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!

Dec
15
Sun
Michele Favarger “Compassionate Communication: Four Simple Steps”
Dec 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Michele will share these steps to improving connection with Self and others.

 

Dec
22
Sun
Amanda Tarling “Carols and Principles”
Dec 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

This Sunday we will share music from the season while contemplating our seven Principles. Join us in Capital’s first celebration of a uniquely Unitarian winter celebration: Chalica!

 

Dec
29
Sun
Susanne Garmsen “Do What You Can”
Dec 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Jan
5
Sun
Ben Dolf “Systems Thinking – A Holistic Approach To The Global Crisis”
Jan 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

We humans are good systems thinkers – until we unlearn the skill in school. As a formal discipline, systems thinking emerged in the early 20th century. It was prompted by a desire to correct and complement the approach of traditional science, the intent being to focus on the whole, rather than parts. Systems thinking has become indispensable in many disciplines like geography, biology or even psychology. Ben Dolf will talk about his experience with systems thinking in facilitation and social development.

Music: 173, 342, 1052

Jan
12
Sun
Graeme McCreath “The Politics of Blindness”
Jan 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

In his book “The Politics of Blindness – from Charity to Parity”, Graeme explains the reality of being a blind Canadian and solutions to promote people who are blind to full citizenship. Blind people should have R.E.A.L. meaning: R-respect, E-equal opportunity, A-assimilation and L-liberty .

Graeme was born in 1946, in Liverpool, England. Becoming blind at the age of 9 from glaucoma and unsuccessful surgery he attended residential schools for the blind and initially worked as a shorthand typist before going on to train as a physiotherapist. He moved to Canada in 1980 where he now lives with his wife, Christine and their three adult children. Graeme’s message has always been to promote blindness as just an inconvenience not a tragedy.

Music: 295, 121, 327

Jan
19
Sun
Michele Favarger “Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There! How to Provide Support to People in Emotional Pain”
Jan 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

When someone we love is in emotional pain, we want to fix their hurt, to make it go away, so they don’t suffer. So we look for a solution, and among other things, we sympathize or we share stories of how we have suffered similarly.

There is another far more effective option. And what about people in our lives who might verbalize their disappointment regularly? Is there a way to support them that doesn’t leave us drained? Come listen to Michele outline how we might respond differently, providing the support we yearn to offer.

Music: 360, 134, 324

Jan
26
Sun
Amanda Tarling “Membership”
Jan 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

What does it mean to be a member of this congregation? This service includes a New Members’ Service.

Feb
2
Sun
Rita Wittman “The Power of Giving”
Feb 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

We’ll kick off Canvass with “A Sermon on the Amount”.  Rita will speak on how giving benefits the giver as much as the receivers.  This talk is based on the work of Jamal & McKinnon as well as a sermon on giving, by Peter Friedrichs.

Feb
9
Sun
Amanda Tarling “Unitarian Principles – wisdom to live by”
Feb 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Our first and most challenging principle is; “The inherent worth and dignity of every person”. Is everyone inherently worthy?  Where is dignity lost? How can we follow our first Principle in difficult times?  The first in a series of seven homilies looking at our Unitarian Principles and Sources and our own spiritual practice.

Feb
16
Sun
Anna Isaacs “Different Like Me”
Feb 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Being different from others is something we all have in common. It can make us feel valued or isolated, truly whole or deeply divided. What does “us being different together” make possible?

Anna Isaacs is nearing a decade as a fervent UU and is rapidly approaching retirement from young adult status. She is a member of both First Unitarian Church of Victoria and the small lay-lead Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation in downtown Victoria.

Feb
23
Sun
Peter Scales “Polio, Science and Health”
Feb 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Sixty years ago, on this date in 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in the US. Victoria was among many Canadian cities which were struck by polio epidemics. Polio has been essentially eradicated. For many Unitarians, openness to science is a spiritual practice.

 

Mar
2
Sun
Rosemary Morrison “The history of Unitarian liturgy”
Mar 2 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

What does our Sunday service have in common with some of the first services after the reformation? How has our structure changed since then? Join Rosemary as she delves into the rich heritage that is our Living Tradition.