Past services

Shelley Motz with Worship Associate Morgan Reid – As Unitarian Universalists, we talk a lot about our commitment to building bridges. (Hey, it is even the title of one of the songs in our hymnal.)

But how do we do it? Who are our role models, and what can they teach us? Join Shelley Motz for an exploration of real and metaphorical bridges.

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Mitra Agni Atma with Worship Associate Madelaine Clarke – Einstein stated, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

Most people walk the line between the two – almost nothing is a miracle, yet the possibility of “some grand sign from beyond” is held in hope in the recesses of mind.

What is your perception? Are you all or nothing, or do you walk the middle road? Mitra invites you to explore practices to demystify miracles and facilitate a perspective-shift from nothing, or maybe rare events, to everything as miracle. This transformation leads to spontaneous joy as we re-cognize the extraordinary in the ordinariness of everyday life.

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Dar Levy with Worship Associate Samantha Magnus – Each of us have at our core the belief that we are just as worthy as the next person, and yet we are continually being judged by a set of criteria that seems more interested in maintaining a system of privilege than opening doors to diversity.

We are all doing the best we can in a world that seems bent on pitting us against each other, and dividing us with resentments and misunderstandings. Can we do better?

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Reverend Helen McFadyen with Worship Associate Lynne Bonner –  In Christian theology, “Grace” is understood as receiving God’s unexpected, unmerited blessings or divine favour, even when one has behaved badly. For Buddhists, “Karma” has to do with cause and effect; for every action, there will always be a reaction. 

If Grace is about getting what you don’t deserve and Karma brings us exactly what we do deserve because of an immutable law of the universe, is there a spiritual law or truth that Unitarian Universalists can glean betwixt these?

Rev. McFadyen hails from Montreal, has lived in cities and towns all across Canada and is delighted to now call Victoria home. She is a new member of FUCV, and volunteers from off-site with our Transportation Task Force.

She owns and operates a consultant business focused on accessibility and inclusion. She works for the Unitarian Universalist Association as Administrative Director of AIM — the Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry certification program for UU congregations.

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Reverend Shana Lynngood with Worship Associate Shelley Motz — 

Our world and our lives are full of beauty. 

The natural world, the world of art and music, and the ways we find and see beauty in human connection all contribute to the sense that as simple as the word is, its meaning is rich and dense.

What forms of beauty speak most to you? Where do you seek it?

How do you recapture a sense of beauty when you have lost it?

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Reverend Shana Lynngood and Arran Liddel with Worship Associate Douglas McGinnis

How might we see the beauty even amidst the challenge in the shifts and changes that we undergo in life? How can ritual help?   

In this, our annual transitions service, we mark and honour the many changes in our lives since last June. 

We also honour the people who have been members of this community for 25 and 50 years and celebrate the middle-school youth who are graduating from the Our Whole Lives (OWL) program.

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