Greetings to you all.
This update contains:
- A link for the Morning Service of Mindful Meditation, Music & Conversation. This week, the service is being led by Lizzie Kingston as part of her training for the Unitarian ministry
- A note about taking services during the minster’s sabbatical leave in April/May and August/September
- A note from Marianna inviting people next week to a “Spring Day with Sunny Music”, 2-4pm on Thursday 20th March
- A note about, and links for, the Thursday Zoom Kiitsu Kyōkai Seiza Meditation & Conversation Meeting, the next one of which takes place on March 20th at 19:30
- A note to say that the minister’s last two sessions for the International Association for Religious Freedom’s Free Religion Institute on Imaoka Shin’ichirō and Free-Religion are available are now available on his Youtube site
- Links to the minister’s address/podcast
- An invitation from the Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign to join a special community choir for a performance of Jonathan Dove’s composition “Odyssey” on 24 May, alongside the Cambridge Philharmonic Society
- A reminder that the Cambridge Social Mentoring Group being supported by the church and various members of the congregation continues to meet on Fridays between 12 midday and 4pm.
- A link to denominational news (Uni-News)
A link for the Morning Service of Mindful Meditation, Music & Conversation
Our regular Sunday Morning Service of Mindful Meditation, Music and Conversation starts at 10:30 and finishes at 11:30/11:40
Should you wish to join the service by Zoom, please use the following permanent link:
Join Sunday Morning Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86882949446?pwd=kliXbdABEfbU8FjDMtNRNJ4Lr2lb5z.1
Meeting ID: 868 8294 9446
Passcode: 612407
A note about taking services during the minster’s sabbatical leave in April/May and August/September
Our minister, Andrew Brown, is on sabbatical leave this year during April/May and August/September. Part of this time will be spent in Budapest working with the President of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), Prof. George M. Williams, to produce an English language edition of Imaoka Shin’ichirō’s essays, and to further develop the educational programme of the IARF’s “Free Religion Institute.” In connection with both of these things, Andrew will also be speaking with George at the Annual Meetings of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches in April.
To help make this possible, the Cambridge Unitarian Church’s “Future Directions” group are asking members of the congregation whether they can help to run our Sunday morning services over the coming months? At the moment, they are looking for volunteers to cover April and May.
Please use the following Google form to tell us which dates you are available to help, and which roles you are interested in:
https://forms.gle/1H4uVUaCopDCY6Jo7
If you have any queries or difficulties using the form, please contact Jacqui (jacquicarnall@googlemail.com)
A note from Marianna inviting people to a “Spring Day with Sunny Music”, 2-4pm on Thursday 20th March
Marianna invites us to gather at her home near Midsummer Common, on Thursday 20th March, the official first day of Spring. Please pop over between 2 – 4pm, to: 29 Bailey Mews, Auckland Road, CB5 8DR
We will enjoy nibbles and conversation, with bursts of sunny piano music by Enrique Granados! Contact Marianna on:
07568 968606 or ringofvoices@gmail.com
A note about the Thursday morning/evening Zoom Kiitsu Kyōkai Seiza Meditation & Conversation Meeting
The next Kiitsu Kyōkai meeting takes place on March 20th at 19:30. For more information, please click on either of the two following links:
https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/kiitsu-kyokai.html
https://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/evening-service/
The minister’s last two sessions for the International Association for Religious Freedom’s Free Religion Institute on Imaoka Shin’ichirō and Free-Religion are now available on the minister’s YouTube site.
https://www.youtube.com/@andrewjamesbrown4098
Links to the minister’s address/podcast:
The minister’s blog and podcast (which contain his weekly, Sunday “thought for the day” as well as other, occasional, pieces) can be found at the following links:
CAUTE — MAKING FOOTPRINTS NOT BLUEPRINTS
Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign invites singers from Cambridge faith groups to join a special community choir for a performance of Jonathan Dove’s composition “Odyssey” on 24 May, alongside the Cambridge Philharmonic Society
Details of rehearsals (starting in April) and other matters are available online at:
https://cambridgephilharmonic.com/whats-on/refuge/
A reminder that the Cambridge Social Mentoring Group being supported by the church and various members of the congregation continues to meet on Fridays between 12 midday and 4pm.
Come and join us cooking together, eating together and talking together, it is free to join. Cooking food together from various cultures. Learning about cooking different cuisines together. If you love cooking foods you like, we would provide the ingredients, just tell us what you would like to cook. We are making our own community as we go along, and see what we can do together. It is a place for talking, listening, being heard, silent contemplation, feeling valued and realising our values.
WHO WE ARE: We are a volunteer run and peer support group for good mental health and well-being for Adults. We welcome volunteers to curate well-being sessions.
For additional national Unitarian news, please click on the following link:
Uni-news
https://us20.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=1590ea5f53cdc6fb8a17c311c&id=7bce4a21b7
Andrew James Brown
(Days off are generally Monday and Tuesday)
Minister
Cambridge Unitarian Church
Emmanuel Road
Cambridge
CB1 1JW
07477 462 110 (Mobile)
http://www.cambridgeunitarian.org/
Blog—Caute
http://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com
Podcast—Making Footprints Not Blueprints
https://footprints.buzzsprout.com
Jiyū Shūkyō / Free Religion
https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/free-religion.html
Kiitsu Kyōkai
https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/kiitsu-kyokai.html
Seiza Meditation (Quiet Sitting)
https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/p/seiza-meditation.html