Universalist Unitarian Community of Halifax

Service: We Remember
2024-11-10 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Halifax)
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.

Canvass Kick-Off & Soup Luncheon
2024-11-10 12:00 - 14:00
Come and celebrate the many comforts and joys of belonging to this wonderful community of friends—all made possible by our combined generosity of spirit, vision, energy, and not least, our financial contributions. There’s always lots of food, live entertainment, and the usual, warm UU fellowship.
We’ll kick-off our 2025 Pledge Campaign with a soup and sandwich luncheon after the service.
If you’d like to make a pot of soup, or bring sandwiches or sweet treats, please contact or see our luncheon organizer, Faith Piccolo.

Lunch Bunch
2024-11-13 12:15 - 13:30, 2024-11-20 12:15 - 13:30, 2024-11-27 12:15 - 13:30
Bring-Your-Own Bag Lunch get-togethers are planned for Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1:30.
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.

The Creatives
2024-11-14 19:00 - 20:15, 2024-11-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2024-11-28 19:00 - 20:15
Depending on the interests of those who come, we will write, draw, sing or dance.
Perhaps it will open our hearts and minds; connect us with ourselves, each other and something larger; and awaken awe at something just beyond reach.

Service: Forgive (But Not Yet?)
2024-11-17 10:30 - 11:30
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?

Humanist Discussion
2024-11-17 12:00 - 13:30
The topic we will be chewing on, from a humanist point of view, is the pluses and minuses of Artificial Intelligence. AI affects our lives in so many ways.
All are welcome to join in the discussion.
3rd Sunday of the month, after the service.

Service: Are You For Real?
2024-11-24 10:30 - 11:30
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.

Time to Talk (about end-of-life issues)
2024-11-24 12:15 - 14:00
Led by Marilyn Shinyei and Ben Robins, the first in a series of 6 sessions.
Spoiler Alert: There will be dark humour and lots of laughs.
Tentative dates are: Nov 24, Dec 8, Jan 12 & 26 and Feb 9 & 23
We have an End-of-Life planner available that you can purchase for $12 (optional).
In this first session we will get to know each other, and find out what you would like to see in the sessions that follow. Here are some possible topics to be thinking about:

Our beliefs around dying and an after-life
Dealing with the aging and death of parents
Having those difficult conversations with your parents, your spouse, your kids
Dealing with your own aging and inevitable end
Downsizing: your stuff, your accommodations
Planning your own memorial service
Writing your own obituary
Dying with Dignity and Medical Aid in Dying
Unfinished business: wills, executors, personal directives, power of attorney, etc.
Optional endings: death doulas, home funerals, green burials, how to avoid the big sell
Dealing with grief, asking for help, finding support

Looking forward to seeing you there. Please RSVP to marilyneshinyei @ gmail.com so we have an idea of numbers.

Point Pleasant Park Hike
2024-11-24 14:15 - 15:45
Dogs welcome

Rental: Elderberries
2024-11-27 13:00 - 17:00

Open Mic Night
2024-11-27 19:00 - 22:00
Calling all singers, singer-songwriters, poets, comedians and more—here’s your chance to shine.
Let’s light the place up!
All are welcome.
If you’d like to perform (up to 3 songs, space permitting) tell Joe, or minister @ uuch.ca, or sign up when you arrive

Service: Songs of Hope
2024-12-01 10:30 - 11:30
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.

Baking (to give to those in need)
2024-12-01 12:00 - 14:00
Ben and his wife Tanya will lead a baking session, to donate to those in need. All welcome, with a special invitation to families with children and youth. Tanya is experienced at running kitchens, including programming for children and youth.

Games
2024-12-01 14:00 - 16:00
Bring your favourite board games, roleplaying games or theatre games.

Writing Group
2024-12-01 16:00 - 17:00
Any kind of writing is welcome, for example haiku, poetry, free writing, writing from prompts, fiction of various styles, journaling. We will write for most of time, with optional sharing.

No-Frills Evening Service: Simplicity
2024-12-01 17:00 - 18:00
How beautiful December can be if you find moments of simplicity. In this no-frills service, we will find room to just breathe.

Lunch Bunch
2024-12-04 12:15 - 13:30, 2024-12-11 12:15 - 13:30
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.

Saturday Brunch
2024-12-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-12-14 10:00 - 11:30
All are welcome!

Service: "That Changed Us"
2024-12-08 10:30 - 11:30
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.

Time to Talk (about end-of-life issues)
2024-12-08 12:00 - 14:00
Having difficult conversations; making difficult decisions

Death over Dinner
Substitute Decision Maker

Decision Points: The end-of-life conveyer belt

Preparing survivors for what lies ahead

Dealing with grief, finding grief support groups
Creating support circles for dependents with special needs

Rental: ESSNS
2024-12-14 17:00 - 22:00

Blue Christmas
2024-12-15 10:30 - 11:30
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.

Humanist Discussion Group
2024-12-15 12:00 - 13:00
RIGHTS. How do we work out the problem when my rights conflict with your rights, and one group’s conflict with another’s? What is a right anyway? Is it absolute?

Saturday Brunch - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
2024-12-21 10:00 - 11:30
