Who We are Beyond the Veil
Sunday, January 26, 2020
- Rev. Diane Rollert and guests from the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, with music by Sandra Hunt and Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert
Muslim Awareness Week officially begins on January 25, as a way to commemorate those who were massacred at the Quebec City mosque on January 29, 2017. We are proud to have been invited by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) to be part of this year’s programming. On this Sunday, Samaa Elibyari and other members of CCMW join Rev. Diane for a conversation about Muslim women, the veil, and the ways in which we can heal the divide that has grown between Muslim communities and Quebec society.
The Seeds of Self-Blessing
Sunday, January 19th, 2020
- Rev. Diane Rollert, with music by Sandra Hunt
Throughout our lives, there are times when we need to heal our bodies, our souls or our relationships. On this Sunday, we’ll explore what it means to find the seeds of self-blessing that can lead us to heal our deepest wounds.
Where Does the Healing Begin?
Sunday, January 12, 2020
- Rev. Diane Rollert with Carole McGregor, with music by Eleuthera Diconcoa-Lippert and Lillias Lippert
Where does the healing begin when we work toward truth, healing and reconciliation with the Indigenous people of Quebec? On this Sunday, special guest Carole McGregor, female chief of the Bear Clan in Kahnawake, and Rev. Diane share in a conversation about truth, healing and reconciliation.
Purified by the Fire: Fire Communion
January 5, 2020
- Rev. Diane Rollert with music by Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert and Louise Halperin
On this first Sunday of the New Year we’ll gather to contemplate the healing process of letting go of last year’s worries as we share in our annual fire communion. Adults and children of all ages are invited to join us for a magical morning.
An Inuit Vision of Child Care
December 29th, 2019
- Carol Rowan with music by Sandra Hunt and Gary Russell
Carol Rowan came to work in Inuit Child Care while living in Inuit Nunangat because she wanted her children to have access to licensed childcare services informed by Inuit ways of knowing and being. She will share the vision and some of the work in making it happen. Carol Rowan’s Ph.D. thesis proposed thinking with land, water, and ice as pedagogical ideas for Inuit early childhood education.
As a published expert she has spoken around the world on this theme. Since 1982, when she first traveled to Inukjuak on the eastern shore of Hudson’s Bay, Carol has been a researcher and teacher in Inuit Nunangat and currently leads a course in Music and Movement at Nunavut Arctic College, in Iqaluit, Nunavut. She and her husband filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk have three children.
Visions of Sugar Plums, the Sun and Latkes
Sunday, December 22nd, 2019
- Rev. Diane Rollert, Katharine Childs and others, with music by Sandra Hunt, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert and Louise Halperin
Something for everyone! A multi-generational, multi-holiday service that includes our annual enactment of the 12 Days of Christmas along with Hanukkah songs and Winter Solstice stories.
Wake Now My Vision
December 15, 2019
- Rev. Diane Rollert and Daniel Leising, with music by Sandra Hunt and Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert
It takes courage to visualize a new future, as an individual and as a community. Pursuing that vision may require even more courage, as well as determination and perseverance - without those things, we may never see our vision come to fruition. But if we don't dare to dream - what else will give our lives direction? Rev. Diane will be joined by Daniel Leising, a member of a Unitarian congregation in Germany, who is here on sabbatical for the year. Daniel will share a story about a vision that actually became a reality.
Love Beyond Vision
December 8, 2019
- Rev. Diane Rollert, with John Heath and Trudy Blumstein and music by the Yellow Door Choir, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert and Louise Halperin
When Trudy met her future husband John, she had a lot of assumptions about what it meant to be blind. John blew her away then and continues to amaze her in his approach to life. This Sunday, John and Trudy join Rev. Diane to talk about living with and without sight.
Waiting and Possibility: An Advent Service for UUs of All Ages
December 1, 2019
- Katharine Childs and the RE Team, with music by Sandra Hunt and Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert
On this first Sunday of Advent, join us for a multi-generational exploration of this Advent season of Faith, Hope, Love and Peace. During this time of waiting, reflection, and honouring the time of gathering night, what visions of possibility might emerge? As winter wraps its cloak around us, what mysteries might be revealed?
The Memories We Carry: New Member Sunday
November 24, 2019
- Rev. Diane Rollert and Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, with music by Sandra Hunt, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert and the UCM Phoenix Community Choir
What are the memories we carry with us from our homelands and our ancestors? How do those memories sustain those who come seeking refuge in new lands? Eleuthera and Rev. Diane will reflect on the power of memory to keep us strong through the most challenging times. We will also welcome new members this Sunday.
The Gift and Loss of Memory
November 17, 2019
- Rev. Diane Rollert, music by Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert and Lillias Lippert
Memory is the heart and soul of who we are, whether through the mental images and words we carry with us in our minds or through the physical memories that live in our bodies. Even if our short or long term memory is lost, there is still much that remains.
Hope and Responsibility, Remembering the Legacy of Hiroshima
November 10, 2019
- Rev. Diane Rollert, Susan Fitch, Jim Connelly and Nancy Lorimer, with music by Sandra Hunt and trombonist Nicolas Blanchett
On this Remembrance Day Sunday, we pay homage to the veterans and all those whose lives have been touched by the devastations of war, as we reflect on the legacy of Hiroshima. We look for inspiration from the young, resilient gingko tree now growing in our front garden that came to us as a seedling from a tree that survived Hiroshima.