Seventy-six years after the UN Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed the fundamental human right to adequate housing, homelessness and housing precarity remain at crisis levels across Canada and around the world. How can we hope to live spiritually-fulfilled lives while brimming with anxiety about having a roof over our heads? It turns out…
Casey Stainsby People on each end of the spectrum of life, young and old, often express a desire to have more to do with each other. Why, then, do we often struggle to connect across generational gaps? So many aspects of our culture are designed to keep us apart that…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier So often, we think we know where we're going... until we don't. In such moments, we are called to recalculate and maybe even retool. In this week's service, Rev. Shawn will reflect on what it means to recalculate as we travel through life. Download the Order of…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier In the "dog days" of summer, many of us settle into the stillest part of the year. In this week's service, Rev. Shawn will reflect on the meaning and spiritual value of rest and renewal. Download the Order of Service Related Reading --- Weekly services Join us…
Michael Clague How Do We Live Well in a World in Crisis? One Unitarian’s community work perspective on living in a world which seems to be in such a mess. Michael Clague writes, teaches, and works in the fields of adult education, community development, and social planning. He currently works…
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…
Lifespan Faith Director, Kiersten Moore, shares her journey into an understanding of what Beloved Community means and can be. Imperfect and ever evolving. How do we invite each other into deeper understanding and a complexity of multiple truths? What does it mean to celebrate differences we might not understand and…
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. Download the Order of Service Further Reading --- Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or…
This Sunday, we are joined by Dr. Roxy Manning, a clinical psychologist, a leader in the field of Nonviolent Communication, and the author of The Antiracist Heart and How to Have Antiracist Conversations. Dr. Manning offers a meaningful framework for engaging across our differences with compassion and deep mutual regard. In the 11…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier This Thanksgiving weekend, we pause to consider the many gifts of this life. Rev. Shawn will reflect on the deeper meaning of gratitude and then lead us in this year’s Harvest Communion ritual, as we taste with intention a slice of the earth’s abundance. Download the Order of Service…
