On this Easter Sunday, just a few days after Passover, we’re invited to reflect on the fourth of our Unitarian Universalist six sources, “Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbours as ourselves.” For many among us, the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament texts can be … Continue reading Easter Sunday – We’re Not at All Sure What Happened
Presented by Janet Pivnick What can the earth teach us about inclusion? Can our vision for a welcoming community include the more-than-human-world? Today we will enter into a dialogue between the Unitarian Universalist 7th and 8th principles. Janet Pivnick is a member of Beacon Unitarian Church and is a Unitarian ministerial aspirant. All services are currently … Continue reading Lessons from the Earth
This reflection is about how each of us can live in alignment with our deepest values through our food choices, as well as other daily actions. Debbie is a wildlife artist, story-teller, and occasional service speaker at our Fellowship. She and her husband Bob have been members since their 2009 arrival on Vancouver Island. They enjoy … Continue reading Soul Food – What’s On Your Plate?
Spirited Jazz Nanaimo is a wonderful worshipful musical experience with Patrick Courtin, hammond organ, Teighan Couch, vocals, Brad Shipley, guitar and Adam Robertson, drums Please join us for an hour of uplifting and soul nourishing music.This is an in-person event only and admission by donation.
Ever striving for balance in our lives, this reflection on the fullness of a theology of gratitude and generosity offers a few possibilities. 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 Master … Continue reading Gratitude Generosity, The Yin and Yang Of It
Shiva: ultimate reality; Creator, Sustainer, Destroyer. Standing on a baby: symbol of ignorance. Could all the violence, fear and chaos around us be a necessary part of the cycle of life? Maybe the structures and systems of corruption must be broken to make room for a new foundation for living in relationship with the earth. … Continue reading The Dance of Shiva
Members of the Fellowship’s Committee on Shared Ministry (COSM) will reflect on how our how we have changed as we emerge from the restrictions of COVID that began three years ago this month. We will shine a light on what we can regain from our past, how we must embrace new opportunities, and the many … Continue reading Celebrating Our CommUUnity
Resilience is something we have all had personal and collective experience of, or at least the need of it, in these last few years. Love, the theme this month, contributes significantly to our capacity to be resilient. This morning let us reflect on love’s contribution. Rev Debra Faulk, a lifelong Unitarian Universalist, retired in 2021 … Continue reading Resilient Love
Spirited Jazz Nanaimo is a wonderful worshipful musical experience with four talented local musicians. Please join Teighan Couch (vocals), Patrick Courtin (Hammond organ), Brad Shipley (guitar) and Adam Robertson (drums) for an hour of uplifting and soul nourishing music. This is an in-person event only. Admission at the door by donation.
This is a service of readings and songs about the lure of love in our lives. The lure of romantic love that grabs our imaginations and our hearts. Becoming an enticement that opens in us a yearning for an ideal love that promises fulfillment one future day. For some, this human love is itself the … Continue reading The Lure of Love
