• Sunday Service: Bridging Ceremony

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

    Kiersten Moore & Rev. Shawn Gauthier 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. All are welcome to mark these special milestones in the life of our congregation. Download…

  • Sunday Service: Adventures in the Uncanny Valley

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

    Rev. Shawn Gauthier Almost twenty years ago, the American comedian and television host Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness” to describe our culture’s deepening disagreement over what is true, and what is not. Rev. Shawn’s sermon, the last before his summer break, will explore how we can better navigate a…

  • Sunday Service: Some Kind of Wonderful

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

    Rev. Christopher Wulff As we gather on the Summer Solstice we’ll rejoice in the blessings of the season, celebrating the sweetness of life. Beauty and joy are so often the animating forces that keep us moving forward in difficult times, and remaining connected to them is an important spiritual skill.…

  • Sunday Service: Queerly Moving Forward. What Can We Do?

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

    James Chamberlain James Chamberlain will speak about how a few key points from that precedent setting court case are being recycled or have shifted for continued use against the 2SLGBTQIA+ community by the extreme right. Also, he’ll suggest three strategies that you might proactively use to counter the spread of…

  • Sunday Service: Breaking Good: Unlocking Stereotypes and Other Superpowers

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

    Diane Brown VanU member Diane Brown, speaking from the perspective of a long time theatre professional, explores some of what she calls Theatre’s Superpowers and how, when employed in life and not just art, may help us overcome adversity and move forward together. Diane is a multi-award-winning director and actor,…

  • Sunday Service: Stones & the Spirit of Life: Another Camino Story

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

    Laureen Stokes The Camino de Santiago from Porto to Santiago de Compostella brings pilgrims from church to church through diverse ecosystems, alongside diverse other pilgrims including a surprising number of nuclear physicists. She will share stories of her journey, including how her relationship with the earth, life, and prayer changed.…

  • Sunday Service: Reflections on Aging

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

    Gerta Moray, Mei Jia Lam, Jeannie Corsi, Carol Siebert, and Eva Mai Allan Download the Order of Service Related Reading Weekly services We gather every Sunday morning at 11am in our Sanctuary at 49th and Oak and online at vanu.ca/live. Worship creates connections within, among, and beyond us, calling us…

  • Sunday Service: Reclaiming Deathcare

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

    Reclaiming Deathcare Reclaiming deathcare is about returning death and dying to the hands of families, communities, and individuals. It honours ancient wisdom, cultural practices, and personal choice, offering care that is intimate, authentic, and rooted in love. Ngaio Davis, founder and principal owner of KORU Cremation is a deathcare practitioner…

  • Sunday Service: Remembering Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 80 Years of Nuclear Violence

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

    Remembering Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and 80 Years of Nuclear Violence Hisako Masaki, Cecilia Gruber, Huguette Hayden, Yvonne Marcus and Chihiro Honma An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, and on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Nuclear violence continues to harm lives through nuclear weapons, their production, testing, and…

  • Sunday Service – Into the Swamp: The importance of feeling our feelings

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

    Casey Stainsby Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it! It's good advice for those who are going on a bear hunt (or at least singing about doing so while sitting around a campfire). It's also good advice for those who feel things...…

  • Sunday Service: For Work That Is Real

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

    Rev. Shawn Gauthier The poet Marge Piercy says in her marvelous poem, “To Be of Use,” that a person yearns for “work that is real.” She’s not talking so much about a job, a career, or profession, as much as she is talking about finding one’s purpose in life. In…

  • Sunday Service: Keeping the Faith

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

    Rev. Shawn Gauthier In a world in so much flux, what does it mean to keep faith–and, in particular, to “keep the faith” as a Unitarian? Rev. Shawn’s sermon will explore what we can hold on to as we journey through our “living tradition.” Download the Order of Service Related…