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SUMMARY:Service: National Women's Day
DESCRIPTION:National Women’s Day was first observed in the US on March 8\, 1909. Inspired by labor strikes\, Clara Zetkin proposed making it an international movement in 1910\, leading to the first International Women’s Day in 1911. A 1917 women’s strike in Russia sparked a revolution. The UN recognized it in 1971\, and today it honors women’s resilience worldwide.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-national-womens-day/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250316T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250316T113000
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UID:813-1742121000-1742124600@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Sunday Service: Infinity in a Grain of Sand
DESCRIPTION:In this service we inhabit a mystical worldview\, inviting awe\, wonder\, and an opening to the unknown. This is part 1 of a 3-part series exploring mysticism\, naturalism and theism.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/sunday-service-infinity-in-a-grain-of-sand/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250323T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250323T113000
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SUMMARY:Service: Spring Equinox
DESCRIPTION:This multigenerational service will include poetry\, story\, and music for all ages as we explore\nthe themes of transformation and growth moving into spring! Dig into a morning of earth-based spirituality with us. This is part 2 of a 3-part series exploring mysticism\, naturalism and theism.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-spring-equinox/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250330T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250330T113000
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UID:817-1743330600-1743334200@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: I Felt a Presence
DESCRIPTION:We explore a theistic worldview\, that there is a divine presence that exists outside of time. This is part 3 of a 3-part series exploring mysticism\, naturalism and theism.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-i-felt-a-presence/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250406T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250406T113000
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CREATED:20250326T144901Z
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UID:853-1743935400-1743939000@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Moral Agency and Mental Illness
DESCRIPTION:As much as we aspire to be responsible for our beliefs and our actions\, the human mind doesn’t always cooperate. From the Involuntary Treatment Act to using mental disorder as a criminal defence\, we explore inherent worth and dignity at the limits of moral agency. Ben invites your thoughts in advance\, especially if you have relevant experience yourself or with a loved one – minister@uuch.ca\nBen Robins with Lars Osberg
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/moral-agency-and-mental-illness/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250413T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250413T113000
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CREATED:20250326T144946Z
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UID:855-1744540200-1744543800@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Question Box
DESCRIPTION:What questions do you have about life\, the universe\, or anything else? Send your questions to minister@uuch.ca by Tues Apr 8th and a selection will be answered in the service. Ask the kids in your life what their questions are – their questions are welcome too.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/question-box/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250420T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250420T113000
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CREATED:20250326T145039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T145039Z
UID:857-1745145000-1745148600@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:The Creative Impulse
DESCRIPTION:Cats are curious\, dolphins are friendly\, and humans are driven to create. Not everyone\, not always\, but still the impulse is there\, it’s wired in. Today we explore the creative impulse in the human condition and perhaps in the universe itself. This service launches a series on the blossoming of spring\, and on this Easter Sunday we also celebrate maple communion.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/the-creative-impulse/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250427T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250427T113000
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CREATED:20250423T154511Z
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SUMMARY:Service: Earth Day
DESCRIPTION:On this Sunday following Earth Day\, and the day before our federal election\, let us reflect on the interdependent web of life and some of the leaders of our climate action movement. Presented by the Climate Crisis Team
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-earth-day/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250504T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250504T113000
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CREATED:20250430T151444Z
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UID:883-1746354600-1746358200@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Yes\, And... (with a New Member Ceremony)
DESCRIPTION:“Yes\, and…” means saying yes to opportunities that arise in life\, while adding your own touch. This is part of a series on the blossoming of spring. During the service we will have a new member ceremony.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/yes-and-with-a-new-member-ceremony/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250511T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250511T113000
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CREATED:20250430T151518Z
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UID:885-1746959400-1746963000@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Planting Seeds
DESCRIPTION:On Mother’s Day\, we’ll explore the active hope found in planting seeds and creating the new.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/planting-seeds/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250518T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250518T113000
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UID:887-1747564200-1747567800@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Laws of New Life
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Kelly edited the Whole Earth Review and then Wired Magazine. We’ll explore his “9 laws of god” for creating new ecosystems\, whether in the natural or the human world. \nPlan for extra time to get here due to the Bluenose Marathon.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/laws-of-new-life/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250525T103000
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CREATED:20250430T151659Z
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SUMMARY:From the Depths (stay for soup & the AGM)
DESCRIPTION:Joe Britto will be back from visiting Poland\, having done a walking tour of “Jewish” Krakow\, visiting Auschwitz\, and praying in synagogues. He will reflect on the experience\, anticipating that he might touch upon the human spirit and what it means to be human. \nStay after the service for soup and our AGM.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/from-the-depths-stay-for-soup-the-agm/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250525T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250525T190000
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CREATED:20250430T151805Z
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UID:891-1748196000-1748199600@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Spirit Circle
DESCRIPTION:A more informal service inviting openness\, peace\, reflection and connection to something larger. Happens on the last Sunday of the month.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/spirit-circle-2/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250601T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250601T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250529T132529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T132529Z
UID:906-1748773800-1748777400@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Fresh Starts (Flower Ceremony)
DESCRIPTION:Bring a flower (or we will have extra) for our annual flower ceremony. From the flower ceremony itself (created in Nazi territory) to the Tower card in tarot\, to Bob Dylan on being busy being born\, we will consider the cycle of death and rebirth in cultures\, in systems\, in institutions\, and in life itself.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/fresh-starts-flower-ceremony/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250608T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250608T113000
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CREATED:20250529T132615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T132615Z
UID:908-1749378600-1749382200@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:This is My Credo
