Rev. Samaya Oakley “A Confluence of Ideas”
Over the last three years the Confluence Lectures at the Canadian Unitarian Council’s Annual Conference and Meeting have built on each other, starting with Rev. Shawn Newton’s The Risk of Relevance in Calgary in 2013. Join Rev. Samaya Oakley for an exploration of the ideas presented and what it means for us as Canadian Unitarians as we move forward into the future.
Samaya Oakley currently serves as the Developmental Minister at the First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo. She also serves as the Executive Director for a Winter Weather Shelter the Fellowship offers during the winter season. Previous to that she was involved with the youth program at the North Shore Unitarian Church for 15 years. Samaya currently serves as the Secretary on the Executive for the Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada. She also is an Integrity Team member of the Liberal Religious Educators’ Association that serves to educate its membership and Board on identity issues. She has been a part of the Weaving our Worship facilitation team and the Lay Chaplain’s Deepening, Maturing and Growing retreat. She is involved regionally, nationally and continentally. She is in preliminary fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association. She completed her studies at Vancouver School of Theology in their Masters of Divinity program. Samaya has certificates in Business Administration and Life Skills Coaching.
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