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!
How the humility of letting go of oneself gives life to those of us in the final stages of their worldly journey”.
Today’s story will feature Liz Forbes sharing the story of her four days with her daughter in hospice.
I’ve long dreamed of world peace. And, 17 years ago I discovered Compassionate Communication (commonly known as Nonviolent Communication or NVC) as understood and explained by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD. Through this simple process and clarified language my dream continues to be nourished. Today I share the self-empathy bit of my story.
Lillie has been a member of the First Unitarian Church of Victoria since 2002. Before that she belonged to the Unitarian Universalist (UU) communities in Ottawa and in Vancouver. She has been a UU practioner for 30 years. She attended our Homily Creation Workshop and the Lay Chaplaincy program. She was a Worship Associate and supported the Youth in every way possible. In her other work as a communication coach, she is a member of the Inclusive Leadership Cooperative, is earth-centered, a permaculturalist and a Compassionate Communication (NVC) practioner.
We UUs are reticent about broadcasting our faith. Di Clift has recently become a UU Lay Chaplain and therefore something of a spokesperson for the faith. So what are our ‘unique selling points’? What makes us distinctive? What unites us when we have no underlying dogma? And what are the rewards of being a modern Unitarian?
During Pride month it is fun to look back at how UU’s have supported lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons during the past 50 years. Come and hear!
Peter Scales is a BC historian and long-time UU.
Description: As a social geographer, I find it important to know something about the history and geography of the place I live. Like many cities, Victoria has largely erased evidence of original Indigenous inhabitants. As a settler interested in the nature of prior Indigenous residence in this city, I researched the history of Lekwungen dwelling here and the European myths and assumption that led to their dispossession. I share some of this research with you in this talk.
Bio: Formerly a professor and Canada Research Chair in social geography, Evelyn Peters’ research focused on the histories and characteristics of urban Aboriginal people in Canada. Now retired, she has lived in Victoria for 6 years. For her, part of learning what it means to be a settler in this territory requires understanding the history of the Indigenous people on whose lands she now lives.
Sunday August 28th Celebrate James Bay
Musicians from the James Bay United Church and Capital’s Dick Jackson and Cathy Baker will support the United Church Rev. Karen Dickey and UU speaker Peter Scales. This will be an outdoor service at 10 a.m., in Irving Park next to James Bay New Horizons.
(Irving Park is right beside James Bay New Horizons)
This morning we are celebrating a 40 year old UU tradition of a Water Communion. The Google dictionary defines “Communion” as “the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.” Join us for an exploration of this poignant water ritual.
Hanna Leavitt lives in Victoria, is blind, has service dog ‘Ogden’, and has recently written a book. Hanna recently won a $14,000 Arts Council grant and went to Montreal to research the history of residential blind schools in Canada.
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The CUC is hosting “Unsettled and Unafraid,” a national service to honour The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Join Elder-in-Residence Sharon Jinkerson Brass, Rev. Danielle Webber and folks from across the country as they reflect on what the process of un-colonizing looks and feels like to them.
This will be followed by a FREE 2.5-hour art therapy workshop facilitated by Rev. Karen Fraser Gitlitz and Ceremony Keeper Carey Jeanette Sinclair. It will be based on their popular, multi-day workshop, “Unsettling Our Spirituality.” (Details to follow.)
A pre-recorded service will be available to congregations on September 21. Please contact amber.bellemare@cuc.ca to receive the link.
Join us on Zoom. For those calling in on landlines, the toll-free number is 1-855-703-8985.
Meeting ID: 873 6525 5786
Password: 742984
You can also watch live on the CUC’s YouTube channel.