All Welcome
We are a warm inclusive community of spiritual seekers, we value open-mindedness, free enquiry and a liberal religious spirit. The congregation is spiritually broad, and our worship draws upon many religious and non-religious sources. All our services offer a space of open-minded enquiry to encounter with the sacred in your life.
Our Services
Everyone is welcome to join us for a service, starting at 10.45 each Sunday. Because many people have joined us for services via Zoom from all corners of the world for the last year, we will be offering a live link via Zoom to the services as they happen.
To receive that link, please contact our Secretary Tessa Forsdike on tessa@tessajordan.co.uk or on 01473 728498.
Article in Suffolk Norfolk Life
The Meeting House (alongside the Willis Building) was recently featured in an article in Suffolk Norfolk Life magazine!
One of our core Unitarian principles is that we are all equal and do not discriminate on any basis. This stance informs all our actions. We support the Black Lives Matter movement as an extension of our core beliefs.
We hope you find the information you need on this website, and food-for-thought through our Exploring Pages. If there is anything else you would like to know please contact our Secretary.
Books on Unitarianism, its history and cultural connections, as well as prayers and reflections for developing your faith - including texts authored by our former Reverend Cliff Reed - are available from Lindsey Press.
Celebrating 325 Years of Dissent: the Unitarian Meeting House in Ipswich
On Friday 17th May 2024 from 11am the Meeting House will be open for free conducted tours with a registered tourist guide and members of the congregation to answer any questions. (Friars Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TD)
From 1pm to 5pm the Suffolk Records Office at the Hold in Ipswich (131 Fore Street, IP4 1LR) will be displaying all the Meeting House archives and records securely for view.
There will be two presentations in the afternoon at the Hold –
‘We are now in the Tabernacle of Meeting: the Origins and Founders of the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House’ by Minister Emeritus Rev Cliff Reed
And
‘A Comet in the System: Joseph Priestley and the Emergence of Rational Dissent in the Eighteenth Century.’ By Dr Elizabeth Kingston Harrison.
Refreshments will be provided at the Hold.
Entry is free, though we ask that you let us know that you are coming so that we can manage numbers. Send a short email to ipswichunitarian@gmail.com or please visit the Eventbrite link.
