Aatir Zaiidi
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Aatir Zaiidi © 19 February 2017
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Supporters Rally 11th February – Videos
The students and supporters explain their situation in more depth than your usual media soundbite allows.
All videos available on a YouTube playlist, or watch individual videos below. Continue reading Supporters Rally 11th February – Videos
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot
Rev. Clay Nelson
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Rev. Clay Nelson © 12 February 2017
When I was thinking about Sunday service topics in February I thought we might need some time to reflect on this strange new world we find ourselves in since the US presidential inauguration on January 20 and how to respond to it as Unitarians. I looked. There is nothing in the history books that tells us quite what to do. No one alive today has ever seen anything quite like this before, leaving many of us scratching our heads and wondering in the language of the military’s phonetic alphabet: Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot?
But the best-laid plans for this Sunday were trumped Continue reading Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot
Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Waitangi Day – What REALLY happened
is an entertaining, colourful docu-drama about the days leading up to and including the signing of the treaty, revealing the incredible story and the characters behind the treaty’s creation. Now available at NZOnScreen.
How can you help?
The students have now returned to India, but the fight continues to support this group of students to achieve the educational and work related goals which they were expecting when they came to NZ. Please give what you can via our givealittle page.
How can you help?
Indian Students facing deportation.
On 5th February our church considered an emergency request by Indian students for support from the congregation. The students are facing deportation from New Zealand and were asking for “symbolic” sanctuary. The idea of sanctuary, where a religious building can be used to protect those sought by the authorities, is an ancient practice but has no standing in NZ law. So, more specifically, the students were asking to be provided a place to stay while they make their case in the court of public opinion. This request was made last Thursday through a Catholic deacon involved in peace and social justice matters. It was clear from our conversation that all their appeals to Immigration NZ had been exhausted and other options were not apparent. Continue reading Indian Students facing deportation.
Water Communion
Queer divinity: how do queer people relate to the divine?
Only through love can hatred come to an end
Viv Allen
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Viv Allen © 22 January 2017
Only through love can hatred come to an end – Buddha
The reason I chose the topic of ‘conflict’ for my talk was because I read a story in the UU magazine that interested me. It was written by a gay woman Gail Geisenhainer about when she was a new member of a Unitarian congregation and long before being ordained as a Unitarian minister. She was apprehensive about whether the congregation would accept her. These are her words. Continue reading Only through love can hatred come to an end
Dances of Universal Peace
Roy Harvey & Sally Mabelle
Roy Harvey © 15 January 2017
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The Dances of Universal Peace are simple meditative community-building circle dances. They use sacred phrases, chants, movements and music from the world’s wisdom traditions. There are no performers, no audience members, and no experience necessary.
Find out more about Dances of Universal Peace.