- Welcome one and all
- Sheltering the unhoused
- Sunday Services can now be attended by Zoom. Hybrid services (in-person and Zoom) will resume as soon as provincial health guidelines and Fellowship policies allow. Please check our Covid-19 Dashboard for details.
Can We Give What We Get?
In these liminal times, how does our Unitarian Universalist faith sustain us? So much loss and change has diminished our feelings of well-being and connection, while heightening the sense of scarcity and amplifying anxiety. What commonly held values can we call on to inform our … read more.
Who We Are
First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo is an inclusive growing religious community of over 75 members and friends. Drawn from all areas of central Vancouver Island, we meet for worship and community at Unitarian Hall in the city of Nanaimo. We welcome all who share our philosophy regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity. We provide a full range of programs including: Sunday services, a children’s religious education program, a dynamic choir, open to all, and opportunities to meet in small and large groups for spiritual enrichment and fellowship.

Living our principles of social responsibility, we house and manage a low barrier shelter for unhoused people in Nanaimo in the lower floor of our building. Members are involved in numerous other social justice and environmental causes.
Environmental Action
Our members and friends have a deep interest in environmental action. We are particularly concerned about impacts of climate change on the world our children will inherit. Some folks have participated in marches for climate action and others have taken bold steps to reduce their personal carbon footprint.
For more information on current activities please visit the Environmental Justice pages
Children & Youth Activities
Every Sunday, the children start off the morning with their family in the sanctuary together. They listen to music and sing a song or two with everyone else. One child each Sunday is invited to light the Children’s Chalice along with an adult. After the Story for All Ages, the children are sung out and they go to their own room with their teacher. Near the end of the service they rejoin the congregation and sing our ending song “Carry the Flame”.
Latest News
- First Family, Food and Fun Night April 27, 2023Everyone is invited to our first Family, Food and Fun Night (formally Messy Church). Our theme is Getting Together. Join us for dinner to connect, ...
- Surviving and Thriving as a Climate Activist – Panel Discussion October 24, 2022The Environmental Justice Committee at Nanaimo Unitarians is holding a panel for climate activists to tell their story of how they keep going in spite ...
- Ministerial Search Committee News July 17, 2022The First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo is looking for a three-quarter time consulting minister to walk with us as we continue a long tradition of ...