Sunday Services

Today we recognize Truth and Reconciliation Day, Treaty Day, and the upcoming Mi'kmaw History Month. What do respectful relations look like?

As freethinkers we don't always agree on how to do good in the world, especially when things are complicated. When do we expect agreement, loudly proclaimed, and when do we celebrate having a range of opinions? How many UUs does it take to change a light bulb?

Whether it's arguing historic injustices at Thanksgiving dinner, or trying to find your heart when a loved one has let you down, we explore the challenges of giving thanks in a complex world.

The title says it all With special guest speaker Rev. Charles Bull

As the nights grow longer, we might feel a special connection with those who came before.   Your connection might be to family, chosen family, or to a weaver of one of your beloved traditions. We'll hear stories that connect our sense of belonging through time. Bring photos of loved ones for our altar, or email a...

The English language - its structure, vocabulary and usage, developed over centuries - is embedded with the values, the priorities, the worldview, of the cultures it grew in. When do we accept it as an imperfect hand-me-down, and when do we take a stand and say it needs to change?

As we launch the pledge drive, and in honour of Remembrance Day, we remember all who have gotten us to where we are today, and we remember what it is we are aiming for and what this is all about. Stay after service for lunch as we launch the pledge drive.

Hosea Ballou, who inspired the first Universalists in Nova Scotia, believed in a complete and loving forgiveness for all wrongdoing - but only after just retribution. His cousin Adin Ballou, who inspired Leo Tolstoy (and then Gandhi) believed instead in an immediate forgiveness. What do you yourself need, in order to feel a satisfactory reconciliation?

From white lies to keeping nuanced opinions to ourselves, we might find that the masks we wear have become too much. We'll honour the human condition of partial transparency and partial estrangement, and we'll consider when it is worth the risk to keep it real.

With a musical service featuring the Pick-Up Choir and the Afterchoir, we enter into what for some of us is a season of hope - for ourselves and our loved ones, for the region and our country, for the world.

Humans have enormous capacity for creativity and growth, but we can also be creatures of habit and conditioning. Whether the change we crave is within ourselves, our circles, or the larger world, how we meet the moment can make all the difference. Today we explore practices that open the mind and heart to something new.

For some, the joy of the season can only be felt if there is also room for grief. In this musical service we make room for both, and also honour those who find only grief at this time. There will be a pastoral circle after the service for those who need extra care.