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
17
Sun
Peter Scales “Earthquakes: What is geology telling us?”
Jan 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
On this date in 1994 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Northridge, California; on this date in 1995 a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred near Kobe, Japan.   Are the gods trying to tell us something about January 17 or can reason and science help Unitarian-Universalists understand and prepare for earthquakes?
Jan
21
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Jan 21 @ 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.

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
28
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Jan 28 @ 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.

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
4
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 4 @ 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
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
11
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 11 @ 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
14
Sun
Amanda Tarling “What’s love got to do with it?”
Feb 14 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Feb
18
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 18 @ 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
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
25
Thu
Capital Coffee Cove @ James Bay Coffee and Books
Feb 25 @ 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.