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Event Series Meditation

Meditation

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

Please join us for silent meditation. For the past 9 years, the group has been led by Victoria Oginski, who has been a dedicated meditator for over 45 years. She is a Buddhist and has studied with many extraordinary Buddhist masters over the years in Canada, Nepal, India, and Tibet.…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: The Shape of Water

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

Rev. Shawn Gauthier With this Sunday’s service, we launch a new year in the life of our congregation with our annual Water Communion ceremony. All are invited to bring a small bit of water—be it gathered from afar or at your own faucet—to ritually pour into our common bowl, a…

Water Ceremony Empty Cups

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

As you offer a bit of water during the annual water ceremony in-gathering service, the Social Justice Team  invites you to also place an empty paper cup next to the congregational vessel in solidarity with Palestinians, civilians in war-torn Sudan, and Indigenous communities in Canada under drinking water advisories. Unitarians…

Event Series Youth Group

Youth Group

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

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

Event Series Meditation and Talk

Meditation and Talk

Virtual Event 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…

Event Series Meditation

Meditation

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

Please join us for silent meditation. For the past 9 years, the group has been led by Victoria Oginski, who has been a dedicated meditator for over 45 years. She is a Buddhist and has studied with many extraordinary Buddhist masters over the years in Canada, Nepal, India, and Tibet.…

Event Series Sunday Service

Sunday Service: Showing Up When It Matters Most

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

Rev. Shawn Gauthier “Would you harbour me? Would I harbour you?” These haunting opening lines from the song by the exquisite a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey and the Rock beg fundamental questions about the commitments we make to care for one another. In his sermon this week, Rev. Shawn will invite us…

Event Series Children’s Group & Crossing Paths

Children’s Group & Crossing Paths

Fireside Room 949 West 49th Avenue, 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…

VanU Campus History Tour

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

Did you know our Sanctuary is an official Heritage building? Or that Greenpeace's name was reportedly coined after a meeting held in the Fireside Room decades ago? Want to learn all about the history of our beautiful buildings and grounds at 49th and Oak? VanU member Karen Bartlett will be…

Event Series Youth Group

Youth Group

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

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

Event Series Board Meeting

Board Meeting

Virtual Event Virtual Event

UCV Board meetings are held online on the third Tuesday of each month except for July. Click on where it says JOIN MEETING below to join.

Event Series Meditation and Talk

Meditation and Talk

Virtual Event 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…