Unitarians support fast to highlight British hunger

There is a growing national campaign to highlight and challenge the hunger that some are having to cope with in today's Britain.  At least one Unitarian in our new group has decided to support this action by fasting on 4 April, as suggested by the END HUNGER FAST campaign.

To understand what this is about and what it is trying to achieve - or even to take part - go to www.endhungerfast.co.uk

Here's the ecumenical version of the prayer for 4 April, by the Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Michael Perham:

God of mercy and of plenty,
your son Jesus fasted in the wilderness
and shared food with the people in a desert place:
give us courage to resist the injustices around us,
the will to end the hunger that shames our society
and a share in your vision for a new world
where all shall have a place at the table of the feast.

Amen.

"Didymus" March Meeting 2014

The March worship meeting of Didymus (Ringwood Unitarians) was on Sunday 9 March.  We had readings and contemplation around the topic, "What is truth?", with reference to the death sentences placed upon Jesus of Nazareth and Socrates by their peers, who apparently found the truth described by each of them too much to bear.

The ruling culture dominating the lives of these two great souls both felt the truth exposed by them, and feared it.

"Didymus" February 2014 Meeting

The Unitarian cause includes a challenge: the challenge to find – and live up to – what we are capable of believing, rather than what someone else says we should believe.

Although this may look like we have a choice about what we believe, if acted on properly, it’s not.