Greetings, CTU Members and Friends –
Our theme for March is ”awe”. Let’s explore together how we can experience more awe in our lives!
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Our theme for February is “Widening the Circle”. We will explore how we might expand upon the practice of radical inclusion. This will be the topic of our first Sunday.
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Our theme for January is “Renewing Our Spiritual Practice”, so it will be a great month to explore how each of us might recommit to our current spiritual practice, or explore a new spiritual path.
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Our theme for December is Celebrating Blessings. How do we celebrate our blessings at CTU and with other communities of which we are a part?
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Our theme for November is belonging. How do we deepen our sense of belonging to CTU and to other communities of which we are a part?
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Our theme for October is “Awakening”. This month we’ll ponder how we awaken to the fullness of living. We’ll have diverse reflections on Sundays as well as several social activities throughout the month.
Read moreSeptember 2023 Newsletter →
This word cloud above came from one of our CTU community choir rehearsals. Camille, the choir leader, took a poll asking why everyone comes to choir. These words were the answers.
Greetings, CTU Members and Friends –
Our theme for September is ‘Change’. With the changing of the seasons, we are reminded of the shifts in our lives. How do we handle something new or unexpected that arises? Our Principle Statement encourages us to transform how we show up in life every day. Change can often feel too difficult, and we might resist a change that would take us on a new path.
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Our theme of August is Community. There will be many opportunities to reflect upon what it means to be in a community as well as all the benefits and challenges that arise.
Read moreJuly 2023 Newsletter
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Our July theme is equity, the first monthly theme chosen from our new Principle Statement. What does the value of equity mean, and how do we as a community practice it, cultivate it and bring it forward into a living principle?.
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June’s theme is delight! We’ll explore the different ways we can experience delight as well as have two special speakers. I’ll be on retreat 22-25 June, but Cele will lead that Sunday gathering and speak to the Winter Solstice that is almost upon us.
Read moreMay 2023 Newsletter
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This month the theme is being with the community. We will explore how we care for each other in times of joys and sadness, and we will also welcome new members.
Read moreRecycle, Help the Environment and Raise Funds for Our Community
Cele recycling bottles at Pick ‘n Pay in Kenilworth Center (KC) that she gathered from a local business. “I was at KC to donate plasma and asked if they had any empty bottles because our church—Cape Town Unitarians—is participating in a recycling program and I volunteered to help collect and deliver recycling on behalf of CTU,” Cele says. “I was amazed at the generosity of the staff for allowing me to take away so many bottles. Keeping plastic out of landfills and oceans is such an important part of looking after the environment.”
Bring us your talents, your treasures, your time—and now even your (recyclable) trash!
Thanks to Cele and Hans, we are launching an initiative to recycle items at Imagined Earth reverse vending machines in exchange for cash, airtime and vouchers via the Imagined Earth app. Each item is worth a different amount according to its size and composition. Our goal is to help the environment while raising funds for our community.
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Photo by Arthur Hickinbotham on Unsplash
How can we as the Cape Town Unitarians community actively participate and honour our principles, namely our “respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part”?
We can create circular economies and to grow greener communities and cities, a response that aligns our efforts with Earth Day 2023 (which was yesterday) and this year’s theme of “Investing in Our Planet”.
Read moreApril 2023 Newsletter
Greetings, CTU Members and Friends –
April is a month of celebrations for the Abrahamic religions: Passover, Easter, Ramadan! We will be exploring the meaning of these various traditions and discover new ways of understanding, practicing and celebrating these three religious traditions.
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Our March theme is vulnerability, and we’ll have many opportunities to explore how to cultivate more vulnerability into our lives, and why doing so helps create a profound shift in our life.
Read moreFebruary 2023 Newsletter
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Greetings, CTU Members and Friends –
Our February theme is “Love”. We’ll explore going beyond romantic love to self-love and even Divine Love! We are delighted to have our member from Oxford, Jacky Woodman, sharing a reflection on Love from two female mystics’ perspective. Then, we have Christine Terry who will be sharing “Centering Prayer” with us, with some practice opportunities.
Read moreJanuary 2023 Newsletter
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Greetings, CTU Members and Friends –
Welcome to 2023! What a delight to travel this spiritual journey with you all. This month, the theme is “finding your centre”, and it seems so appropriate for these uncertain times we are living through. How do we ground ourselves despite the waves and winds that want to blow us around?
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Our theme for December is wonder! How can we cultivate more wonder in our world? December we’ll explore this question and together celebrate the festive season.
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image courtesy of Hakon Grimstad
Our theme for November is Change, and we’ll have several speakers addressing this topic from different perspectives.
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Our theme for October is Courage, and we’ll be exploring how each of us have found the courage needed at important times in our lives.
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