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Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: The Alchemy of a Sunday Morning

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

A not-insignificant part of a minister’s working week is dedicated to what happens on Sunday mornings. This week, Rev. Shawn will pull back the curtain to reflect on the craft of preaching and the art of worship, because what we do together on Sundays is very much a shared endeavour.…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Can we remain fully Human in the Age of Spiritual Machines?

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Paul Prescod Scientists and leading capitalists have declared that they can foresee the near-term end of a project that they have been working on since 1956: the creation of digital beings that are as intellectually flexible as humans: Artificial Intelligence. Whether they succeed or fall short, some form of "Homo…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: How the Unitarians Created Christmas

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

In this service, Rev. Shawn will highlight the many ways that Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists have given shape to what we know as Christmas. Click Here to Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or live online at https://ucv.im/live for our weekly Sunday Service,…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Light One Candle

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

This service, led by Rev. Shawn, will seek to honour Chanukah, while also lifting up International Human Rights Day. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or live online at https://ucv.im/live for our weekly Sunday Service, beginning each week at 11am

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Christmas Pageant “Hearts Full of Love”

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

In this intergenerational service, Kiersten, Rev. Shawn, and a cast of budding thespians from our Religious Education program and beyond, will revisit the nativity story and its lessons of love, care, and belonging that still hold meaning for us today. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person…

Candlelight Service

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

A contemplative, candlelight service to celebrate the season of lights, with readings and music honouring many different traditions. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or live online at https://ucv.im/live for our weekly Sunday Service, beginning each week at 11am

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

An evening of candlelight and carols, along with seasonal readings and reflections on the meaning of Christmas in our lives. Rev. Shawn’s sermon is titled: “Magnum Mysterium.” Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or live online at https://ucv.im/live for our weekly Sunday Service,…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Fire Communion

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Our annual fire ritual to mark the turning of the year. As we bid farewell to 2023 and turn to the year ahead, we contemplate what we wish to relinquish to the past and what we wish to carry with us into the future. Rev. Shawn’s sermon is titled: “Spending…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Lives Lived

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Rev. Shawn Gauthier In this strangely life-affirming service, we will look back on the lives of some of the famous and not-so-famous people who died in 2023, and whose lives changed our world in ways big and small. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: The Great Good Place

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Rev. Shawn Gauthier As the world around us becomes increasingly secularized, it’s fair to ask—and essential that we ask—what our congregation is really for. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or watch the service live on this page, beginning each Sunday just…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: The Unitarian Genome Project

Sanctuary 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid Hybrid Event

In this service, Rev. Shawn will put our tradition under the proverbial microscope. In this exploration of the Unitarian genotype, we’ll seek to understand what’s in our DNA. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or watch the service live on this page,…