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Capital
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
James
Bay, Victoria, BC
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All Services
Sundays, 10:00
am
James Bay New
Horizons Centre
234 Menzies Street
Victoria, BC
All Services include a
Children's
Program.
Jan 29th
Christine
Johnston
“Dr. Joseph
Workman.”
Dr Workman was the
Father of Canadian
Psychiatry and a Key
Founder of
Unitarianism in
Ontario.” Workman was
inspired by his
religious faith to be
a colourful pioneer in
many areas, in
religious freedom,
health, education as
well in forensic
psychiatry. Christine
spent 28 years
researching Dr
Workman’s life while
she was the Historian
at Toronto First
Unitarian
Congregation.
Feb 5th
Reuven Sussman
"Encouraging
Pro-Environmental
Behaviour."
If we know that humans
are largely
responsible for
climate change and
other environmental
problems, why don't we
do our part to stop
it? This talk focuses
on methods to
encourage
pro-environmental
behaviour.
Reuven Sussman is a
graduate student in
the Department of
Psychology, University
of Victoria whose
research interests are
in Environmental
Psychology.
Feb 12th
Mavis Butlin
“What Makes the CUUC
tick?”
A discussion of who
does what in our
congregation.
Feb 19th
Dana Seaborn
“Moving Music: Music
that makes me cry
(in a good way!),
and why.”
How is it that music
can move us to tears
of sorrow or ecstasy,
and can express
feelings for which we
have no words?
How do various notes
and intervals affect
the human brain?
Dana will explore
these questions with
the help of recordings
of world-class
musicians.
Feb 26th
Ben Dolf
“Occupy Wall Street”
The Occupy movement
was about the 1%
making a mess for the
99%. What about all
the other Occupies?
What about The
People's Assembly of
Victoria
(#OccupyVictoria)?
What is behind that
name? What moved over
2000 people to occupy
Douglas Street for a
good hour, hundreds to
spend untold hours
getting organized and
so many to spend weeks
in the cold? People
who were involved from
the beginning will
tell us about their
hopes, frustrations
and plans for the
future.
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Past Sunday
Services
For a listing of past
services, click
here.
Homilies from
Past Services
Homily by Peter Scales from
March 8, 2009:
"God: Welcome But Not Necessary"
Homily by Rob McGregor from April
19, 2009:
"Transitions"
Homily by Peter Scales from
August 2, 2009:
"Our
Third Source, Wisdom from the World's
Religions"
Homily by Peter Scales from
January 3, 2010:
"Peace
On Earth"
Homily by Amanda Tarling from May
16, 2010:
"Is Avatar
the Perfect Unitarian Film?"
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About
Our Sunday Services
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Although
we are a small
congregation which
meets in a community
centre, we offer
spiritually and
intellectually
inspiring weekly
services and a wide
range of Ceremonies
in the Unitarian
Universalist
tradition.
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One of
the best features of these
Unitarian services is who you
will meet there. People find
their way to UU'ism along a
vast array of paths: the
congregation is likely to have
secular humanists; people with
backgrounds in Judaism,
Christianity, Islam, or any
other religion; atheists; and
pagans.
The
Capital congregation is
lay-led. Without a resident
minister but with 2 lay
chaplains, services are
organized and run by
congregation members.
Children
are read a story near the
beginning of the service and
the congregation sings to them
as they leave to go to the
education centre.
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A range
of crafts and topics to do
with Unitarian values and
world religions are offered. Children's
program
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Symbolic of
the Unitarian
tradition is the
lighting of a chalice
as the
service starts. Later
in the service, people
may come forward to
light
candles of joy and
candles of concern
from the chalice flame
and set
them to stand in a
bowl of sand. Anyone
lighting a candle is
free to
speak to the
congregation about
their joy or concern.
Sermons are
given by a variety of
speakers on topics
ranging from
ethical investing to
the Mystics. The
passages read or sung
during
services are inspiring
and empowering along
secular and spiritual
lines.
A collection
is taken after the
talk.
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At the
end of the service, the
congregation joins hands and
sings a Linking Song such as:
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Spirit
of Life, Come unto me
Sing in my heart all the
stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, Rise in the
sea, Move in the hand,
Giving life the shape of
justice.
Roots hold me close, Wings set
me free,
Spirit of life, Come to me,
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Coffee
follows for half an hour and
then the forum.
Forum
After most services there is a
moderated forum discussion,
usually on the topic presented
in the sermon.
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
Victoria, BC, Canada,
2000-2006. All rights reserved
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