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!

Mar
11
Sun
Kym A. Hines – We are stronger than we know
Mar 11 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Kym A. Hines  - We are stronger than we know

We need to build relationships with those people who are other to us or we become narrow. Privileges are merely rights taken from others. Let’s look beyond the social stigma that causes us to push others away.

Kym A Hines is a member of First Unitarian Church of Victoria. He is involved with various activist and social justice groups in Victoria including THAW Victoria, Rise and Resist, The Existence Project, newly forming Men With a Pulse support, education and action group. He is a co-parent, transgender, radical anarcho-feminist and a person disability who lives with complex post traumatic stress disorder.

Mar
18
Sun
Amanda Tarling “What’s in a name?”
Mar 18 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Amanda Tarling "What's in a name?"

Look around your community and notice who and what our monuments, parks and streets are named after. Mount Doug was re-named Pkols, its original indigenous name, in 2013 yet provincial maps still list it’s settler name. How do names tell the story of a place, what do we lose and what do we gain by re-naming our world?

Margot Lods – The Mysteries of First Century Christianity
Mar 18 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Margot Lods - The Mysteries of First Century Christianity

Ever since her theological studies, Margot has been intrigued by questions about how the first-century church developed after the crucifixion of Jesus. In this talk, she will share some of these mysteries and a few speculations, but does not promise any definitive answers.

Margot Lods, a member of First Unitarian Church of Victoria, now self-identifies as a spiritual humanist. But for many years, she was a liberal Christian and still considers those days as an important part of her life’s spiritual journey. She holds a theological degree from Trinity College, Toronto, and served as Dean of Studies at the Anglican Women’s Training College, where she lectured in New Testament and Systematic Theology.

Mar
25
Sun
Greg Boorman “A small taste of sacred geometry”
Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Greg Boorman "A small taste of sacred geometry"

A square represents the earth and all things measurable and finite and a circle represents the heavens/spirit and all things unmeasurable and infinite. Ancient architecture embody in their design mechanisms to “square the circle” to join heaven and earth.

June Fukushima – A path of peace
Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
June Fukushima - A path of peace

“This is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness and who knows the path of peace…”

These words start a list of instructions given by the Buddha 2500 years ago to a group of agitated, frightened forest-dwelling disciples. What can we take from these teachings as we grapple with personal and societal confusion, anger, and greed? June will share the instructions and lead a short guided loving kindness meditation.

June Fukushima has been dedicated to a spiritual and healing path integrating mind, body and spirit for close to 30 years. She is a lifelong student of Buddhist mindfulness and meditation practices. June is trained in Somatic Experiencing®, a body-based approach to resolving trauma and is a Registered Counselling Therapist in Saanich, BC. June`s website

Apr
1
Sun
Jane Enkin “The Wisdom of Fools”
Apr 1 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Jane Enkin "The Wisdom of Fools"

In honour of April Fool’s Day, I will tell stories of fools – the holy ones and the wise ones. Why be a fool? Why tell their stories? In part, it’s about freedom – try pinning down a fool, and you’ll find you’re grasping at air.

Jane Enkin is a storyteller, writer, singer and songwriter. She has told to all ages in schools, libraries, festivals, synagogues and seniors’ programs. Jane lives in Winnipeg and has enjoyed her many visits to Victoria’s Capital Unitarian Community.

Apr
8
Sun
Peter Scales “Sermon on the Mount”
Apr 8 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Peter Scales "Sermon on the Mount"

After a few years of healing the sick, Jesus Christ gave an extended speech to his followers about how to live in accordance with Jewish law. The speech includes the Beatitudes including “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” and the Lord’s Prayer. Some people call it “a gospel within the Gospel,” and it is part of the historical sources of Unitarian-Universalism. Is there anything in the Sermon on the Mount that could apply to our lives in 2018?

Apr
15
Sun
Amanda Tarling “What’s in a Name?”
Apr 15 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Amanda Tarling "What's in a Name?"

Look around your community and notice who and what our monuments, parks and streets are named after. Mount Douglas was re-named Pkols, its original indigenous name, in 2013 yet provincial maps still list its settler name. How do names tell the story of a place, what do we lose and what do we gain by re-naming our world?

Apr
22
Sun
Greg Boorman “A small taste of Scared Geometry”
Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Greg Boorman "A small taste of Scared Geometry"

A square represents the earth and all things measurable and finite and a circle represents the heavens/spirit and all things unmeasurable and infinite. Ancient architecture embody in their design mechanisms to “square the circle” to join heaven and earth.

Apr
29
Sun
Anne Morrison MSW RSW “The Freedom of Forgiveness”
Apr 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Anne Morrison MSW RSW "The Freedom of Forgiveness"

Hope, healing, and freedom can come through the process of forgiveness. Forgiveness is a multi-layered, internal process. Learn about 5 steps which can enable you to be freed from the grip of old hurts or resentments.

Anne is a member of the First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo and serves as one of their Lay Chaplains. As a community developer and therapist, Anne has over 45 years experience facilitating ways for people to transform their inner pain so they can lead more fulfilling lives. Her Chemainus private practice focuses on personal, relationship,and family healing, as well as therapist training and supervision. annemorrison.ca

May
6
Sun
Phil Henderson “Starting Where We Stand: Colonialism, Indigenous Law, and Settler Responsibility”
May 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Phil Henderson “Starting Where We Stand: Colonialism,  Indigenous Law, and Settler Responsibility”

How can we ethically respond to the world’s crises when it seems that the problems facing us today – nuclear war, climate change, global refugee crises – have never been bigger? What would it mean to seek social justice by beginning literally where we stand, and to whom might we look for those lessons? To place Indigenous law at the centre of our struggles for social justice is not only an ethical and a moral imperative, it is also in our collective self-interest.

May
13
Sun
Deborah Goodman “Needles and Pins”
May 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Deborah Goodman "Needles and Pins"

Deborah will share the story of how her mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto and the Holocaust, and made a new life in America.