Sunday March 30, 2008

HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER WELL?
Rev. Wayne Walder

Today eight ministers and eight congregations in Southern Ontario will exchange pulpits for
the day. We will share the same topic and readings while enjoying the diversity of style
each congregation has come to expect and each minister brings. We will speak about how
we struggle to work together cooperatively as a faith community of more than 50
congregations. This is Sharing Our Faith Sunday. Rev. Wayne Walder is Minister of
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Toronto. (Rev. Felicia Urbanski
will be at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto.)
Music: Tracey Clarke Rankine and Eric Schildroth.

Sunday March 23, 2008

CHRISTIAN VOICES IN UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM
Rev. Felicia Urbanski

On this Easter Sunday, we will be hearing some personal stories of Unitarian Universalists
who, for a wide variety of reasons, find relevance for their lives in the message of liberal
Christianity. Since many of you have been asking about my own personal story and why I
embrace this theological perspective, I will be sharing some of that with you today as well.
Music: Stephen Preece.

Easter egg hunt takes place after the service during coffee hour.

Sunday March 16, 2008

CAN HUMANISM BE RELIGIOUS?
Rev. Felicia Urbanski

According to Peter Samson, Humanism can indeed be religious. The most meaningful and
liveable kind of humanism is itself a religious way of understanding and living life. It offers
a view of people and their place in the universe that is a religious philosophy. Overarching
and undergirding it all, there can be a haunting sense of wonder. Life itself is a mystery and
miracle. To be caught up in this sense of wider relatedness, to sense our being connected
with all the world and everyone in it, is the heart dimension of religion, whatever its name.
Music: Boyd McDonald.

Sunday March 9, 2008

SWEDENBORGIANISM
Rev. John Maine with Rev. Felicia Urbanski

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a brilliant scientist, engineer and inventor who also
became a great Christian mystic and theologian. Here in Kitchener, there has been a
Swedenborgian congregation since 1833. Today we will have the opportunity to hear their
minister, Rev. John Maine, speak to us about their faith as “New Christians”. The revelation
received by Swedenborg emphasizes the universality of the coming new spiritual age and
new consciousness and also how we as human beings have the freedom and responsibility to
create our own spiritual destinies. Music: Rosemarie Harris.

Sunday March 2, 2008

SPIRITUAL BEING IN MUSIC
Carolyn Arnason

Music has the power to reach hidden depths of the human spirit. Perhaps there is a piece of
music that you love because of its personal meaning or the imagery it conjures. What role
does music play in our spiritual practices? How can music deepen us spiritually? I will share
some thoughts about music and spirituality in my life as an improvising musician and a
music therapist. Today will be a time to contemplate our relationship with music and
spirituality, and to listen. Service Leader: Fiona Heath. Music: Boyd McDonald.