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Lizzie Kingston Harrison - new role

Making Congregational Connections

11 January 2022

Our new Congregational Connections Lead, Lizzie Kingston-Harrison, talks about her first two months in the role – and what she’s been up to building connections between our congregations and supporting...

Rev. Goronwy Evans new book

Rev Goronwy Evans MBE stokes memories with new book

7 January 2022

Rev. Goronwy Evans, retired minister of Brondeifi Unitarian Chapel in Lampeter, Ceredigion, has launched his tenth book, ‘Procio’r Cof’ – Stoking the Memory. The book was written during lockdown and...

Pretoria Pit Disaster Memorial Service

Pretoria Pit Disaster remembered

5 January 2022

Rev. Lynne Readett, retired Unitarian minister, led a ceremony attended by over 100 people to remember the 344 miners who lost their lives in the tragic Pretoria Pit Disaster in...

Dog Nativity - Gellionnen ChapelPlay video

Unitarian Dog Nativity goes viral

5 January 2022

In case you missed it, a Welsh Unitarian chapel’s dog nativity video went viral on Christmas Eve, appearing across social media, the press and TV – including on BBC Breakfast....

Harris Manchester College

Harris Manchester College Oxford seeks new ministry tutor

23 December 2021

Harris Manchester College seeks to appoint a Tutor in Ministerial Studies, for a fixed term of three years, beginning in September 2022. Applications are invited from ministers on the roll...

President Anne Mills Christmas Message 2021

A Christmas Message from our President

14 December 2021

After an unpredictable and challenging year, our President Anne Mills, offers this Christmas message. At this time, last year, I was preparing a Christmas service for one of my local...

Cork Unitarians African woman story

Cork Library uncovers story of African-Irish Unitarian woman 200 years ago

3 December 2021

Librarians in the Irish city of Cork have uncovered an unusual baptism record of an African woman in the city’s Unitarian Church from 1816. Catherine McDonald was forcibly taken at...

Weddings Lead - Rev Melda Grantham

Welcoming our new Weddings Lead, Rev. Melda Grantham

26 November 2021

We are delighted to announced that Rev. Melda Grantham has taken up the new role of Weddings Lead at the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. This new...