The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
With Board approval, the Affordable Housing Team submitted a brief to the federal consultation on the 2024 budget last week. You can read the full letter here. The brief included some of the issues from the letters many in this congregation signed after our National Housing Day service in November. We urged Ottawa to act with … Read more
Book Club Schedule: March-June, 2024 The Book Club is held on ZOOM, 7-8:30 pm on the first Monday of the month (except Tues., April 2nd). The schedule is as follows (also attached). To get notice and zoom links for these book club discussions, it is necessary to register at concernedlaycatholics@gmail.com Mon., March 4th, Alanis Oboamsawin, Indigenous … Read more
Join Jeff Nevens of Indwell, Tom Cooper of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction and Michelle Baird, Director of Housing for the City, for a discussion of what’s happening in Hamilton around housing and homelessness and what solutions are available that won’t take five years. February 21 at 7 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral on … Read more
Jennifer Reid writes: As you know, over the past eight months my family and I have been participating in a contest through Canadian Geographic called Live Net Zero. During the contest we have been working to reduce our emissions through a series of six challenges. At the end of each challenge as a creative way … Read more
It’s a great opportunity to learn about the climate actions of our local churches and to hear an excellent speaker on growing our urban forest. Hosted by Eco-Locke Churches. (Click on image to view larger) Canopy for Community: Growing Hamilton’s Urban Forest, One Tree at a Time. Guest Speaker: Annabella Aoshanna, Urban Forest Program Coordinator, … Read more