Our Mission
“To nurture each other, serve the community and inspire action that heals the world.”
Worship Services, 10:30am
Join us in our beautiful sanctuary this autumn, Sunday mornings at 10:30am. All are welcome. Our theme for November is Healing.
Annual National Housing Day Service: Beyond the Barriers, Making Room for Everyone
Jeff Wingard will talk about a few of the barriers or challenges with housing (both development and maintaining the rental options), with some stories, and will conclude with some reasons for optimism on this front. Speaker bio: Jeff Wingard, who has spent much of his career focused on housing issues. Jeff was with the Hamilton Social Planning Council for a decade; project manager for the Vital Signs project with the Hamilton Community Foundation for 15 years; a senior manager with the Greater Hamilton Health Network; and was contracted with the city of Hamilton for two years to help the city develop a strategy to get more affordable and supportive housing built. He has been a consultant since 2010, working on various projects with, among others, McMaster University, the Housing Help Centre, and the Hamilton Executive Directors Aboriginal Coalition, now known as the Coalition of Hamilton Indigenous Leadership.
Guest Speaker, Jeff Wingard
Service Leaders, Bill Johnston, Joan McNeil and the Affordable Housing Team
Music Minister, Norm Ayerst
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Canvass 2027 Information Package
Please click below to access the contents of this year’s Canvass materials.
A joint appeal letter from Canvass Co-chairs, Mary Ellen Scanlon and Brad Berquist & Board President, Stephanie Ounpuu
Congregation Conversation Presentation
Please click below to access a PDF of the presentation that was giving at the October 4th Congregation Conversation.
Upcoming Events
November Potlucks + Activities, 6pm
Join us in November for our Third Space Cafe evenings! Each week has a theme, and each week is a potluck. Bring a dish, bring a friend, meet some folks from the community, and enjoy your evening!
Friday November 6th – Mending Circle/Art Night, bring some item that needs hemming and get expert help with our Menders, or come with your items and mend with others! Bring something creative you’re working on – a painting, a drawing, stained glass, knitting or other textile art. Some art supplies will be supplied, but you’re welcome to bring your own!
Friday November 20th – Sacred Supper, Bring a potluck item for dinner, and join in a sacred conversation with the group, led by Rev. Danie.
Friday November 27th – Games Night, Our long-standing games night on the last Friday of the month continues! Bring a dish to share at dinner and your favourite game to play with others if you’d like, or come ready to crush your competition with one of our games! All in good fun, and with a delicious potluck dinner to start the evening off.
Note: There is no Third Space Cafe on November 13th.
Land Acknowledgement
The City of Hamilton is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
As settlers we continue to benefit from the land and its gifts. As settlers, we must ask ourselves how or if we have shared and cared for the earth and its gifts. Facing the truth is hard. Truth must come before reconciliation.
Our beliefs are diverse and inclusive. We have no shared creed. Our shared covenant (our Eight Principles) supports “the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”
We seek an outcome of respectful, responsible, life-loving kids who are both curious and questioning and know they are valued for all of who they are and are ready to show others the same deep acceptance.
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