• Sunday Service: Redemption Songs

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

    Rev. Shawn Gauthier This Sunday, we celebrate Easter from a Unitarian angle. Rev. Shawn's sermon will explore the meaning of redemption for Unitarians. Kiersten will tell the story of The Rainbow Fish. And the choir will bring us Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Bob Marley's "Redemption Song." Download the Order of Service…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Small group meet-up: Youngerish

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

    The Younger-ish small group meets to discuss Soul Matters on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the Fireside Room of Hewett Centre on our campus at 49th and Oak. The group also organizes occasional social and cultural outings. This group is open to members and friends of the Vancouver…

    Free
  • Meditation and Talk

    Meditation and Talk
    Virtual Event

    For this online event on Wednesday nights, we start with a talk about meditation given by Victoria Oginski, how-to, purpose and pitfalls. The second half is a shared silent meditation, based on traditional Buddhist techniques. Victoria Oginski, has been a dedicated meditator for over 45 years. She is a Buddhist…

  • Potluck Book and Lunch Club

    Potluck Book and Lunch Club
    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.…

  • Free Screening Inside Job documentary

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

    Please join the VanU Social Justice Team and the Civic Engagement Network (CENSC) to view the powerful documentary “Inside Job”. “Inside Job” is a 2010 documentary directed by Charles Ferguson that explores the 2008 global financial crisis. Through interviews with economists, politicians, and financial insiders, it uncovers the systemic corruption…

  • Monthly Hiking Group

    Monthly Hiking Group

    Our Vancouver Unitarians hiking and walking group meets the 4th Saturday of every month at a different location around the Lower Mainland. If you are interested in joining, or have an idea for an upcoming monthly hike please email derrickvanuca.

  • Meditation and Chi Gong

    Meditation
    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…

  • Sunday: Earth Day Service

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

    Forest Bathing In this year’s Earth Day service, Tamiko Suzuki, longtime Environment Team member, will talk about Shinrin Yoku, or Forest Bathing, and her journey to becoming a Forest Therapy Guide. The walks she leads aim to reconnect participants with themselves and with Nature. In this Earth Day service, she…

  • 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…

  • Youth Fundraising Lunch

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

    All are welcome to join us for a lunch at Noon in Hewett Centre after Sunday Service, hosted by the Youth Group of the Vancouver Unitarians. By donation. The Van U youth are raising money to travel to CanUUdle, the national UU youth conference, that will be happening in Montreal…