Rev. Shawn Gauthier With this Sunday’s service, we launch a new year in the life of our congregation with our annual Water Communion ceremony. All are invited to bring a small bit of water—be it gathered from afar or at your own faucet—to ritually pour into our common bowl, a…
As you offer a bit of water during the annual water ceremony in-gathering service, the Social Justice Team invites you to also place an empty paper cup next to the congregational vessel in solidarity with Palestinians, civilians in war-torn Sudan, and Indigenous communities in Canada under drinking water advisories. Unitarians…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier “Would you harbour me? Would I harbour you?” These haunting opening lines from the song by the exquisite a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey and the Rock beg fundamental questions about the commitments we make to care for one another. In his sermon this week, Rev. Shawn will invite us…
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Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or watch the service live on this page, beginning each Sunday just before 11 am. You can also catch the current service stream anytime at vanu.ca/live
The IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, People of Colour) Plus Allies also known as the IPA, meets on the fourth Sunday of the month at 12:30pm in Lindsey Priestley room. The IPA team fosters greater understanding of IBPOC experiences. We organize events such as the Lunar New Year and the Intersection of…
Day one of a two-day retreat with Heather Talbot and Olive Dempsey How to live with the enormity and urgency of today’s intertwined crises? Through experiential practices of reflection and ritual, we will open to the grief we carry for our planetary home, deepen our gratitude and respect for the…
Day two of a two-day retreat with Heather Talbot and Olive Dempsey How to live with the enormity and urgency of today’s intertwined crises? Through experiential practices of reflection and ritual, we will open to the grief we carry for our planetary home, deepen our gratitude and respect for the…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier On the eve of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we will honour this holiday by together reflecting on our next steps on the long road to reconciliation. Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or watch the service live on this page, beginning…
Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or watch the service live on this page, beginning each Sunday just before 11 am. You can also catch the current service stream anytime at vanu.ca/live
Join Dr. Roxy Manning, clinical psychologist and expert in Nonviolent Communication, for a transformative workshop open to all. Using principles that build mutual compassion and guide truthful conversations, this workshop is designed to support dismantling racism and other oppressions in ourselves and in our institutions. Drawing from her books, How…
Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or watch the service live on this page, beginning each Sunday just before 11 am. You can also catch the current service stream anytime at vanu.ca/live
