Sermon Text Archives
Search our archives for the full text of past sermons and talks. Choose the year and month below to find sermons from that month.
I Know...or I Believe...Which is It?
Sunday Service - February 7, 10:00amMusic by Resonance
Happy Birthday, Darwin! Is evolution and/or creation a matter of belief or fact? What’s the difference?
Religious Exploration: A world religions and experience of nature day, on Darwin’s birthday
Invisible Influence
Sunday Service - January 24, 10:00amMusic by Joan Reeves, Piano
Discover the often neglected contributions of women to our Canadian Unitarian & Universalist History.
Religious Exploration: A social justice day on women's issues/rights
State of the Fellowship
Sunday Service - January 17, 10:00amMusic by The Occasional Singers; Joan Reeves, Piano
Time once again to take stock. At this annual service, we explore how things are going in our beloved community.
Religious Exploration: A world religions day on Taoism: Lantern Festival!
Living Courageously
Sunday Service - January 10, 10:00amMusic by Kate Jarrett and Rachel Hart; Joan Reeves, Piano
Continuing with our theme of “How Shall We Live” we will explore our ability and nerve to “boldly go” where our conscience leads us.
Religious Exploration: A social justice day, on native issues/rights/spirituality
What Makes Us Happy?
Sunday Service - January 3, 10:00amMusic by Resonance
There seems to be a cultural disconnect between the many suggested paths to happiness and our resulting “happiness quotient”. It is said that money can’t buy love...or happiness...so where do we get it?
Religious Exploration: A world religions day, on the theme of JOY
Living with Amazement
Sunday Service - December 20, 10:00amMusic by The Occasionals
The holiday season is upon us…dowsing us with images and messages meant to amaze, but which can overwhelm and deaden our senses. How can we keep our ability to be amazed intact and alive? How might honouring the Winter Solstice help us?
Religious Exploration: Experience of Nature: Patterns in Nature
Grace…Who Needs It?
Sunday Service - December 6, 10:00amMusic by Resonance
This is our annual “Mittens and Greens” service. This year, we will be collecting for YES, the Youth Emergency Shelter. Items needed are: Grocery cards, long distance phone cards, sport socks, hats, mittens, toques, and scarves. You may also bring items for personal care kits…towels, sheets, shampoo, deodorant, razors, etc. Their client demographic is ages 16-24.
Religious Exploration: Soc. Justice/World Religions; Cookie Sale
Standing on the Side of Love
Sunday Service - November 29, 10:00amMusic by Beau Dixon
The Unitarian Universalist Association has recently begun a powerful social justice campaign of this name, a campaign that calls us to act with love as a corrective to intolerance wherever we see it. We can be a part of this corrective...but how?
Local musician Beau Dixon will share his music with us.
Living with Commitment
Sunday Service - November 22, 10:00amToday we celebrate the 100th birthday of Lotta Hitschmanova and honour her memory by considering our personal commitment to that which is of most importance to us. Are we willing to go out onto any limbs? Or make any sacrifices?
Living Imaginatively
Sunday Service - November 8, 10:00amOn this, the morning of our annual Art Show and Sale, we’ll look at the blurring boundaries between art and religion. How is imagination similar to the religious impulse? What meaning do we find in art?
