KUJENGA MADARAJA: Spanning Cultures
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BELONGING -- Proceedings of the 3rd ICUU Theological Symposium held in July 2010 in The Netherlands

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From The ICUU President           1 May 2013
 
Dear Colleagues and Friends of ICUU,
 
The ICUU Executive Committee met a few months ago in New York City and considered exciting plans for program work during the coming year including the 2014 Conference and Council Meeting (see details above) We hope to see many of you there.

In recognition of the changing nature of their work and the increased responsibilities our staff have assumed, the Rev. Steve Dick has been appointed as ICUU's first Executive Director and the Rev. Jill McAllister has become Senior Program Consultant.

Steve is now full-time for us and we thank Horsham Unitarian Church who have lost him as their part-time minister so he can devote more time to ICUU.

Congratulations also to Jill, our Senior Program Consultant, who will soon be moving to the West Coast of the USA to become the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, Oregon. ICUU also expresses it appreciation to People's Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the congregation that Jill is leaving, for enabling her to assist the worldwide U*U community.
 
Kind Regards, Rev. Brian Kiely
President, International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
Minister, Unitarian Church of Edmonton

GLOBAL CHALICE LIGHTING WORDS SOUGHT

ICUU is seeking chalice lighting words to be considered for publication in the GLOBAL CHALICE LIGHTING WORDS series.

Submissions should be original or adapted words designed for use when lighting a chalice in the context of worship.

The author must be a member of an ICUU Member Group or of an Emerging Group recognized by ICUU.

Submission in a local language in addition to English is welcomed, particularly when English is not the native language.

Please note it is not possible to promise that submitted words can be used in a particular month or that any submission will be included in the series. A number of factors are considered when considered which words will be selected and when they will be used.

Submissions can be sent to ICUU GLOBAL CHALICE LIGHTING WORDS Acting Coordinator Steve Dick at execsec@icuu.net.

We look forward to receiving GLOBAL CHALICE LIGHTING WORDS from around the world and thank you for your assistance.

LANGUAGES

ICUU wants to be responsive to the need for material about the Unitarian and Universalist religion in many languages. To begin, we can direct you to these existing sites:

Brazilian, Portuguese | Czech | Chinese | Danish | Spanish | Finnish | French | German | Hungarian | Italian: www.unitariani.splinder.com , uua.it | Polish | Russian | Swedish

Please email us with other sites that you know about.

French translation of the ICUU Preamble now available

The French Christian Unitarians (AFCU) are promoting a new website on Unitarianism and Unitarian biographies in French. The URL is:
unitariens.new.fr

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In the News Archives

http://www.archive.org/details/unitarianismexhi00bear

Great Links to Check Out

• UUPCC.org
• CLFUU.org
• UUA.org
• UUuno.org
• Unitarius.hu

More under Resources > Useful Links.

Global Chalice Lighting for May 2013

Congregations worldwide are invited to participate. We invite each congregation to use the reading for at least one worship service in the designated month, identifying it as the “Global Chalice Lighting” for that month and naming the group which submitted it. Readings will be circulated in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and, where different, in their original language. This Global Chalice Lighting is submitted by the Canadian Unitarian Council for May 2013.
      
ENGLISH:        The World
May the world that is one in its life, a rich blue top spinning in the endless night of space, a world that is one in its interdependence and fragility, be one in our hearts and minds and deeds also.   – Charles Eddis

FRENCH:          Le Monde
Que le monde qui est unique, qui évolve dans l'immensité profonde et bleue de l'univers, le monde qui se complète, interdépendant et fragile, soit entier dans nos coeurs, nos esprits et nos actes.

GERMAN:         Die Welt
Möge die Welt, all deren Leben miteinander verbunden, ja eines ist, die ein vielfältiges, blaues Wunder ist, das sich in der endlosen Nacht des Weltraumes dreht, eine Welt, die in all ihrer Zerbrechlichkeit und ihren wechselseitigen Abhängigkeiten letztlich doch eine Ganzheit ist,
auch spürbar eine Einheit sein in unseren Herzen, unserem Sinn und unserem Tun.

ITALIAN:          il Mondo
Possa il mondo, che è uno nella sua vita, una ricca trottola blu nella notte infinita dello spazio, un mondo che è uno nella sua interdipendenza e fragilità, possa essere uno solo nei nostri cuori, nelle nostre menti e nelle nostre azioni.

SPANISH:         El mundo
Que el mundo que es uno en su vida, una rica cubierta azul que da vueltas sin fin en la noche del espacio, un mundo que es uno con su interdependencia y fragilidad, sea también uno en nuestros corazones y nuestras acciones.

Past Chalice Lightings