Having “The Talk”: Disrupting Racist Speech and Behaviour
Speakers: Rev. Kierstin Homblette Allen, Beverly Horton Having “The Talk,” most often refers to that awkward but necessary parent/child conversation about sex. In this service, Rev. Kierstin Homblette Allen will join Beverly Horton for a talk about responding to (often unwitting but sometimes overt) racist speech and behaviour. Rev. Homblette Allen is the Program Director … Read more
What Does Your Gut Say?
Speaker: Rev. Victoria Ingram Service Leader: Charlie Pond Instinct, a gut feeling, sensing the next step, that woo-woo feeling – there are ways of knowing that don’t involve scientific facts and a spreadsheet of empirical data. Western culture isn’t particularly friendly to those who sense, know, and act from their intuition. But, it’s been a … Read more
Pulling Together
Speaker: Rev. Victoria Ingram Service Leader: Mary Ellen Scanlon What we are able to accomplish together always exceeds what any one of us can do alone. Yet, working together effectively takes trust, which is often hard won and easily shattered. During times of stress and change, the fundamental trust we have in our community can … Read more
The Empty Tomb: What Now?
Speaker: Rev. Victoria Ingram Service Leader: Tim Versteeg Multigenerational Service Sunday Victoria Moment: Pat Webber How do you cope when the unexpected happens? On Easter, we consider the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection in the Christian tradition. All of us have found ourselves in a place where things are not going as planned and we … Read more
Holocaust Remembrance Day – The Ones Who Helped
Speaker: Rev. Victoria Ingram Service Leader: Katie Keenleyside Recently, some of the last Nazis, now extremely elderly, have been tried for war crimes. After 75 years, we still have questions about WWII. What made some oppose the Nazis? What helped others survive? The answers to our questions are relevant as we consider issues of oppression, … Read more