Rev. Lara Cowtan As we celebrate our annual Flower Communion, we look back on the century-old story of its roots in Czechoslovakia, its complex and sometimes tortuous path, and the importance of this enduring ritual in our lives. Please bring a flower for each person present to share in our…
Kiersten Moore, Olivia Hall, Rev. Lara Cowtan Join us June 11th for UCV’s annual bridging ceremony. As the end of the school and congregational year approaches, we celebrate our children who are bridging into youth group and our teens who are bridging into young adulthood. This is a special time…
Sunday Service June 18 Rev. Lara Cowtan Good endings make good beginnings. This final service with our Interim Minster, Rev. Lara Cowtan will be a celebration and reflection on how to turn the page on chapters of our lives. Join us in person in our Sanctuary or live online at https://ucv.im/live…
Earth Spirit Group Join us as we celebrate the turning of the Wheel of the Year with the summer solstice, which honours the longest day and shortest night of the year. Download the Order of Service Weekly services Join us in person in our Sanctuary or live online at https://ucv.im/live for…
Rev. Danielle Webber So often in North American or Western Society we have an individualistic outlook on life: pull yourself up by your bootstraps, climb the corporate ladder, and achieve success. But what if the real secret behind resilience is not in breaking away from others, but leaning on each…
Mary Bennett and Rosemary Cornell How can you make a difference in changing the direction of climate change? What can Unitarians do–whether locally, regionally or nationally? How can you talk about the climate crisis to people who seem uncommitted to change? These and other questions will be explored by Mary…
Martha Saunders, Jennifer Kendall, and Carol Siebert Three participants in the UU Wellspring “Sacred Earth “ course will share their reflections on Robin Wall Kimmerer’s beautiful book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants,” which offers many suggestions for how we can live into our Unitarian…
Arran Morton The Lovin' Spoonful call us to, "believe in the magic that can set you free", in this service we will explore how everyday magic can support us to create a world where we are all free. Arran Morton currently lives in Victoria, BC - though he is from Scotland and…
Sunday Service July 30 Casey Stainsby Break ups can happen to us at any time in our lives and in so many different ways. There's the classic romantic break up, of course, but we can also experience big shifts in our friendship and family relationships as well. Have you ever…
Janet Pivnick As Unitarians, we don’t have one specific sacred text that we turn to for wisdom and guidance. Where then, do we find insight and support for how to live a life of meaning and purpose that aligns with our values? Let’s explore together the many places that we…
Catherine Hembling, Mei Jia Lam, Huguette Sansonet, Ruth Walmsley The service will be exploring deep Spirituality and how spirituality relates to actions. Personal stories will be told in that regard. Catherine Hembling is a 45-year member of the Unitarian Church, and a 20 year Buddhist practitioner. She is an avid…
Laureen Stokes Life depends on death. Everything alive and vital depends on the death of other things to survive. This dependence is part of the interconnected web of which we are a part. And yet often the processes with which we address our physical remains after death remove us from…
