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Event Series Elders’ Circle

Elders’ Circle – Wednesdays

Virtual Event Virtual Event

This Elders’ Circle is a small group that explores various topics. Together we’ll explore the spiritual challenge of aging as we read chapters of Parker J. Palmer’s book On The Brink of Everything:  Grace, Gravity and Growing Old. Two 90-minute Zoom sessions a month, this group meets on Wednesdays 10-11:30 am, beginning…

Event Series Elders’ Circle

Elders’ Circle – Fridays

Virtual Event Virtual Event

The Elders' Circle is a small group that explores various topics. You can learn more about this and other VanU Shared Identity Groups here. One group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month, and another meets on the 1st and 3rd Friday. All meetings are online and…

Winter Solstice Yule Ritual and Celebration

Fireside Room West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The VanU Earth Spirit group invites everyone to attend a celebration of Yule or Winter Solstice on Saturday, December 21st from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the Fireside Room. It is a time to celebrate the longer nights that give us time to dream and replenish, and also to look…

Solstice Community Dinner and Celebration

Hewett Hall 949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver Unitarians have a great tradition of holding intergenerational community dinners and social events. On Saturday, Dec 21st. 5pm-8:30pm you're invited to join us for a Winter Solstice community dinner in Hewett Centre (949 W. 49th Ave on the Vancouver Unitarians campus).  This time of year can be hectic, busy,…

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Event Series Meditation

Meditation and Chi Gong

Meditation Room West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, Canada

On Sunday mornings, we have two offerings in our Meditation Room. First, there is Chi Gong from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. This practice is Chanting to clear organs and/or Chanting to clear chakras as originally taught by Dr. Steven Aung. Facilitated by Victoria Oginski. You are also welcome to…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Between Darkness and Light is Rest

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

We celebrate the Winter Solstice this week with a service full of music and carols interwoven with a pageant presented by Vancouver Unitarian's children and youth, The Snow Tree. Come prepared to reflect on the gifts we find in both darkness and light, the beauty of the natural world around…

Event Series Children’s Group & Crossing Paths

Children’s Group & Crossing Paths

Fireside Room West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, Canada +1 more

Click here for more information about our children and families program. Children’s Group 5 to 9 years Children’s Group begins in the Sanctuary for worship and leaves together after the Wisdom Story. This is a place to build friendships and self-identity in an actively anti-oppressive setting. We use play and art…

Event Series Youth Group

Youth Group

Hitschmanova West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, Canada

A space for youth to hang out, connect, be themselves--figure out themselves, organize, and be together. Learn more here.

Christmas Eve Celebration

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

Rev. Shawn Gauthier Our Christmas Eve service celebrates Christmas from a Unitarian angle, with a mix of carols and readings, a homily by Rev. Shawn, and the traditional lighting of candles, as we sing “Silent Night.” Come, lift your light of hope! Download the Order of Service --- Weekly services…

Event Series Potluck Book and Lunch Club

Potluck Book and Lunch Club

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Friendly readers gather online for an hour and a half on fourth Thursdays sharing their notable reads and recommendations from the past month. The broad-ranging meetings might include books on global governance, social justice and climate action, self-help and spiritual inspiration, the best of fiction, biography, art, memoir, and more.…

Event Series Meditation

Meditation and Chi Gong

Meditation Room West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, Canada

On Sunday mornings, we have two offerings in our Meditation Room. First, there is Chi Gong from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. This practice is Chanting to clear organs and/or Chanting to clear chakras as originally taught by Dr. Steven Aung. Facilitated by Victoria Oginski. You are also welcome to…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Sound of Silence

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

Please note: this service will be in-person only. There will be no livestream this Sunday. This Sunday, Laureen Stokes, the chair of our Worship Services Team, will offer a unique worship gathering to conclude the year: a (mostly) silent service.  The service blends silence, movement, and music creating time and…