The Old Meeting (Unitarian), Marshfield

In our homes and the other homes surrounding them, in our church and its congregation, in the spread of our families to different parts of our country and the wider world beyond, in the great cities and the cloud of villages that go to make up our countryside, in the emergent awareness of our identity as Europeans and the place of Europe among the great communities of the world, and through the widening network of communication that is one of the marvels of our time, we come to realise that there is no place where humankind dwells on our globe that is not our neighbourhood.

May we not only be aware of the responsibility that places on us, but also the opportunities both of service and fellowship. May we approach our responsibilities at all the levels at which we interact with this global community with wisdom, tolerance, courage and love.

                                                                                                  Amen

This Meditation was read by Arthur at the (One World Week) service in October 2011.