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…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier This Sunday we honour United Nations Sunday by welcoming our friends from the UN Association of Canada, as they present this year’s John Gibbard Memorial Award to a young person in Vancouver working to build a better world. This year’s winner will be announced on Sunday and…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier In this service, we honour the memory and ongoing connection we feel with those we have loved and lost, drawing on the traditions of Samhain and All Souls, as practised in Unitarian and UU congregations. All are invited to bring forward momentos or photos of their beloveds…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier This Sunday, we will be join with Unitarians and UUs across Canada in a special service featuring speakers from across the country. Elements of this service (the chalice lighting, music, Community Candles) will be unfolding in real-time in our sanctuary, while other elements will be shared through video from…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier We gather this Remembrance Sunday with a range of emotions on our hearts about the state of our world. In these confounding times, many of us are wondering what the world is asking of us in this moment. Rev. Shawn’s sermon will invite us to consider the…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier Over this two-week period, the UN Climate Change Conference is unfolding in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rev. Shawn’s sermon will reflect on the challenges we face in a changing world and the work to which we are called in this moment. Download the Order of Service Related Reading ---…
The VanU Refugee Team Unitarians have been involved in relief and refugee work since at least WW2, and probably long before that. At Vancouver Unitarians we also have records and oral histories going back at least to the Vietnam war. Join this talk by members of our committee, including Julia…
