The Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk supports First United’s work in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). Groups from around Vancouver gather once a year to walk and show their support for the community. Use this link to "join the team" as a walker or make a donation for Team…
In March, many of our small groups will be discussing this month’s theme: Seeking Wisdom. We’ll launch this theme with an all-ages service focusing on wisdom derived from spiritual elders and exploring the sources that we each draw on for wisdom. There will be a light lunch after the service followed…
We are on the verge of International Working Women’s Day (March 8) and just a few weeks from the Spring Equinox. Marg Piercy’s poem, A Strong Woman evokes the ways women are strong: "A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done…" "Strong is what…
Gather round for Vancouver Unitarians monthly Breaking Bread potluck! It’s a time each month when we circle back, to be community together in a family-centred dinner for all ages (think of the broadest definition of family and you’ll find that you’re invited!). In a community as large as ours, it’s…
On March 15th, 2026, the Social Justice and Intercultural Teams will be jointly sponsoring a forum at 12:30 in the Fireside Room. The topic is: An introduction to Apartheid-Free Communities. An initiative of the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Apartheid-Free Communities is a global initiative for pro-humanity communities to take…
Are you moved by the bright beauty of the daffodils? By the cherry blossoms floating to the ground? By the new buds on the trees? Does it make you want to dance? Come join us as we celebrate spring in all its glory. With deep gratitude for the bounty of the…
Please join us for our annual Cherry Blossom Potluck Picnic. We will meet in the Fireside Room to share a meal while watching beautiful cherry blossom scenes from Japan and Vancouver. There will be an opportunity to write haikus. Here is a post about the creative haikus that were written…
Led by the Healthy Relations Team We live in both beautiful and bewildering times, and many of us feel the need to come together to try to make sense of it all. After this Sunday's service, there will be a BBQ outside, so please join us after that at 12:45pm…
May 5 is known as Red Dress Day in Canada. Red Dress Day honours the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, 2-spirit and gender diverse people in Canada. We will dance in solidarity with the families and communities that are working for justice, healing and change. In Mexican…
Mother Earth is singing a song on days like this. It's high time to dance. So wake up and dance. Let us celebrate the beauty of the earth, the bounty of our gardens, and the comfort of community. Let us celebrate moving our bodies to joyous music, and thereby filling our…
As the summer break approaches, let us gather and celebrate all that we have accomplished since fall with our Coffee House tradition–an evening where we enjoy the many talents in our congregation. If you plan to attend, please RSVP here by Wednesday, June 24th, so we can make sure there is…
Please join us for an engaging presentation by Palestinian Chef Izzeldin Bukhari of Sacred Cuisine from East Jerusalem. He will talk to us about Palestinian food, with a special focus on vegetarian and vegan dishes from the Somi tradition. Izzeldin is a Sufi Muslim, with deep roots in Gaza where…
