Discomfort is our teacher

Standing on the Side of Love, Sunday Talks / Random Musings
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with Rev. Clay Nelson

Discomfort Is Our Teacher
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Opening words are from ‘Everybody’s In’, a Prayer By Lori Walke

Closing words are ‘A Protest and a Party’, by Hannah Roberts Villnave

Clay Nelson © 16 February 2020

For as long as I have been giving sermons I’ve been guided by the maxim that it is the preacher’s job “to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

I always thought it came from some saint of the distant past; turns out that it was by Finley Peter Dunne, an Irish humourist who wrote a column for a Chicago newspaper. In 1901 he had this to say about newspapers, not preachers, although they seem to have a number of commonalities:

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Peace and Social Justice Group – February 2020 update

Amnesty International Rapid Response Letters, Dances of Universal Peace, Duffy Books in Homes, Pacific Dyslexia Aid
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with Paul Henriques

Peace and Social Justice Group – February 2020 update
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Paul Henriques © 16 February 2020

Duffy Books in Homes

Our Peace and Social Justice (PSJ) sponsorship of the Glen Taylor School, which enables their participation in the Duffy Books in Homes programme, continues to reward us with great satisfaction. The children are thriving with the supplied books. PSJ representatives will attend a role model assembly at the school in March and I’m sure Brenda and Gary will provide more details on that after we’ve been.

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Water Communion

Sunday Talks / Random Musings
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with Rev. Clay Nelson

Water Communion
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Opening Words are Fault Line by Robert Walsh

Rev. Clay Nelson © 2020

This morning we carry love and hope and courageous faith, and seek to renew our covenantal commitments. We remind ourselves of the home we share, a home that we come back to, whether after a long or short absence, a home we welcome all to make their own: a home of love and hope and faith—come, let us gather together within.

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Donation to Australian Red Cross to help with the impact of the Bushfires

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 This notice is to ask you to please dig deep this coming Sunday 19th January. 

The Offertory this week will be donated to the Australian Red Cross to help with the Bushfire disaster relief fund.

Thanks in advance for your part in making this a significant donation!

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Donation to Australian Red Cross to help with the impact of the Bushfires

Follow this link to Donate directly to the Australian Red Cross

Choral Treat

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Today we played host to members of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Choir and the UC Berkeley Alumni Chorus. 

A choral Treat from members of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco Choir and the UC Berkeley Alumni Chorus. Director: Dr. Mark Sumner.
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They are doing a lightning tour of New Zealand over the next 8 days, which includes the following 2 concerts:-

Do get to see / hear them if you can.