Summer 2026 Schedule for Sunday Services
Regular Sunday worship services are taking a five-week break, covering all four Sundays in July (July 5, 12, 19 & 26) and Sunday, August 2nd. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Sunday, August 9th.
Join Us Live Online (Returning August 9)
Sunday mornings 10:30am
in-person or Facebook Live
Zoom Meeting ID: 159 673 316, Passcode: 378989
Worship videos included for past services below
Gatherings Under the Willows
While there are no services in July or on August 2nd, there will be informal gatherings outside “under the willows” at 10:30 am on Sunday mornings during this hiatus. This will be unstructured time to connect and check in with each other.
You are encouraged to bring camp chairs or a blanket and your own water bottle or beverage. Anyone who wishes to bring a song for a singalong is most welcome, as there will be no organized music — let’s be spontaneous!
(Contact Shirley Travis or Lynne Bonner if you have any questions.)
Upcoming Services
Unitarians Face A New Age
Sunday, August 9, 10:30 am Unitarians Face A New Age Homilist: Rev. Shawn Gauthier (Video) Worship Associate: Lynne Bonner In the 1930s, our spiritual
Summer Musings
Sunday, August 16, 10:30 am Summer Musings Homilist: Rev. Shana Worship Associate: John Hopewell Summer is often a time of slower pace and long
Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, August 23, 10:30 am Blessing of the Animals Homilist: Rev. Melora Worship Associate: Ian Warrender Come one, come all! Come bipeds, come quadrupeds!
Intergenerational Dance Party
Sunday, August 30, 10:30 am Intergenerational Dance Party Homilist: Rev. Shana Worship Associate: Dan Klimke It’s become an August tradition to have a service
Past Services
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
December 20 Solstice Service
Friday at 7:00pm – Youth Group – On this darkest night of the year, come to celebrate the return of the light led by our
Children’s Annual Mid-Winter Pageant
The children, youth and choirs star in a Medieval Christmas tale from the Arthurian cycle. Sir Cleges and diverse other characters learn about greed, humility,
Recovering Intellectual
Dr. Doug Seeley – “This is my personal experience around the usefulness of rationality, logic and intellectualizing, and how they can distance us from the essential
Expecting Too Much
Reverend Melora Lynngood – “I can’t believe she didn’t call me!” “I can’t believe he’s mad that I didn’t call him!” What happens when people