Sunday Services

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.

This service for all ages will acknowledge the longest night of the year and celebrate the return of the light. Join us for an evening ritual of candlelight, story, music and song.

A quiet moment for reflection in the midst of the holiday rush, with readings and carols around our Christmas tree.

Like many traditions at this time of year, Christmas bears witness to the birth of something new. Gather in hope, gather in gladness, gather by candlelight: A child is born.

Irene will tell a story of a Christmas past that brings out the spirit of the season.

We are a hopeful people in complicated times. Together, we consider our hope for the new year: Using water-soluble paper, we write in a word or two what we want to let go of, or intentionally bring into the new year, and then dissolve the paper in our water bowl.

Bring-Your-Own Bag Lunch get-together. No agenda, just ‘how’s your spirit today’ check-ins and a conversation topic. We’ll start with weekly gatherings and see how that schedule works for the group.