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FROM OUR ARCHIVE:

Sunday 7th February 2010

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - 'E-Prime: Living without 'am', 'is', and 'are'

Childrens Story - Rev. Bill Darlison - A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Help us to find the quietness that we need

Sunday 31st January 2010

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - on Etty by Etty Hillesum

Childrens Story - Rev. Bill Darlison - The Dishonest Grocer

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - We thank Thee for the universe, our great home

Sunday 24th January 2010

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - on The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley

Childrens Story - Rev. Bill Darlison - The Sticky Haired Monster

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - what we call a beginning is often the end

Sunday 17th January 2010

Sermon – Rev. Bridget Spain - Just The Way You Are

Childrens Story –Rev. Bridget Spain - The Way Things Should Be

Reflection – Rev. Bridget Spain - Broad is the carpet God has spread

Sunday 10th January 2010

Sermon - Pamela McCarthy - Keeping Christianity Alive

(no childrens story today)

Reflection - Pamela - We come together committed to the search for the light

Sunday 3rd January 2010 - Favourite Readings Service

Rev. Bridget Spain - Introduction followed by some favourite readings

Childrens Story –Read by his wife from John Beavin's The Parable of the Stars

Reflection –Rev. Spain - May we have a measure of things money cannot buy

Sunday 27th December 2009 - Meditation & Recollection

Service –Rev Bridget Spain - Service of Meditation & Recollection

(For ease of use the above recording excludes hymns and the periods of silence)

Friday 25th December 2009 - Christmas Day

The children of the Dublin Unitarian Congregation wish you a Merry Christmas

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Christmas Day Sermon

Reflection –Rev Bill Darlison - Let us worship at the altar of joy

Reading –Doireann Ni Bhriain reads "No one is ever really ready for Christmas"

Reading –Rev Bill Darlison reads Keeping Christmas by Henry Van Dyke

Teenline Ireland Suicide Prevention - John Ward - Appeal and freephone number

Sunday 20th December 2009 - Remembering Hannukah

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Hannukah

Childrens Story –David Heap - Why a man was selected as number one

Reflection –David Heap & Shari McDaid - Fond Words + Hannukah Blessing

(Sunday 13th December 2009 was the Annual Carol Service)

Sunday 6th December 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Procrustes is alive and well!

Childrens Story –Rev. Bill Darlison - The wise fool

Reflection –Rev. Bill Darlison - Fold up the Newspaper

Sunday 29th November 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - On "Man's Search for Meaning" - Viktor Frankl

Childrens Story –Rev. Bill Darlison - Appreciate what you'e got

Reflection –Rev. Bill Darlison - Let me do my work each day

Sunday 22nd November 2009

Sermon – Kieran Comerford - We're at the Movies

Childrens Story –Rev. Bill Darlison - Don't give advice that is not asked for

Reflection –Rev. Bill Darlison - You are welcome to join us as you are

Sunday 15th November 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - on The Varieties of Religious Experience

Childrens Story –Rev. Bill Darlison -Seeing things in different ways

Reflection –Rev. Bill Darlison - Teach us to see a several ray

Sunday 8th November 2009 - Remembrance Service

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Making Peace

Childrens Story –Rev. Bill Darlison - The Sleeping Queen

Intro and Reflection –Rev. Bill Darlison and Rory Delaney - Remembering

Reading –Margaret Harte describes a wall plaque at the Neue Wache Berlin

Sunday 1st November 2009

Sermon –Courtney Roberts - Zoroastrianism

Childrens Story –Rev. Bill Darlison - "All your strength" can mean seeking help

Reflection –Rev. Bill Darlison reads from: Walking down Market Street

Sunday 25th October 2009 - Membership Sunday

Sermon –- Rev. Bill Darlison - Our Unitarian Community

Childrens Story – - Rev. Bill Darlison - Brothers and Sisters - sticking together

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - We bid you welcome

Sunday 18th October 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bridget Spain -Thoughts on God setting the frame of our lives

Childrens Story – Rev. Bridget Spain - Lucky or Unlucky?

Reflection –Rev. Bridget Spain - All the Seasons of our Lives

Reading –Charlie McCaw reads from "Seeing with Your Ears" by Art Lester

Sunday 11th October 2009 - Service of Prayer on theme of Climate Change

Sermon – Gavin Harte - Forgive them for they know not what they do

Reflection –Gavin Harte - Prayer for success of Copenhagen Conference 2009

Sunday 4th October 2009 - Visit of Rev. David Usher (London District Minister)

Sermon – Rev. David Usher (Member of the Executive Committee of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches) - Following Instructions

Childrens Story – Rev. David Usher - The Divine Reflection in a Mirror

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - May I be no person's enemy

Sunday 27th September 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - The Sermon on the Mount: Christianity in a Nutshell

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Be doers of the word and not merely hearers

Sunday 20th September 2009 - Special Service on Robert Emmet

Address – Fergus Whelan - Address on the occasion of the unveiling ceremony

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison - A king selecting his successor

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - We thank Thee for all Thy faithful servants

Sunday 13th September 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - What should we call ourselves?

