A Covenant of Repair
As a Covenantal Community Unitarian Universalists, we make promises to one another about how we will be together, but what happens when we can’t or don’t keep those promises? What are the practices of repair that can help us come back to our covenants. ~ This service will be led by Rev. Danie Webber and … Read more
International Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20th marks the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which was marked by Royal Assent in the Ontario Legislature in 2017, and yet there are still Trans* individuals who experience prejudice, hate and violence on a daily basis. As we explore the Practice of Repair during November, let us come together to witness the harm, … Read more
Housing for Everyone: From Rhetoric to Reality
For our 9th Annual National Housing Day Service, commemorating the 1998 declaration that homelessness had become a national emergency, the members of the Affordable Housing Team—Paula Bourner, Joan MacNeil, Thomas Jones, Bill Johnston and Jennie Koops—will speak. They will look at homelessness and the crisis of precarious and unaffordable housing that causes most homelessness and … Read more
Finding Hope in Presence
December 3rd is the beginning of Advent, a season to practice waiting, and a time for anticipation. As the days dwindle down, shorter and shorter, until daylight is at its least, and as we slip into the coldest of the seasons, there is much that we can learn from the practice of waiting. Let us … Read more
Gifts of Practicing Presence
Eckhart Tolle wrote, “Most humans are never fully present in the now because, unconsciously, they believe that the next moment is more important than this one.” “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have and make the now your primary focus, and your life will be peaceful and full.”Living in the now … Read more