Our Minister
The Rev Steve Dick is our Minister at Horsham, currently on a part-time basis. He is an American by birth but a British Unitarian
minister by training and experience. Steve takes two services a month at the Horsham Unitarian Church and he spends at least one other day
a week at the church, normally Wednesdays.
He is happy to meet with or correspond with people – particularly in the Horsham area – who are interested in the kind of open-minded approach to spirituality and religion that is characteristic of Unitarian congregations and practice. The emphasis among Unitarians is in valuing all people as they are and supporting them on their personal spiritual quest. This perspective is also central to Steve's ministry in Horsham.
An important part of this is ceremonies that mark passages in life such as birth, death and marriage/partnership. Steve's approach to such rites is to encourage participants to create their own ceremonies and choose their own words, assisted b the minister or celebrant.
He previously served as minister to the Croydon congregation, as District Minister for the Unitarian congregations in London and the South East (LDPA) and Chief Executive of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches .
Steve now combines his ministry in Horsham with employment as the Executive Secretary of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU).
To contact Steve, you can reach him by phone on 020 8407 28666, by email at execsec@icuu.net or by Skype as stephenwd
"Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity-–beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant, reverent relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation ." – Gordon McKeeman
Our minister, the Rev Steve Dick says "What raises our spirits and feeds our souls is not philosophy or theology or a set of beliefs but the way in which we minister to each other. Our dialogue together transcends differences and fosters spiritual communication that is greater than the sum of its parts – the embodiment of Francis David proclaiming that "we do not need to think alike to love alike. " He invites you to come along to Horsham to see what such a community can offer.