UU Christmas Carol</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve 2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...with Rev. Clay Nelson, John DiLeo, Rachel Mackintosh Audio to come Audio to come. Links Reading based on &#8220;What Are You Here For?&#8221; By Quinn G. Caldwell &#8220;On the Swag&#8221; by R. A. K. Mason Fred Dagg’s version of We Three Kings &#8220;The Queens Came Late&#8221; by Norma Farber &#8220;The Christmas Blizzard&#8221; by Garrison Keillor &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas Eve 2021</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/seeing-is-not-believing-believing-is-seeing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 23:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...with Rev. Clay Nelson 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. Clay Nelson © 19 December 2021 I need to begin this musing with a warning to those who might be triggered by words like Jesus &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/seeing-is-not-believing-believing-is-seeing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>2020 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/2020-christmas-eve-candlelight-service/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Our Christmas Eve was a little different this year. At 6.00 pm we held “A Christmas for all ages”. An inter-generational service featuring and focusing on our children. Those who didn’t like to drive at night and who normally forgo the later service found this a fun and joyous alternative. At 8.00 pm &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/2020-christmas-eve-candlelight-service/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">2020 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Christmas Miracle: Why Unitarians still celebrate Christmas</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-christmas-miracle-why-unitarians-still-celebrate-christmas/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...with Rev. Clay Nelson No video or audio this week. But you can still 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. Clay Nelson © 20 December 2020 On this last Sunday that I will be sharing &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-christmas-miracle-why-unitarians-still-celebrate-christmas/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Christmas Miracle: Why Unitarians still celebrate Christmas</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve Carol Service 2019</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-carol-service-2019/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2019 03:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...with Rev. Clay Nelson David Hines, Rachel Mackintosh, Sally Mabelle, Nina Khouri]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>A Subversive Christmas Redux</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-subversive-christmas-redux/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...with Rev. Clay Nelson Read below, or download the PDF Clay Nelson © 15 December 2019 People sometimes wonder why Unitarians celebrate Christmas. Even some Unitarians do. It’s quite understandable considering our scepticism about Virgin births, moving stars, the birth of Saviours of the World, divine babies in human form, and whether or &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-subversive-christmas-redux/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Subversive Christmas Redux</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2018</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2018/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2018 02:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...With no carols, except near the end.]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Memories</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-memories/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page... Only a short recording this week, no talk. There&#8217;s a meditation on Christmas Past, followed by decorating the church in readiness for the Christmas Eve Carol Service. Deck the halls!]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas: A Subversive Holiday</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-a-subversive-holiday/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 02:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Watch No separate audio this week due to poor quality audio recording, watching the video with subtitles &#8211; hit the Subtitles/Closed Captions&#8217; button once you&#8217;ve started the video &#8211; should improve intelligibility. Read below or download the PDF. Clay Nelson © 16 December 2018 I find it ironic that many Unitarians struggle with &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-a-subversive-holiday/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas: A Subversive Holiday</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 2017</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2017/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Rev. Clay Nelson Watch Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20171224_RevClayNelson_ChristmasEve.mp3 or download the MP3 No text for this service. Carols not included. Rev. Clay Nelson © 24th December 2017]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Carols and Shared Reflections</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/carols-and-shared-reflections/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Rev. Clay Nelson Watch Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20171224_RevClayNelson_CarolsAndReflections.mp3 or download the MP3 No text this week. Rev. Clay Nelson © 24th December 2017]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>What are we waiting for?</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/what-are-we-waiting-for/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 01:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Rev. Clay Nelson Watch Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20171203_RevClayNelson_WhatAreWeWaitingFor.mp3 or download the MP3 Read below, or download the PDF Opening words are First comes the waiting, by Erika A. Hewitt. Rev. Clay Nelson © 3rd December 2017 Christians are celebrating the First Sunday of Advent today, one of the four Sundays before Christmas. As Unitarians, it &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/what-are-we-waiting-for/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What are we waiting for?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>2016 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/2016-christmas-eve-candlelight-service/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2016 23:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Watch Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20161224_ChristmasEveCandlelightServiceFinal.mp3 or download the MP3 Auckland Unitarians © 24 December 2016]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>How Unitarians Saved Christmas</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/how-unitarians-saved-christmas/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 05:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Rev. Clay Nelson Watch Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20161211_RevClayNelson_HowUnitariansSavedChristmas.mp3 or download the MP3 Or download the PDF of this page. Rev. Clay Nelson © 11 December 2016 This week it was reported that one of Donald Trump’s surrogates, his first campaign manager, told Fox News that President-elect Trump had saved Christmas from Obama. Apparently he had &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/how-unitarians-saved-christmas/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How Unitarians Saved Christmas</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas Carol Service (without the carols)</title>
		<link>https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-carol-service-without-the-carols/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Auckland Unitarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20151224RevClayNelson_ChristmasCarolServiceNoMusic.mp3 or download the MP3 Here are the readings from our 2015 Christmas Eve Carol Service.]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Christmas: A Holiday without Borders</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 05:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...By Rev. Clay Nelson Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20151213RevClayNelson_ChristmasAHolidayWithoutBorders.mp3 or download the MP3 or download the PDF of this page. Rev. Clay Nelson © 13 December 2015 I confess I am sometimes subject to flights of fancy. I had an episode a few days ago. I wondered what Jesus would think if he actually came back &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/christmas-a-holiday-without-borders/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Christmas: A Holiday without Borders</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>A Subversive Christmas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Nelson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Share this page...Rev. Clay Nelson Listen https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/podcast/20141214RevClayNelson_ASubversiveChristmas.mp3&#8243;] or download the MP3 or download this page as a PDF Clay Nelson © 14 December 2014 We have lit the third Advent candle, the one for peace. It promises that the day is drawing near when we will once again hear the Christmas stories from the Gospels. &#8230; <a href="https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-subversive-christmas/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Subversive Christmas</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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