Calendar of events

Here you will find all of our congregation’s Sunday Services, Board and Committee meetings and other events. Use the calendar controls to see events for past or future dates. For a quick look at recent Sunday Services, click here!

Feb
9
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:20 am

Attention all Visitors, Members and Friends! Please come for ‘coffee’ and conversation in the alcove at James Bay Coffee and Books at 143 Menzies St. The coffee and topic are as you like it.

Feb
12
Sun
Alan Dawson “Kenneth Leo Patton”
Feb 12 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Alan Dawson “Kenneth Leo Patton”

Kenneth Leo Patton. Some of you probably come to the conclusion that I look a lot to the past, well, I like to look at our forebears in Unitarianism to see what they have to offer us today. Patton was very influential on Unitarianism during the last century. Here is a quote from Minister and scholar, David Bumbaugh as he summed up Patton’s work: “It was he who taught a monotone rationalism how to sing; it was he who taught a stumble footed humanism how to dance;it was he who cried ‘Look!’ and taught our eyes to see the glory in the ordinary.”

Feb
16
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:20 am

Attention all Visitors, Members and Friends! Please come for ‘coffee’ and conversation in the alcove at James Bay Coffee and Books at 143 Menzies St. The coffee and topic are as you like it.

Feb
19
Sun
Dr. Sara Comish and Dyanne Lineger “Care and Concern; the role of compassion within our community”
Feb 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Dr. Sara Comish and Dyanne Lineger "Care and Concern; the role of compassion within our community"

Many religious traditions can turn to their scriptures for their inspiration to be compassionate. Without scripture, what do Unitarian Universalists do? Dyanne and Sara from the Care and Concern Committee will speak to the the issue of compassion in our community.

Feb
23
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:20 am

Attention all Visitors, Members and Friends! Please come for ‘coffee’ and conversation in the alcove at James Bay Coffee and Books at 143 Menzies St. The coffee and topic are as you like it.

Feb
26
Sun
Charles Card “Caring for Victoria’s most vulnerable children and their care-givers: the story of MiMi’s House.”
Feb 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Charles Card "Caring for Victoria's most vulnerable children and their care-givers: the story of MiMi's House."

MiMi’s House is a small residential care facility in Saanich that provides short-term care to children with severe cognitive and physical impairments, allowing their families to obtain a brief respite from the challenges and demands of providing for their children’s on-going care.   The story of MiMi’s House, from the crisis that led to it’s creation nearly 14 years ago to the provision of care that continues today, will be told by Charles Card, one of the founding directors of Children’s Respite Support Society, a small charitable organization that works to augment the respite care given at MiMi’s House.

 

Mar
2
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Mar 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:20 am

Attention all Visitors, Members and Friends! Please come for ‘coffee’ and conversation in the alcove at James Bay Coffee and Books at 143 Menzies St. The coffee and topic are as you like it.

Mar
5
Sun
Peter Scales ““Continuity and Change” “
Mar 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Peter Scales "“Continuity and Change” "

Our congregation’s first service was 21 years ago. What has changed and what are we still doing the same? This is a time to envision the future of our community.

Mar
9
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Mar 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:20 am

Attention all Visitors, Members and Friends! Please come for ‘coffee’ and conversation in the alcove at James Bay Coffee and Books at 143 Menzies St. The coffee and topic are as you like it.

Mar
12
Sun
Don Hume “Reflections of a drug addict”
Mar 12 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Following retirement from ministry in the United Church, Don became addicted to illegal drugs. He shares his reflections on addiction and recovery.

Mar
16
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Mar 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:20 am

Attention all Visitors, Members and Friends! Please come for ‘coffee’ and conversation in the alcove at James Bay Coffee and Books at 143 Menzies St. The coffee and topic are as you like it.

Mar
19
Sun
Faye Mogensen “Transforming the World, One Story at a Time”
Mar 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Faye Mogensen "Transforming the World, One Story at a Time"

When chosen with care and respect, stories can guide, heal, inspire and even transform us. Come celebrate World Storytelling Day and Faye’s book Ancient Stories for Modern Times recently published by our UU Press Skinner House Books. Faye links personal journey with traditional wisdom tale in an exploration of our ever-changing relationships with nature, with one another and with ourselves.

Faye began storytelling in her 20’s. For over a decade, she has been sharing tales at the First Unitarian Church of Victoria, where she works as Director of Spiritual Exploration for Children and Youth. She puts a new spin on classic tales and weaves original stories full of mystery, humour, compassion and spirit. Her first book came out last year.