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!

Jan
24
Sun
Rev. Samaya Oakley “Giving Life the Shape of Justice”
Jan 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
One of the gifts that humanism provided Unitarians is idea that whatever happens, it’s in our own two hands to create the kind of life we envision for all living beings on the planet. Join us as we explore what Unitarian Universalism call us to do in the world, our communities and ourselves.

Rev. Samaya Oakley is the Development Minister at the First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo. She received her Master of Divinity at the Vancouver School of Theology in the spring of 2013, the only Unitarian Universalist at the School of Theology. She won the award for best sermon at the school in 2012. Samaya’s vision of ministry is embodied in our living tradition. It is by standing on the side of love, of compassion, of generosity, and by taking the time to truly listen to the other to make sure that all points of view are taken into account, that we engage our living tradition.

Jan
31
Sun
Jenelle Yonkman – Freedom over Dogma
Jan 31 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

While Unitarian Universalism has no creed, congregations agree to affirm and promote seven Principles that reflect a preference for freedom over dogma. This service will reflect on past and modern understandings of religious freedom while exploring the history and values behind our current Principles.

Feb
7
Sun
Cindy Holder PhD “Collective Responsibility for Wrongdoing”
Feb 7 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Many very damaging wrongs are the result of decisions made for,  through and on behalf of a group. What responsibility do individuals have for their groups’ decisions and acts? What does it mean to say
something was done by the group? Examples include the Indian residential schools, systematic abuses of human rights for reasons of security, and corporations that abuse human rights to increase profits.

Feb
14
Sun
Amanda Tarling “What’s love got to do with it?”
Feb 14 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Feb
21
Sun
Rosemary Morrison “The Taboo of Death and Dying”
Feb 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

How do we reconcile the fact that we are all going to die with the intense social pressure to remain young? The ‘how to look and stay young’ industry is booming at the same time as the inevitability of death is constant. This service will explore the taboo subject of death and dying in a death denying society.

Feb
28
Sun
Nan Fairchild and Darleen Horricks “Black History”
Feb 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Mar
6
Sun
Capital UU Congregation’s 20th Birthday Celebration
Mar 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Mar
13
Sun
Nina Belmonte – Imagining Perfection: The Importance of Utopian Ideals
Mar 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Why dream of castles in the air when the roof of our hut is leaking? This talk will give an introduction to the history of the Utopian imagination, its basic claims and motivations, and its continuing importance in shaping our communities and ourselves.

Mar
20
Sun
Rosemary Morrison “Putting the NEW in Renewal”
Mar 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

The concept of renewal is embedded in many faith traditions. How do Unitarians envision ‘renewal?’ How does renewal play out inter-religiously? Looking at renewal from different angles may help us understand ourselves and the need for renewal in our own lives.

Mar
27
Sun
Amanda Tarling “Myth-busting the History of Ostara & Easter”
Mar 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Apr
3
Sun
Sara Comish Ph.D. – Wisdoms
Apr 3 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

We all know wisdom when we see it, but what is it? And how can we build in more of it into our lives?

Apr
10
Sun
Colonel Jim Kempling – War and Remembrance
Apr 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Jim Kempling, a retired Canadian Army colonel, is now a PhD candidate in History at UVic. He is a principal author of the website, A City Goes to War: Canadian Cities in the Great War 1914-1918, a city goes to war.