Sunday Services

Nestled between the Saturday Solstice Service and Wednesday’s Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, we will join in community for readings, stories, and carols filled with the hope, peace, joy, and love of the season.

From the inspirational songwriting of Bruce Cockburn to the rise and fall of Katy Perry, in this epic musical sermon you will hear interesting spiritual aspects of the history of Christian rock.

Unitarianism and Universalism were born out of a hopeful, optimistic culture which foresaw an end to slavery and an expansion of voting rights. Today it's not so clear what progress awaits. And yet a voice whispers: Tomorrow can be brighter than today. In our well ceremony we will choose what to let go of and...

Some of us are lonely, never having had (or no longer having) the experience of walking into a room where everybody knows your name and is delighted that you are there. We begin a 3-week series on belonging by honouring the tragic happenstance of not having other hearts open to you, and we consider what...

Our generous hearts can love all of humanity, but there are only so many people we can let into our day-to-day lives. In this 2nd of a 3-week series on belonging, we honour both our personal boundaries and what makes us let people in.

Community living involves a give and take, as we make room for our own and each other's quirks, needs and longings. In the finale of a 3-week series on belonging, we ask: How much can we realistically expect to belong, and how ambitious are you in helping others belong?

Roy Ellis reflects on the importance of interpersonal connections, in a changing world where many of are encouraged to live for ourselves and within ourselves. Roy is a relational therapist, a consultant, and an author.

In today's service, we welcome visitors from Interfaith Harmony Halifax. Stay after the service for a 12:00 discussion of the enrichments and challenges of being an interfaith community.

In Interfaith Harmony Halifax's interfaith week, we explore our own experience of being a multifaith congregation - both the enriching aspects and the challenges. We will also have guest speakers share their experience of visiting a different faith community in Halifax almost every week for several years. After the service, join a 12:00 discussion of...

In her audition sermon to be a UU minister, Marilyn Sewell didn't choose a safe topic - she spoke on the erotic. Today we celebrate eros while considering what boundaries we want on intimate topics.

There is the goodness of making music with friends, and there is the greatness of playing at Carnegie Hall. With guest musician Ellen Gibling on harp, we explore the dynamic between the good and the great. At noon there will be a vote to call Ben as our settled minister.

Amy will show how our Unitarian community values of interdependence, equity, transformation, pluralism, generosity and justice, centered in love, apply to the actions and songs of the Raging Grannies movement, past, present and future.