Sunday Services

A poem is an insight or a speck of truth, distilled and put into words we can keep. Like our own UU Joys & Sorrows, a poem can remind us of the shared cloth we are all gathered around. Today, a few members of our UUCH community will share some of their most loved, and...

What is the draw of this park for over 50 years and three generations? With illustrations.

Deborah Wiggins, with help from friends, will present a music service on the theme of gratitude, blessings and high hopes. "Things are such that someone lifting a cup, or watching the rain, petting a dog, or singing, just singing, could be doing as much for this universe as anyone." Rumi

This service explores the deep connections between ancient Persian Sufi poetry and Unitarian Universalist principles. Persian poetic tradition, once taught widely as a spiritual guide, emphasizes universal love, mutual acceptance, and spiritual unity – values closely aligned with UU teachings.

Bring water, from home or somewhere meaningful to you. In the water ceremony we combine our water as we launch the congregational year. We celebrate who we are, who we aspire to be, and our vision and visions for the world.

Everything that happens, everywhere in the universe, is written into the book of life. One day the book will come to an end, perhaps with no one left to read it. So what shall we write?

The Unitarian Ray Kurzweil predicted in the 1990s that a convolution of exponential curves would lead to runaway growth in artificial brainpower in the late 2020s. He recently said that his timeline is still accurate. What gods are we awakening? We will have a new member ceremony during the service. If you would like to become...

We frequently look to First Nation people to give us, the Settlers, guidance on how to pursue reconciliation for past injustices and trauma we have caused them. Often their retort is: Don’t ask us to lead you down the path. You have to do your own work!  What are they challenging us to do?  What is...

Tremendous meaning is found in friendship, camaraderie and community; yet you might have gone years without knowing your next door neighbours. This morning we consider the risks and rewards of saying hello. This is Bring-a-Friend Sunday, so please bring a friend. Perhaps someone whose principles, vision and actions in the world resonate with our range...

Some periods of life are easier than others for building deep friendship. Today we bear witness to the all-too-human experience of loneliness, and imagine a world in which everyone has found their people. This the second service in a series on human connection. The Afterchoir and Pickup Choir will be singing for us, including John...

Join us to learn more of how closely our web is really interconnected, by a leading researcher in ocean science, Dr. Anya Waite (CEO and Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University)