The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Jennifer WallaceCongratulations, Jean Jacobs! Congregant Jean Jacobs will be receiving a Hamilton Environmentalist of the Year Award of Merit on Friday, March 27th. The Award of Merit recognizes individuals, groups, students and businesses in Hamilton that have shown excellence in environmental efforts. Jean truly deserves this recognition for her work on the Climate Action Team, in … Read more
Bill McKibben is one of the world’s leading climate writers and organizers. He argues that the clean energy transition is happening faster than most of us realize. On April 8, Join Bill McKibben and Seniors for Climate to examine the growing clean energy transition – part of Seniors for Climate’s unifying theme for 2026: Break Through the Climate Silence. Here comes … Read more
Maclean’s magazine has a really interesting article this week on what it’s like to be a renter today—and about a third of Canadian households (34.3 per cent in Hamilton) rent their homes. From cockroaches to high rents and a constant search for a stable affordable apartment, with all the stress involved, today’s renters are forced … Read more
Denise Browne almost faced eviction after police removed her husband for domestic violence from the unit they had rented and lived in for 13 years. When he was removed by police, he gave the landlord notice to end his responsibility for rent payments but didn’t intend to force his wife to leave. Unfortunately, only his … Read more
In 2024 First Unitarian Church of Hamilton applied to the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) Green Sanctuary 2030 program and joined a network of UU congregations across North America. The goal of the program is to actively support each other in our climate ministries through collective learning about climate action and sharing our lessons learned. Recently … Read more