Derby Unitarians

We currently hold our services fortnightly on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at 3pm during the winter time and 6.30pm in the summer.

We also host lots of varied opportunities for worship and spiritual growth. For example we hold a Peace Vigil for people of all faiths and none on the 1st Sunday of each month at 6.30pm.

Some of our other evening and weekend activities have involved Buddhist Meditation, Christian Meditation: Walking the Creation Story.

Talks on -
Creation Spirituality,
Progressive Christianity,
Daoism,
Zen Buddhism.

We have the following on-going groups -



as well as Religious exploration opportunities to help build your own theology.

An interesting and diverse group, Derby Unitarians look forward to sharing the spiritual journey with you.



Summary of regular meetings:
(from November 2008 onwards)

1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday 5th Sunday
Buddhist meditation 3pm Service 3pm Reading group 3pm Service 3pm  
Gathering 6pm Living The Questions 5pm Buddhist meditation 6pm Multi-faith Service 3pm


Calendar: Friar Gate Chapel, Derby

November/December 2008

November
Sun 2nd 3:00 pm Mindfulness Sangha: Meditation
Sun 2nd 6:00 pm Gathering - An Alternative Way Of Being Together
Sun 9th 3:00 pm Rev. Chris Goacher
Sun 9th 5:00 pm Progressive Christianity Group:
Living The Questions
Sun 16th 3:00 pm Reading Group
Sun 16th 6:00 pm Mindfulness Sangha: Meditation
Sun 23rd 3:00 pm Rev. Chris Goacher
Sun 30th 3:00 pm 5th Sunday: Mrs Jacq Dobson, Derbyshire Pagans


December
Sun 7th 3:00 pm Mindfulness Sangha: Meditation
Sun 7th 6:00 pm Gathering - An Alternative Way Of Being Together
Sun 14th 3:30 pm Progressive Christianity Group:
Living The Questions
Sun 14th 6:30 pm Carol Service: Derwent Singers
Sun 21st 3:00 pm Reading Group - CANCELLED
Sun 21st 6:00 pm Mindfulness Sangha: Meditation
Sun 28th 3:00pm Rev Chris Goacher.

You may also like to know about services at Belper Chapel and Charnwood Fellowship.

Dates for your diary

Buddhist Meditation meetings start in November
The Mindfulness Sangha at Friar Gate Unitarian Chapel will begin meeting on the 1st Sunday of the Month at 3pm, and on the 3rd Sunday at 6pm. The first of these meetings will be on 2nd November 2008, at 3pm.

Further details here, or from Rev Chris Goacher.

Sunday 2nd Nov    6 pm    Friar Gate Chapel, Derby.
Gathering - A Different Way of Being Together for an Hour To Celebrate the Value of Each Other and The World.

This Time Together will be led by Rowan and Willow Songsmith from The Leicester Fellowship.

Information about the themes can be seen on the Leicester Fellowship website, here.

Derby Unitarians Progressive Christian Group

Living the Questions is run as a Monthly meeting, usually on the 2nd Sunday of the month. The seventh session will be on Sunday 9th October at 5:00pm. A shared meal will be part of the programme and participants are asked to bring some food to share. The sessions are scheduled to last 2½ hours. For those who wish to join in the services, there will be one preceding the Group Meeting, on each 2nd Sunday, at 3pm.

The meeting on 14th December will be at 3:30pm and is followed by a Carol Service at 6:30pm.

Making a Difference!

Making a Difference is where we put our faith into action.
St. Mary's Dispensary, Tanzania

Following on from my reporting a talk given at Charnwood Fellowship on the work of a local Charity (Loughborough) 'Intercare', Derby Unitarians have made the decision to sponsor a Clinic in Africa.

The chosen clinic is St. Mary's Dispensary in the Moshi region of Tanzania, a remote and often isolated clinic serving a population of 4,000, many migrant Masai. The clinic has 10 beds including maternity and male and female medical beds. It is supervised by a single nurse with a visiting doctor from Kibosho Hospital.

We shall have a retiring collection on the 4th Sunday of each month, which will be sent via Intercare on a monthly basis.

Further details from Rev.
Compassion: Sponsor a Child

The Derby congregation is helping to make a difference in the life of a child, by sponsoring him through the Christian charity called Compassion. The effects of their work with poor children in Third World countries is amazing, and you can read more about it here.

for up to date information of activities.