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2024 Services
APRIL - interdependence
MARCH - transformation
FEBRUARY - justice and equity
February 18th: “Love at the Threshold” with Rev. Anne Barker & Rebecca Lindley.
February 4th: “Dying with Dignity and Grace” with Leslie Gibbons and Alex Muir. (See a list of Dying with Dignity resources HERE).
January - liberating love
2023 Services
December - mystery
December 31st: New Years’ Eve potluck (no recording)
December 17th: “An EnCHANTing Experience” with Dennis Cooper
December 10th: “War and Peace and then . . . ?” with Leslie Gibbons
December 3rd: “Christmas Choral Service: Angels with Feet” with Alison Nixon
November - generosity
November 19th: “The Role of Conflict in the Evolution of Unitarian Universalism” with Alison Nixon
November 12th: “An Act of Remembrance: Following Dad's Path Through WWII” with Sue Forbes
OCTOBER - heritage
October 29th: “Day of the Dead Versus Halloween” with Kerry Burke
October 22: “The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Spirituality” with Dennis Cooper.
October 15: “Oh So Beautiful” with Rebecca Lindley
October 8: “A Cabin in the Woods” with Bruce Grierson
October 1: “Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair” with Sue Forbes
SEPTEMBER - welcome
September 24: “Grief is the Price We Pay for Love” with Sue Forbes & Kathryn Nicholson
September 17: “The Road Less Travelled” with Leslie Gibbons
September 10: “Stronger Together”
june - Delight
June 25: “Sanctuary”
June 18: “A View from Gen Z” by Adriana Schulte & Lila Grierson
June 4: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Delphi” by Bruce Grierson
may - Creativity
May 28: “Fire Weather” by John Vaillant
May 21: “CUC Service: Bringing Promises to Life”
May 14: “Retrospective”
May 7: “Last Sunday”
april - RESISTANCE
April 30: “Widening the Circle of Community”
April 23: Guest in pulpit: “The Influence of Faith on One's Life Journey” — Dr. John Guilfoyle
April 16: “Magic Earth”
April 9: “Easter and Flower Communion”
April 2: “Mess Around to Find Out”
march - VULNERABILITY
Mar 26: “Courage to Change”
Mar 19: Guest in pulpit: “Building Cultural Bridges Through Music” Dr. Hussein Janmohamed
Mar 12: “Mission to the Future”
March 05: My Instruction: Reflections on a Psychedelic Inquiry
february - Love
February 26: SNOW
February 19: A Story Is a Compass
February 12: Story Without a Story (watch LIVE on our YouTube Channel)
February 5: (No recording)
january - finding our center
January 29: There is a Love
January 22: Retroactive: Looking Back to Find a Path
January 15: Like Minded People
January 8: Religion at the End of the World
January 1: There is no recording from this informal service led by John Slattery
2022 Services
wonder
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 18: service cancelled due to snow
December 11: Christmas Choral Service
December 4: Salvation by Enchantment
CHANGE
November 27: Closer to Fine by Rev. Christopher Wulf
November 20: Soil Communion
November 13: Trauma Tool Kit
November 6: Navigating Collective Trauma
COURAGE
October 30: All Souls Ceremony
October 23: The Courage of Folk who Live with Mental Illness and/ or Addiction
October 16: The Dream of Beloved Community
October 9: Magic in our Midst
bELonging
September 25: Where we are at. Where we're going
SUMMER SERVICES
blessings
June 12: Pride Sunday by Cynthia Becker
June 5: Youth Service (No recording)
Beauty
May 29: "Roots & Wings: Home in an Epoch of Terminal Transience" aka "Dandelion Christ"
May 22: (not recorded, due to technical issues).
May 8: 98 in the Shade, Sonia Mackrow in conversation with Bruce Grierson
May 1: What a Wonderful World
Awakening
April 24: Actually . . . We Can Handle the Truth by Guy Heywood & Chris
April 17: Easter
Renewing Faith
March 27: The Fundamentals of Our Faith
March 20: These Anxious Days (not available on YouTube)
March 13: Let’s Get Dirty
Widening the Circle
February 27: Making Sacred
February 20: Yearn, Baby, Yearn
February 13: Thoughts on Ceremony
February 6: Return to the Oral
Living with INTENTION
January 23: “Eco Location - Community as a Place”
January 16: “Question Box Sunday”
January 9: “Looking Back, Looking Forward”
January 2: “The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Michael Servetus, a Unitarian Predecessor”
2021 services
Opening to Joy
December 26: “Fall 2021 Retrospective with your SSAs”
December 24: “Christmas Eve”
December 19: “Winter Solstice”
December 12: “Christmas Choral Service”
December 5: “The Grail Quest”
Holding History
November 28: “Soil Communion”
November 21: “Covenant and Principle: What is a Principle”
November 14: “The Rosetta Stone”
November 7: “Free and Responsible”
Cultivating relationship
October 31: “All Hallows Tide”
October 24 “Grab Bag: Embodiment and Blessings”
October 17 “Paths of Connection”
October 10 “Gratitude as an Act of Resistance”
October 3 '‘Heartbreak and Gratitude”
POSSIBILITY
September 26 “Mercy and Grace”
September 19 ““Practice Possibility”
September 12 “Water Communion”
Play
June 20 “Bridging”
June 13 “Coming Out”
June 6: “Flower Communion”
Story
May 30: Coming of Age
May 9 “Spellcasting: A Story for the Future (Mary Segal & Service Awards)”
becoming
April 25: “The Future of Our WEIRD Religion (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, Democratic)”
April 18 “Beauty in the Breakdown: Finding New Meaning as the Old Meaning Dissolve”
Part I
Part IIApril 11 “Climate Crisis, Growing Inequality & the Overdose Epidemic: Solutions & Action” with Dr John Millar
Commitment
March 28 “Seeking Forgiveness”
March 21 “On Forgiving”
March 14 “The Myth of Personal Responsibility” with Ryan Guenther
March 7 ”Promises, Promises”
Beloved Community
February 28 “Eco-location: Community as Place”
February 21 “Way of the Covenant”
February 14 “Sunday School reincarnate”
IMAGINATION
January 24 "Reflections on the Death of Sunday School”
January 17 “Toward the Beloved Community: Dismantling Racism”
January 10 “Question Box Sunday”
January 3 ”The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Michael Servetus” with John Slattery
2020 Services
STILLNESS
December 27: “NSUC in 2020: in words and music”
December 20: “Honouring The Solstice”
December 13 “The Spirit of Christmas”(please contact the church for the link)
December 6 “Beacons of Hope”
healing
November 29 “Gratitude”
November 22 “Soil”
November 8 “Remembrance Day”
November 1 “All Souls (Dia De Los Muertos)”
DEEP LISTENING
October 25: “Anti-Racism @ NSUC”
October 18: “Purpose - beyond”
October 11: “Meaning - between”
October 04: ““Depth - Within”
RENEWAL
September 27: “The Spiral of Life”
September 20: “Water Communion”
September 13: “Homecoming”