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison - Things could always be worse

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Autumn

Sunday 6th September 2009

Sermon – Rev.Bridget Spain - Baby and the Bathwater

Childrens Story – Rev.Bridget Spain - Hanging over the Cliff Edge

Reflection – Rev.Bridget Spain - All is Impermanence

Sunday 23rd August 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison -The Transformation of Syd Banks

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison - How to Get Around Difficulties

Moment of Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Pilgrims on the Journey of Life

Sunday 16th August 2009

Sermon – Keith Troughton: Identity: What's in a Name?

Reflection – Moment of Reflection from Connemara Blues by John O'Donoghue

Sunday 9th August 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - The Strange Case of Anthony Flew

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Concluding Prayer

Sunday 2nd August 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Was Jesus A Mason?

Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Praise the Sun the Moon the Stars

Sunday 26th July 2009

Sermon – Rev.Bridget Spain - Lessons for living from the hospice

Childrens Story – Rev.Bridget Spain - About a man with no furniture

Reflection – Rev.Bridget Spain - Spirit of All Gifts and Grace

Sunday 19th July 2009 - Visit of Rev. Maud Robinson (Minister in Edinburgh)

Sermon – Rev. Maud Robinson - Exploring Hafiz - Sufi Mystic and Poet

Childrens Story – Rev. Maud Robinson - Not going it alone

Reflection – Rev. Maud Robinson - Have fun in the beloved's divine game

Sunday 12th July 2009 - Visit of Rev. Maud Robinson (Minister in Edinburgh)

Sermon – Rev. Maud Robinson - Grace Abounding

Childrens Story – Rev. Maud Robinson - About a Magic Vase

Reflection – Rev. Maud Robinson - Let us enter into a time of quiet

Sunday 5th July 2009 - Visit of Rev. Maud Robinson (Minister in Edinburgh)

Sermon – Rev. Maud Robinson - Finding Holy Ground - Creating Holy Ground

Childrens Story – Rev. Maud Robinson - About Two Travellers

Reflection – Rev. Maud Robinson - Forgive us for being less than we might be

Sunday 28th June 2009

Sermon – Pamela McCarthy - Living Biblically

Childrens Story – Apologies - no recording available for 28th June

Moment of Reflection - Pamela McCarthy - We Give Thanks This Day

Sunday 21st June 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bridget Spain - Hail Mary

Childrens Story – Rev. Bridget Spain - One Man in a Pub

Moment of Reflection - Rev. Bridget Spain - May we be aware

Sunday 14th June 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Smiling through the tears

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison - about a flood

Moment of Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - We might as well dance

(Apologies for the sound quality of the recordings of 14th June)

Sunday 7th June 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - When I'm 64

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison - Drinking the same water

Moment of Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison  - Thou knowest that I am growing old

Sunday 31st May 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - Pentecost

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison - Dandelion and Burdock

Moment of Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison - Reading from Jan Struther

Sunday 24th May 2009

Sermon – Rev.Steve Finner (USA) – Music in Unitarian worship

Sunday 17th May 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison - The Divine Flame

Childrens Story – Rev. Bill Darlison – A wise dog

Moment of Reflection – Rev. Bill Darlison – Look to This Day

Sunday 10th May 2009

Sermon – Nature - Rev. Bill Darlison

Moment of Reflection – We thank Thee for the gift of life - Rev. Bill Darlison

Sunday 3rd May 2009

Sermon – St Paul (or the empty ice cream bowl) – Rev. Bridget Spain

Childrens Story about a House for Sale – Rev. Bridget Spain

Moment of Reflection – We thank You for the universe – Rev. Bridget Spain

Sunday 26th April 2009

Sermon – Jennifer Flegg – Spiritual Experiences

Childrens Story - Jennifer Flegg – Seeing inside an egg

Moment of Reflection - Jennifer Flegg – The Cherry Hung with Snow

Sunday 19th April 2009

Sermon – Science Meets Religion – Pamela McCarthy

Children Story – Never Too Late to Make up a Fight - Pamela McCarthy

Moment of Reflection – This is the Day – Pamela McCarthy

Easter Sunday 12th April 2009

Sermon – Breaking Free – Rev. Bill Darlison

Children Story – About Columbus - Rev. Bill Darlison

Moment of Reflection – We lift up hearts of praise

Good Friday Service 2009 - Service to remember the dead of Northen Ireland

Solemn reading of the names of all those who died in the troubles in Northern Ireland

Please note this is a recording of the service in full – more than 3500 names and nearly three hours in length

Sunday 5th April 2009

Sermon – Parables to the Blind – Rev. Bill Darlison

Childrens Story – About the vineyard owner – Rev. Bill Darlison

Moment of Reflection – Slow me down Lord – Rev. Bill Darlison

Sunday 29th March 2009

Sermon – Evolution and Intelligent Design - Kieran Comerford

Sunday 22nd March 2009

Sermon – Rev. Bill Darlison – Taking Control

Sunday 8th March 2009

Sermon – Hope and Compassion – Keith Troughton

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