Descriptions of Sunday Services
GREEN BURIAL: THRIFTY GREEN ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL BURIAL
Allan Grose
Service Leader: Margaret Insley
Music: Boyd McDonald
Cremation, Resomation, Promession, Solar Cremation, Natural Burial - would one of these be right for you?
A TRIBUTE TO MARGUERITE PORETE: MYSTIC, HERETIC AND POSSIBLY PROPHET
Bob Chodos
Service Leader: Margaret Insley
Music: Rhoda Riemer
Marguerite Porete, author of the spiritual classic The Mirror of Simple Souls, was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic in Paris on June 1, 1310. In this talk, Bob Chodos (of Temple Shalom and Interfaith Grand River) explores who Marguerite was and why she still matters 700 years after her death.
TRINITIES, COSMOLOGIES AND ENLIGHTENMENT
Steve Higgins
Service Leader: Margaret Insley
Music: Rosemarie Harris.
Do things come in threes? So superstition would have it, and various religions, too! From the study of time to our investigations of the consciousness, there seems to be an instinct for a tripartite division of things. Basing his talk on ancient Chinese and Mahayana Buddhist cosmologies, Steve Higgins, of Cold Mountain Internal Arts and Interfaith Grand River, will discuss the concept of Trinity in locating ourselves spiritually.
STAR-SPANGLED BORDER TANGLES
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
Music: Sydney Street Trio and special guests
Unitarian Universalism is billed as “one faith, many beliefs.” But how we express that faith in the culture of “this fair country” necessarily differs compared to that of our southern neighbours. In a travelogue of confessions, I’ll reflect on my spring travels to two Unitarian conferences – one here in Canada, and one in the United States.