Cardiff Unitarians/Undodiaid Caerdydd
Cardiff Unitarians/Undodiaid Caerdydd worship at the Friends' Meeting House, Charles Street, Cardiff.
Unitarianism
has its roots in Christianity with the view that there is a divine
unity or oneness. This concept has been broadened by a spectrum of
belief in Unitarianism encompassing humanist, liberal Christian, pagan
and eastern perspectives.
Rather
than embracing a fixed creed in the church individuals are encouraged
to seek and to hold their own beliefs in the context of a community
with shared values such as:
• The nurture of life’s spiritual dimension
• The use of reason in the search for truth
• Mutual respect and goodwill in personal relations
• Constructive tolerance and openness towards the beliefs of others
• Peace, compassion, justice and democracy in human affairs
• Reverence for the earth and the whole natural system of which we are a part
Services
in English are held at 6pm on Sundays except for the second Sunday of
the month when there is a service through the medium of Welsh at 3.00
pm.
Sunday Club for children is held at 4.00 p.m on every fourth Sunday of the month.
Please
see the calendar for current services and events or contact the Church
Secretary for further information. (The calendar opens a new window)
Links with Other Unitarians
Cardiff Unitarians are part of the South East Wales Unitarian Society which also includes chapels in Aberdare, Cefncoed Y Cymer, Gellionnen, Nottage, Swansea, Trebanos and Wick. A district rally is held every Summer for all the churches in the district and other district services are held throughout the year such as for Christmas.
Services are sometimes held throughout the district especially for families and children and different chapels have taken turns to host this. Cardiff Unitarians have hosted a Children and Family service at Penrhiw chapel at the Museum of Welsh Life at St. Fagans. The National Unitarian Youth Officer has helped run day courses for adults and children in the district. Children from the district are able to attend national events for children and young people such as Great Hucklow in Derbyshire which is a residential venue run by Unitarians.
The Welsh department acts as a link between the two district associations in Wales. Cardiff Unitarians/Undodiaid Caerdydd are part of South East Wales Unitarian Society which is one of these district associations.
All Unitarians from different congregations are invited to attend the General Assembly Meeting held once a year. Over the last these have been held in venues such as the University of Chester, University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield and Swansea University. This is an opportunity to meet other Unitarians from all over the United Kingdom for meetings, services and workshops.
Please see the General Assembly website for information on many different National Unitarian groups such as the Music Society, Earth-Spirit Network and Meditation group. There is also a group for younger Unitarians called BUYAN for the 18 to 35 year age group.
Unitarians in the United Kingdom also
have links internationally to such countries as the USA, Germany,
France, India, Romania and Transylvania.
See the current Cardiff Calendar
