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Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation
James Bay, Victoria, BC

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Upcoming Sunday Services

All Services Sundays, 10:00 am
James Bay New Horizons Centre
234 Menzies Street
Victoria, BC


All Services include a Children's Program.

August  22nd
Brian MacDonald
"Humour in Protest”. 
Humour has the power to be both sharp and gentle. This talk explores examples of this and borrows from existing homilies.
Brian has been a member of Capital for years and is currently the Congregation’s Treasurer

August 29th 
Bob Miller
"Peace and Justice - Can you have one without the other?"
Bob was born and raised in England, and has taught in Africa and in Canada. He is a long-time participant in Capital's community.

Sept 5th  
Dàna Seaborn
“Hymn Sing Sunday”
Come join us as we celebrate our religious tradition in song!
Dàna has been a member of Capital for many years and is now in her first year of being a Lay Chaplain.
 
Sept 12th
Alan Dawson
“Homecoming”
This second weekend of September is a time when many of us have just returned from time away, be it from travel or just hours spent in the garden or in nature.  As we return home, come and celebrate our community and our spiritual home.
Alan has been an active member of Capital for many years.


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?"


About Our Sunday Services

Sunday Service at CUUC

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.

 

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.

Singing the Children to their program

A range of crafts and topics to do with Unitarian values and world religions are offered. Children's program

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.

Speaker at service with candles of joy and concern

At the end of the service, the congregation joins hands and sings a Linking Song such as:

Singing a Linking Song 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, come to me.

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.

 


the light of Life & Spirit

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