Descriptions of Sunday Services
REQUIEM: KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
Unitarians carry no ‘life insurance policy’ guaranteeing an afterlife. So how do we face our
finite lives in light of an infinite future? What lies beyond?
Children's Halloween party after the service. Bring costumes.
VIOLENCE AND COMPASSION
Steve Higgins
His Holiness the Dalai Lama once remarked, 'It may surprise you, but I am not necessarily against the spectacle of violence. It all depends upon what lessons one draws from it!'
Violence is a difficult subject for most religions. Within Buddhist culture, for example, room must be made not only for pacifist Theravadin monks, but also for Zen-inspired samurai and for Tibetan bandits-turned-guard-monks equipped with great big nasty swords! Focusing primarily on the Buddhist tradition, Steve Higgins, sifu at Cold Mountain Internal Arts, will explore some of the difficulties, tensions and rationales surrounding the treatment of violence within the contexts of spirituality and religion.
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
Rev. Jess and Jane Bell
In turbulent times, where might we turn? Come celebrate the potential of commitment, and covenant as we consider the ways we count on our Unitarian Universalist community.
THE BREADTH OF BREAD
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
The act of breaking bread together is a time-honoured communal act. Today we celebrate
Thanksgiving with our traditional annual Food Drive.
Please bring a donation for the annual Food Drive.
WHOSE ARE WE?
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
My mentor in ministry used to pose three questions of discernment regarding our Unitarian Universalist theologies: “What do we believe? Whom do we serve? To whom or to what are we responsible?” How would you answer?