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Vancouver Unitarians seek Choir Director

Jobs - VolunteerApril 7, 2024
The Vancouver Unitarians (located at 49th and Oak in Vancouver) are seeking a new Choir Director starting September, 2024. There are 30-35 singers, and four paid section leads. Rehearsals are on Thursday nights; choir sings two Sunday mornings a month from Sept - June. Pay: $15,000/year For more info contact elliottdainow[at]gmail[dot]com by April 25.

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Lily Ha’s Retrospective Art Exhibition

Campus, Our SpaceApril 5, 2024
This Spring you're invited to help name art work by long-time VanU member Lily Ha, whose works are now on display in the Sanctuary and the Fireside Room. Lily describes her work as "spontaneous, gestural expressions of my emotions, rendered on paper/canvas---akin to the emotional movements in modern dance." If you feel a connection to…

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Why we exist

Rev. ShawnApril 3, 2024
The Unitarian minister A. Powell Davies once said, “life is a chance to grow a soul.” He didn’t mean something out-of-this-world, but rather an experience rooted in the reality of the here-and-now. The work of growing our souls, with intention and care, is the high calling of our faith and the purpose of our congregation.…

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Congregational Retreat a success

BlogMarch 11, 2024
VanU held a successful Congregational Retreat on March 9 in Hewett Centre on our campus at 49th and Oak. It was a well-organized event with engaged participation with over 90 members registered for the day. After an afternoon of spirited discussion about future directions for our congregation, we were treated to a delicious catered dinner…

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Earth Spirituality Group: Celebrating Ostara

BlogMarch 6, 2024
Our group meets to celebrate the “turning of the wheel” - the seasons’ change. Twice a year (at the solstices) we open the group to the public through posting on the VanU website and sharing on social media. In between current members and their friends are invited to gather in community to celebrate the “sabbat”…

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Save the Date!

BlogMarch 5, 2024
I hope you’ll plan to join us at 4:00pm on Sunday, May 5th, when the congregation will formally install me as the settled minister of the Vancouver Unitarians. You may be wondering why we will be doing this, given that I’ve already been “on the job” since the beginning of August. In a Service of…

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Supporting First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC

BlogFebruary 27, 2024
The Outreach Opportunities Fund (OOF) recipient for March-June will be First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of BC (FNESS). FNESS serves First Nations’ communities by building emergency planning, training, response and recovery; as well as providing fire training, education and prevention, and forest fuel and wildfire management. For more information about the Outreach Opportunities Fund, click HERE.

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Buildings and Grounds: A note on snow removal

BlogFebruary 8, 2024
The cooperation and patience of members and other users of our campus when we have snow days will be appreciated. Every effort will be made to ensure that the perimeter and interior sidewalks of the campus will be clear and accessible. Assume that the parking lot will not be accessible and/or it will be up…

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Spring is coming: Update from VanU Earth Spirituality

BlogFebruary 8, 2024
We in the VanU Earth Spirituality group celebrate the “turning of the wheel” - i.e. seasonal shifts marked by the equinoxes, solstices and cross-quarter days (those are the days halfway between a solstice and equinox.) The next cross-quarter day, between winter solstice and spring equinox, is called Imbolc which is a derivative of “in belly”…

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