Love – A Small Group Service
Presented by our Sunday Services Committee, join us for this small group service about love.
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One Little Song Under the Sun
What happens when you put an ancient wisdom text in conversation with a modern country song? The Book of Ecclesiastes begins with a poem describing how there is “nothing new under the sun.” According to the narrator, Qohelet, in a world where everything repeats and yet nothing endures, there is no ultimate meaning to life. … Continue reading One Little Song Under the Sun
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 responses, motivate actions and provide some ease? Could generosity be … Continue reading Can We Give What We Get?
An Awesome World
We take that old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder to be about the relativity of beauty, how we each name different things beautiful, which is, of course, true. But it also reminds us that if we wish to see beauty in the world, we must choose to behold it, to … Continue reading An Awesome World
For The Beauty Of …
… the earth, connection, new ideas … are there universal notions of beauty? Is it only in the eye of the beholder? As we engage a monthly theme of beauty, let us expand our understanding.
Just A Drop
Music: Leah Hokanson Children & Youth: Wendy Jankovic Click here for Zoom link to service Water is the theme for the morning as we flow back together. While we may each be just a drop in the bucket, we come together to create our oasis of hope and challenge recognizing that each of our lives and our actions … Continue reading Just A Drop
Flower Communion
The Flower Communion service was created by Norbert Capek, founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia, and introduced to North America by his wife Maja, also a Unitarian minister. It is a symbolic ritual intended to bring congregations together. Join members of the Sunday Service Committee as they present this year’s ceremony. Please bring some … Continue reading Flower Communion
Great(?) Expectations
In so many instances of life, our experience of a moment is conditioned by our expectations for that moment. If we had low expectations, we might be delighted when they’re exceeded, or deeply disappointed when the opposite occurs – even if what actually happened was precisely the same. Would we all be happier with lower … Continue reading Great(?) Expectations
Creatively Maladjusted
Martin Luther King Jr said: “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” Are we such people? How can we become more so? Rev Debra Faulk, a lifelong Unitarian Universalist, retired in 2021 as Minister Emerita after 11 years with Calgary Unitarians. She received a BA in psychology and anthropology from UVic and a … Continue reading Creatively Maladjusted
Spirited Lifespan
Living into the promise of intergenerational faith community calls on us all to get creative. Come and wonder together about how we support younger folks in our midst and open the doors wide for those not yet here. Anna Isaacs (she/her) is a longtime UU and current Director of Spiritual Exploration and Learning for Children … Continue reading Spirited Lifespan