UU Principles Reflection Circle (online)
2026-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax)
January through April, 1st and 2nd Tuesdays, on Zoom. It is the same Zoom link as our Sunday services. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/666004431?pwd=[REDACTED]
In each session, we will explore one of our 8 principles: What the principle means to you; how it has shown up in your life; how you might live it more fully; how it enhances or challenges your other deeply held beliefs.
In this reflection circle, we help each other to tune into our own inner teachers. This is not a space for advising, correcting, steering or testing each other. Come as a fellow traveller as we weave our learning journeys together.
You are encouraged to attend most or all sessions. Drop-ins are also welcome.
Email Ben to receive reflection questions in advance of each session, minister@uuch.ca.

Service: We Have Good News for Earth Day
2026-04-19 10:30 - 11:30
Not all the news is bad! To honour the Earth and our own beautiful province let us focus on good news. By the Climate Crisis Team

Youth Group **new date**
2026-04-24 19:00 - 22:00
Youth group is moving to April 24th, with several youth performing in the coffee house at UUCH.
This group meets monthly on the 3rd Friday (except this month!). Email for details and the location: minister@uuch.ca
We provide a space where youth can build meaningful relationships and grow into themselves in a community that nurtures good values.

Coffee House
2026-04-24 19:00 - 22:00
Email Molly at molly.hurd@gmail.com to sign up your musical act.
All welcome! Entry by donation. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks available for purchase.

Saturday Brunch
2026-04-25 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-16 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-23 10:00 - 11:30, 2026-05-30 10:00 - 11:30
The UUCH brunch programme runs from September through June. We offer a free brunch every Saturday from 10-11:30 am at the UUCH at 5500 Inglis Street. Our usual clients run from school age to 80+. Everyone is welcome and the area is accessible. There is a gated playground and deck for nice days. Volunteers and donations welcome.

Hope: An Intergenerational Service
2026-04-26 10:30 - 11:30
In this intergenerational service, we will explore hope not as a feeling we wait for, but as something we practice together. Through story, music, and shared joy, we will reflect on the small, steady ways hope takes root in our lives…often quietly, and often in community. Our children will help lead us in a simple planting ritual, reminding us that even the smallest acts of care can grow into something meaningful.

Spirit Circle
2026-04-26 16:00 - 17:00
A more informal service inviting openness, peace, reflection and connection to something larger.

Rental
2026-04-27 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-02 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-18 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-25 18:30 - 20:00

Service: Awe & Wonder in the Natural World (sensory walk afterwards)
2026-05-03 10:30 - 11:30
We begin a 5-week series on living life with awe and wonder. Today we open to the wonders of the natural world, where many feel a sense of transcendence. After social hour we’ll go on a sensory walk at Point Pleasant.

Sensory Walk from Point Pleasant Upper Parking Lot
2026-05-03 12:00 - 13:00
Leave UUCH together at 11:50, or meet us at the UPPER parking lot at noon. The sensory walk might include smells, sounds, textures and more. Every time of year can bring wondrous connection to the natural world.

Artsparks (art making & crafting)
2026-05-07 18:30 - 20:30
A mostly unstructured gathering of people who want to make stuff. Come and work on your masterpiece, or just play and have fun. Facilitated by Haydon Mariner. Bring your own materials for your project. If you don’t have any, Haydon has drawing and painting supplies to share.

Guided Birding Hike at Shubie Park in Dartmouth
2026-05-09 09:00 - 11:00
Meet at the Fairbanks Interpretive Centre. We’ll explore the trails between Lake Micmac and Lake Charles, spotting and listening for resident and migratory birds. Bring binoculars if you have them, or we will have some to share. Facilitated by Andrea Dewar.
Accessibility: the trail is well-maintained and we will move at a relaxed pace. The path is approx. 2 km.
All levels of birding experience welcome – from first-time birders to experienced naturalists!

Service: Awe & Wonder: The Cosmos and Beyond
2026-05-10 10:30 - 11:30
Our series on awe and wonder continues, with an opening to the majesty of this universe and the mystery beyond. A cajillion stars in each of a cajillion galaxies…billions of years…vastness beyond understanding, and mystery beyond that.

Mother's Day Discussion
2026-05-10 12:00 - 13:30
Whether you are a mother or have/had a mother, we will reflect on the question: How has your mother/child relationship changed over the years? You are also welcome to contact Ben if you would like a deeper 1-on-1 conversation, minister@uuch.ca

Service: We Face a New Age
2026-05-17 10:30 - 11:30
Our series on awe and wonder continues as we wonder about the changing times we live in. What might be shifting, in you, in us, in the world? The reflection will be a recording of a national sermon by Rev. Shawn Gauthier (formally Shawn Newton) called Unitarians Face a New Age.
Come early due to marathon traffic.

Fentanyl Film Screening at Halifax Central Library
2026-05-21 18:30 - 20:30
Halifax Central Library is showing the film We Were Here and providing space to remember those lost to fentanyl. Email Ben if you would like to attend together minister@uuch.ca

Youth Group **new date**
2026-05-22 19:00 - 21:30
This group meets monthly on the 3rd Friday. Email for the location: minister@uuch.ca
We provide a space where youth can build meaningful relationships and grow into themselves in a community that nurtures good values.

Service: Everything is Possible: Science Fiction Meets Reality
2026-05-24 10:30 - 11:30
Poverty gone and all diseases cured…Augmented humans playing fiddle so well you’ll weep..The draw to becoming space pirates, or starminds, or Ewoks, or gaia…Our series on wonder continues as we imagine where the evolution of life might lead.

Discussion: Science Fiction and The Human Experience
2026-05-24 12:00 - 13:30
How does imagining distant galaxies, or a future greatly different from today, influence your experience of living a human life in this world?

Zoom Discussion: Awe & Wonder
2026-05-26 19:00 - 20:30
One of the UU sources of wisdom is “Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.” How does awe and wonder move in you? Click the same Zoom link at uuch.ca that you use for Sunday services.
