August 2010
At the managing committee meeting 9 August, it was proposed that the title of Minister Emeritus be conferred on Rev.Bill Darlison in recognition of his fourteen years of dedicated service to the Dublin congregation. The proposal was passed unanimously; a date is to be
decided.

June 2010
Rev.Bill Darlison retired as senior minister of the Dublin Unitarian church on Sunday 20 June 2010, on the stroke of mid summer. After a very successful ministry of 14 years, with his wife, Morag, he returned to his native Yorkshire, accompanied by the heartfelt good
wishes of the congregation for a long and happy retirement.

This is a time of transition for us and we need a time of transition. In agreement with the managing committee and the ministerial search committee Rev.Bridget Spain who served as assistant minister for the past three years has agreed that she will take two services each
month, for the next eighteen months up to February 2012. The other services will be taken by members of the Congregation or by visiting Ministers.

Rev.Bridget Spain said in a recent address:- “It is not my intention to try to replace Bill. I hope that having worked with Bill for three years that in some way that I can provide a thread of continuity as we head into the future period of change. I hope I will be given the support of the community and that in 2012 or before it that Providence will answer our prayers with the gift of a Minister who will lead us as we continue to grow and flourish as a Congregation of Faith.”