2025 Unitarian Annual Meetings
Sat 12 Apr 2025 2:00 PM - Mon 14 Apr 2025 BST
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, B40 1PP
Description
Unitarian Annual Meetings
Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham
12-14 April 2025
The Annual Meetings offer a time to be together in person as a spiritual community – reconnecting with friends, being inspired by each other's stories, and making new connections for the journey ahead.
Join us for community-building, spiritual nourishment, learning, inspiration and togetherness. We will eat, talk, worship, sing, pray, celebrate, reflect, laugh, and make decisions for our collective future.
This year we will be back at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham. This location has advantages such as good transport links and excellent accessibility within the building. Although it is in an urban setting, there is a pond on the grounds with a walking path, offering a connection with nature during the weekend. We will do our best to create spaces inside for quiet spiritual reflection, so that you have a place to pause and be calm.
We are very pleased to have Alison Webster, General Secretary of Modern Church and Mission Theologian in Residence at Citizens UK as our keynote speaker. The inspiring Rev Maud Robinson will lead our Anniversary Service, which is always a highlight. We also have a solid line-up of workshops, talks, and interactive sessions. There will be sessions to feed your spiritual soul, make connections, and spark ideas to take back to your home congregations. The full schedule will be published shortly, but highlighted workshops will be featured on the Annual Meetings website as information comes in.
The Annual Meetings of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches are open to everyone, with costs for the full three days – including accommodation and food – from £80-£450, depending on age and means, with subsidised tickets available for first-time attendees, younger adults, and those less able to afford to attend (including those Retired Ministers who need this). Please note that subsidised tickets are limited and are distributed on a “first come, first served” basis.
Bookings close on 14 March 2025. Children's bookings close on 21 February 2025, due to the need for additional Safeguarding planning and arrangements.
To help working people, we're starting on a Saturday this year, to save two days of holiday.
The Meetings start and finish at 2pm.
See you there!
The Annual Meetings Team
Location
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, B40 1PP