Listening to our Community’s Vision
October’s theme is Deep Listening and we will be unpacking what it means to engage in the Practice of Deep Listening throughout our worship services and within our community spaces this month. And as we kick off our Canvass Campaign this Sunday we will ponder the question – How are we listening to the community’s … Read more
Transforming Hope: Optimism in our Troubled World
Jen Reid grew up in this congregation and teaches in the public education system. On this Thanksgiving weekend, Jen will discuss her new role as lead of the Visitor and Congregation Engagement Committee, and how we can listen deeply, welcome radically, and embrace hope in our conflicted world. ~ This service will be led by … Read more
Listening for Change
One of the models that many change makers use to help describe the transitions that a community goes through is the roller coaster of change. A rollercoaster brings so many images to mind. In this multi-generational service, we will play with some of these ideas of change, and reflect on our congregation’s vision as we … Read more
Listening to our Ancestors
This month’s theme of Deep Listening, which coincides with the seasonal celebrations of Samhain, Hallowe’en, the feasts of All Souls and All Saints, along with Dia de los Muertos, brings us to Listening to our Ancestors. Whether our parents, elders, mentors or teachers have passed on, or are still with us, they continue to hold … Read more
CUC Worship Service – The Church of Our Imagination
Eleven years ago, at a CUC National event, a group of Canadian young adults wrote a poem – The Church of Our Imagination – that captured the attention of everyone present. Today we are revisiting it, and them, as we imagine our way(s) forward. What is The Church of Our Imagination? And is this even … Read more