A Morning of Ekphrastic Poetry
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140316-service.mp3 Anne Swannell – Ekphrasis is a rhetorical device which approaches one medium in terms of another, so … in this case, poetry that helps
Category: Past services
Where’s the I in We? (11:30 a.m. service)
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140309-service.mp3 Reverend Shana Lynngood – You have likely heard the adage there’s no “I” in team. In a community such as our church there are
Who Do You Say We Are?
Transcript of Sermon by Rev. Melora Lynngood, First Unitarian Church of Victoria March 2, 2014 Near the end of Jesus’s life, so the story goes, he
Spiritual Humanism
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140223-service.mp3 Reverend Shana Lynngood – A year ago I preached a sermon entitled Spirituality for Atheists. This sermon could be seen as a companion piece
Blunders and Grace
Reverend Melora Lynngood – As Unitarian Universalists, we welcome people of all kinds, for we know that our community is enriched by human difference. However,
Beginnings and Endings
https://victoriaunitarian.ca/wp-content/uploads/20140209-service.mp3 Your congregation’s lay chaplains work with members of the general public to help them mark the major turning points in their lives – their
The Complexities of Family
Reverend Shana Lynngood – We are all born into families not of our choosing. Sometimes family life is delightful and sustaining, and at other times
Your Conflict Style vs. My Conflict Style
Reverend Melora Lynngood – What happens when an Italian and a Brit argue with one another? In this sermon, we will look at the different conflict
Living with Compassion across Diversity, Part II: Your Conflict Style vs. My Conflict Style
Reverend Melora Lynngood – This is part two of a three-part sermon series on ‘Living with Compassion across Diversity.’ What happens when an Italian and a
The Moments That Shape Us
Reverend Shana Lynngood – Throughout the course of our lives we experience some pivotal experiences that have a profound impact on who we are. How do
Living with Compassion across Diversity, Part I: Intercultural Competency
Reverend Melora Lynngood – This is part one of a three-part sermon series on ‘Living with Compassion across Diversity.’ Some older models of multi-cultural and anti-racism
SPARK Circus for Burmese Refugee Children
Karina Strong is a long-time Unitarian and owner of Vesta Entertainment Circus, a fire and stilt performance troupe based in Nanaimo. Karina and her husband
Buddhism
Venerable Eshū Martin – Just after Buddha’s Awakening Day (December 8) and the Winter Solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, Venerable Eshū of the
Traditional Christmas Eve Stories and Song, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 5 p.m.
Reverends Melora and Shana Lynngood – Come, celebrate the holiday season by reflecting on the Christian story of the birth of Jesus and the ways
Owning Our Mistakes
Reverend Shana Lynngood – Continuing our theme of Living with Compassion, explores how acknowledging our mistakes is an important part of expressing care and compassion. This
Sunday Services
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