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Outreach Opportunities Fund supports UNYA

Social JusticeNovember 16, 2024
From November 2024 to January 2025, our Outreach Opportunities Fund recipient will be UNYA The Urban Native Youth Associationunya.bc.ca UNYA strives to support Indigenous youth by providing a diverse continuum of advocacy, preventative and support services that respond to their immediate and long-term needs. Today, UNYA delivers 20+ programs, with 175+ volunteers, 100 staff, and…

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You Can’t Take It With You 

Rev. ShawnNovember 4, 2024
There are many different ways to “do” ministry. The most tempting, though dangerous, is to go it alone. The hardest, but most important, is “to give the ministry away.” In one congregation I served in my early twenties, the number one rule on staff was “don’t steal ministry from the members.” As a staff person,…

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Fundraising Lunch for Burma

Community, IPADecember 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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 be catering a delicious lunch following…

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Medicine Walks – Past and Future

Blog, IPAOctober 20, 2024
On Saturday, September 28, VanU members partook in a healing medicine walk with Musqueam artist and activist Audrey Siegel at Spanish Banks.  Please fill out this doodle poll by Oct 25 to indicate your availability for the next Medicine Walk in early November. $25 per person, limited enrollment.

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A note from Rev. Shawn: A Season of Gratitude

Rev. ShawnOctober 1, 2024
There’s always been for me something about autumn, with its glorious foliage and crisp, cool air, that has summoned me to  feelings of deep gratitude, to an intense and abiding appreciation for the gift of simply being alive. A feeling made all the more urgent, when everywhere about us, the leaves, who’ve done their good…

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VanU Campus History Tour

Special EventSeptember 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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 leading a tour  of campus on Sunday,…

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Make this place your home

Rev. ShawnSeptember 1, 2024
I’ve heard it said that when you move to a new city, you must leave and return there for it to finally feel like home. This has certainly been my experience. I’ve felt this to be increasingly true every time I’ve come back to Vancouver after each trip out of town over the past year. But this…

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a chalice with unlit candle, a water pitcher, and a basket with dried corn leaves with writing. Words are "Love", "Respect", and "justice".

Lifespan Corner-September

Blog, LifespanAugust 28, 2024
Summer has its own rhythm on the Vancouver Unitarians campus. It’s beautiful and sunny and time feels slower and less hectic than other times of the year–most noticeable by many fewer emails! Many of us on staff have taken vacation time with family and friends, time camping or travelling, or simply not being in the…

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