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…
Rev. Shawn and Kiersten Moore invite young adults and youth to dinner. We want to talk with folks interested in seeing evening circle worship and alternative forms of UU community grow with support from Vancouver Unitarians. Come for an evening of food and community, inform the themes of our circle…
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…
What a great auction, thanks everyone! Item winners Click here to see all the item winners All winners will receive an email with a list of what they won and at what price Payment If you won tonight, please click here to make a payment. you can pay from your…
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.…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier This Sunday, we will be join with Unitarians and UUs across Canada in a special service featuring speakers from across the country. Elements of this service (the chalice lighting, music, Community Candles) will be unfolding in real-time in our sanctuary, while other elements will be shared through video from…
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…
A young activist, Jess Serrante, has created a 10-part podcast entitled 'We Are The Great Turning' with the revered 95 year-old activist, Joanna Macy. She approached Joanna about sharing her work in this way, and Joanna agreed, being aware of her limited time left on this earth, and her awareness of how important it…
Are you going to watch the results of the US elections? Would you rather watch them with other Vancouver Unitarians? Please join us in the Fireside Room and we’ll keep each other company. Bring snacks to share, and your own refreshments. For further information contact JohnBoyleshawca
Come Join us for Circle Dance As November 5 is the date of the US election, we'll dance hopeful uplifting dances for the first half of the evening. The second half will be dedicated to dances that honour the darker, more introspective, quieter time of early November and peace for…
This Elders' Circle is a small group that explores various topics and meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, from 10am to 11:30am. For more information about this small group, please click here. Please click on the blue Join Meeting below to connect.
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…
We are living in both beautiful and bewildering times, and many of us feel the need to come together to try to make sense of it all. On Wednesday, November 6th, at 7:00pm, Rev. Shawn will facilitate a listening circle in the Fireside Room where we can talk about the…
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…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier We gather this Remembrance Sunday with a range of emotions on our hearts about the state of our world. In these confounding times, many of us are wondering what the world is asking of us in this moment. Rev. Shawn’s sermon will invite us to consider the…
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…
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.
To join the live stream, please join us at 2pm using the video below Click here for a program of the service Join like-hearted others to mark and mourn the ravages of war and gather inspiration and courage to continue your commitment to a better alternative. Let Peace Be Their…
Please join the Social Justice Team, Vancouver Peace Poppies, and other peace activists in Hewett Hall immediately following the Let Peace Be Their Memorial ceremony. There will be light refreshments, a chance to socialize, meet event hosts and wreath layers, and display tables set up with information about peace building…
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…
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…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier Over this two-week period, the UN Climate Change Conference is unfolding in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rev. Shawn’s sermon will reflect on the challenges we face in a changing world and the work to which we are called in this moment. Download the Order of Service Related Reading ---…
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…
All are welcome to join us for a lunch at Noon in Hewett Centre after Sunday Service, hosted by the Environment Team. By donation.
UCV Board meetings are held online on the third Tuesday of each month except for July. Please click on the JOIN MEETING button below to join.
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…
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…
BC Regional Fall Youth Gathering The BC Regional Fall Gathering is a chance for UU youth from BC and beyond to get together, have fun, and build community. This conference is planned and led by youth, for youth. This year, the RFG will be held from November 22-24 at Vancouver…
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…
Please join us from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. for silent meditation. For the past nine 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…
The VanU Refugee Team Unitarians have been involved in relief and refugee work since at least WW2, and probably long before that. At Vancouver Unitarians we also have records and oral histories going back at least to the Vietnam war. Join this talk by members of our committee, including Julia…
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…
The IPA will be screening the film “The Battle for the Gateway to Myanmar," which shows the current situation in Burma/Myanmar, on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. in the Fireside Room. Kyi Min Saw will be our guest speaker to answer your questions. She has been working to raise…
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…
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.…
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…
Rev. Shawn Gauthier This Sunday begins the season of Advent, a time in the calendar when Christians embark on the spiritual journey towards Christmas. These four weeks are a time for reflection and renewal, a time of anticipation, and a time for growth. Whatever the holidays we may personally celebrate…
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…
The VU IPA and other teams have been together with the local Burmese (Myanmar) community to raise both awareness and funds in support of Burmese citizens ravaged by a military dictatorship and civil war. We warmly invite you to attend our next event Sunday, Dec. 1st. The Burmese community will…
