Durban Unitarian Congregation
Durban Unitarians often comment that they attend services because they 'enjoy them so much', not because they feel they 'ought to'.
SERVICES FOR 2012
Forthcoming Services
22nd
January 2012
Topic:
Aftermath of COP 17
Coordinator:
Sarah Alsen
12
February 2012
Topic:
Transcendental Meditation
Coordinator:
David Raal
26
February 2012
Topic:
Dimensions of the Eneogram
Coordinator:
Andrea Engel
11
March 2012
Topic:
TBA
Coordinator:
Judy Zingel
25
March 2012
Topic:
Is War ever Justified?
Coordinator:
Ronni Elliott will show the documentary entitled The Fog of War for
discussion
8
April 2012
No
service
22
April 2012
Topic:
Climate change
Coordinator:
David Raal
Recent
Services
11th
December 2011
Topic:
Seasonal Thoughts (solstice, Christmas, year-end)
Coordinator:
Ivan & Barbara Baard
27th
November 2011
Topic:
Green Energy: Digging Deeper
Coordinator:
Carol Friedman
13th
November 2011
Topic:
Marianne Williamson recording on the theme of peace
Coordinator:
Unita Govender
25th
Sept 2011
Topic:
Honouring/recognition of Spring Equinox, Yom Kippur, Int Day of Peace
Coordinator:
Carol Friedman
11th
Sept 2011
Topic:
Meditations for the week
Coordinator:
Ivan Baard
28
August 2011
Topic:
The Vedic/ Hindu Perspective of The Feminine Divine: an Examination of the
Celebration and Subordination of Women and Nature in Society.
Presenter:
Unita Govender
14
August 2011
Topic:
Is unitarianism a religion?
Contributions
by all
30
July 2011
AGM
at 10h00 followed by Bring & Share
24
July 2011
Topic:
Film
screening followed by discussion
10
July 2011
Topic:
Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason: a critique of doctrinal faiths
Presenter:
Irwin Friedman
26
June 2011
Topic:
Political correctness/health and safety: the new fascism
Presenter:
Ronni Elliot
12
June 2011
Topic:
Practising mindfulness: unfolding new realities
Presenter:
Shirley Bell
22
May 2011
Topic:
Reflections on Ralph Waldo Emerson
Presenter:
Carol Friedman
8
May 2011
Topic:
Our Place in the Cosmos
Presenter:
Dave Raal
10
April 2011
Topic:
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
Presenter:
Shirley Bell
27
March 2011
Topic:
Minimalism - less is more
Presenter:
Judy Zingel
3
February 2011
Topic:
Discussion of Wayne Visser's talk to the Parliament of the World Religions
in 1999: ' Earth Spirit of Africa'
Presenter:
Shirley Bell
27
February 2011
Topic:
One Planet Living
Presenter:
Sarah Alsen
9
January 2011
Group
sharing and discussion
23
January 2011
Topic:
Reflections on Marc Ellis' book "Judaism does not equal Israel"
Presenters:
Andrea Engel & Irwin Friedman
Services held in 2010
24 January 2010
Topic:
'The Garden'
Presenter:
Irwin Friedman reads from his novella
14
February 2010
Topic:
"Crime, Justice & Punishment: are you willing to be complicit in
legal murder?"
Presenter:
Shirley Bell
28
February 2010
Topic:
"Finding Inner Strength in a Troubled World"
Presenter:
Judy Zingel discusses the work of Robert Wicks
14
March 2010
Topic:
"The War on Democracy"
Viewing of the documentary for discussion, followed by a bring and
share lunch
28
March 2010
Topic:
Current views on Unitarianism
Presenter:
Ivan Baard
11
April 2010
Topic:
Current views on Unitarianism continued
Group
discussion
9
May 2010
Topic:
Report back from the Unitarian National Gathering in Somerset West
23
May 2010
Topic:
'After the Ecstasy, the Laundry'.
Presenter:
Unita Govender will lead a discussion on the books of Jack Kornfield
13
June 2010
Topic:
Health and Spirituality
Presenter:
Daniela Dowell
26
June 2010
Winter solstice in the evening of 26th instead of the Sunday 27th service.
11
July 2010
Topic:
"What Eckhart Tolle means by living in the now, and the role of the
'pain-body' in the way we live our lives" based on Tolle's book, The New
Earth.
Presenter:
Shirley Bell
25
July 2010
Topic:
Group sharing of peak and abyss experiences
Introduction:
Shirley Bell
8
August 2010
Topic:
Guest Speaker shares his humorous insights on non-dual reality
Presenter:
Prof Kriben
10 October 2010
Spring
and Blessing ceremony
Master
of ceremonies: Ivan Baard
Coordinator:
Leslie Conlon
24
October 2010
Topic:
The Rich and the Red Path
Presenters:
Irwin & Carol Friedman
14
November 2010
Topic:
Encounter with Unitarians of the Mid-west
Coordinators:
Irwin & Carol
28
November 2010
Topic:
The philosophical implications of quantum mechanics
Presenter:
Irwin Friedman
12
December 2010
Topic:
Christmas-Solstice Celebration
Coordinator:
Ivan Baard
Services
The Durban Unitarian congregation holds relatively informal services on the
second and fourth Sundays of every month.
Venue and Time
9.15 for 9.30am: Second and Fourth Sundays of every month
North Road, Pinetown
Visitors
Visitors of any faith or non-faith are very welcome to attend ALL services.
For more information
For more information about Durban Unitarians or our services, telephone Ivan Baard 031 2621161
or e-mail ivanb@ionet.co.za
Constitution
About Durban Unitarians and services
Our small congregation has no minister.
Members of the congregation take turns (on a volunteer basis) to lead the services.
Services include readings, music, presentations and stimulating discussions thereof and are followed by coffee and tea during which the subject of the next
presentation is discussed.
Durban Unitarian services are living proof of a commitment to create a spiritual environment that encourages participants to think for themselves.
The lighting of candles
A feature of all our services is 'the lighting of candles' in which members of the congregation who choose to do so each light a candle.....
in memory of.....(example: a departed friend) in the hope that.....(example: a cure for AIDs will be found) to remind us that.....(example: there are many who cannot afford to celebrate Christmas) in honour of .....
"Durban Sermons"
Terry Hutson: Does it matter?
Shirley Bell: The Book of Job
Terry Hutson "No man is an island
Ivan Baard "Is God evolving?
Shirley Bell A prayer for the planet
Dan Grimm What is community?
Terry Hutson A history of the Bible
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