DESCRIPTION:Several participants in our Building Your Own Theology workshop series will share part of their new credos – their statements of belief on such topics as the nature of the universe\, human nature\, ethics\, the meaning of life\, and how their spiritual journey or journey of belief weaves through it all.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/this-is-my-credo/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250615T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250615T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250529T132644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T132644Z
UID:910-1749983400-1749987000@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Boyhood\, Challenge & Adventure
DESCRIPTION:With many boys and men being drawn to unhealthy social and political movements\, on Father’s Day we consider how to make more space in our communities\, schools\, and the larger world for healthy masculine drives that are too often constrained.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/boyhood-challenge-adventure/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250622T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250622T113000
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CREATED:20250604T155736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T155736Z
UID:920-1750588200-1750591800@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:True Reconciliation and Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:June 21st is National Indigenous People’s Day as part of National Indigenous History Month. Our speaker will reflect on the significance of both from her perspective as a member of the Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Commission. Speaker: Angela Doyle-Faulkner
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/true-reconciliation-and-human-rights/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250629T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250629T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250627T133034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T133034Z
UID:926-1751193000-1751196600@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Sumer is Icumin In
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URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-sumer-is-icumin-in/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250706T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250706T113000
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CREATED:20250703T160526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T160905Z
UID:983-1751797800-1751801400@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Journalism\, Democracy and the search for truth and meaning
DESCRIPTION:According to the Rideau Hall Foundation\, Journalism is an essential force in our democracy\, and the precarious state of local news speaks to its fragility. Former CBC reporter Pam Berman will talk about the importance of responsible local news coverage to both civic engagement and our own understanding of the world.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/journalism-democracy-and-the-search-for-truth-and-meaning/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250713T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250713T113000
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CREATED:20250703T160630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T160630Z
UID:985-1752402600-1752406200@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: From Despair to Hope
DESCRIPTION:Now is the time for us to band together to stand up to the darkness in the world and make it brighter. We have to communicate clearly\, cooperate as best we can\, and help each other towards the light of wisdom and strength. Each of us can help with our supportive words\, our prayers\, our work\, our political involvement\, and our donations. The world needs people like us now\, and even more in the months and years to come. We can be the lights that will break through the darkness.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-from-despair-to-hope/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250720T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250720T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250703T160711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T160711Z
UID:987-1753007400-1753011000@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Our Spirit\, Art and Activism
DESCRIPTION:How our UU principles can create change.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-our-spirit-art-and-activism/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250727T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250727T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250703T160759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T160759Z
UID:989-1753612200-1753615800@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: One Song. The Science of Unity
DESCRIPTION:With help from some intrepid dung beetles\, science ambassador JD Stillwater takes us on a tour of discoveries from mainstream science that reveal an underlying connectedness in everything from human bodies to ecosystems to the very fabric of space-time.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-one-song-the-science-of-unity/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250803T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250803T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250801T134631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T135005Z
UID:994-1754217000-1754220600@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: A Poem Can Sustain Us
DESCRIPTION: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 most sustaining\, poems with the rest of us.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/a-poem-can-sustain-us/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250810T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250810T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250801T134710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T134958Z
UID:996-1754821800-1754825400@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: The Appeal of Kejimkujik
DESCRIPTION:What is the draw of this park for over 50 years and three generations? With illustrations.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/the-appeal-of-kejimkujik/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250817T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250817T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250801T134743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T134942Z
UID:998-1755426600-1755430200@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Gratitude\, Blessings and High Hopes
DESCRIPTION: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
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/gratitude-blessings-and-high-hopes/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250824T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250824T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250801T134822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T134930Z
UID:1000-1756031400-1756035000@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Persian Sufi poetry and UU Principles
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/persian-sufi-poetry-and-uu-principles/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250831T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250831T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250801T134856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T134856Z
UID:1002-1756636200-1756639800@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Self-criticism and self-compassion
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-self-criticism-and-self-compassion/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250907T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250907T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250829T145204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T145204Z
UID:1065-1757241000-1757244600@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: "We Are..." (Ingathering Water Ceremony)
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-we-are-ingathering-water-ceremony/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250914T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250914T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250829T145448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T145448Z
UID:1067-1757845800-1757849400@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Service: Writing the Book of Life
DESCRIPTION: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?
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/service-writing-the-book-of-life/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250921T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250921T113000
DTSTAMP:20260406T195238
CREATED:20250829T145536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T145536Z
UID:1069-1758450600-1758454200@uuch.ca
SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence: What Gods Are We Awakening
DESCRIPTION: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? \nWe will have a new member ceremony during the service. If you would like to become a member\, contact Ben by Sept 10th\, minister@uuch.ca
URL:https://uuch.ca/event/artificial-intelligence-what-gods-are-we-awakening/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Services
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