Sunday March 25, 2012

SHOW
Tricia Sieman
Service Leader: Carol Burrows.
Music: Boyd MacDonald.
   
In June 2010, 30 tenants moved into a 5-story apartment building in Waterloo. This streets-to-home initiative was the result of six years of planning by a compassionate community concerned at the number of people using the "Out of the Cold" program in Kitchener and Waterloo.  Today, 30 people have permanent homes and live with dignity in a caring community.  Come hear how a small group of people made a huge difference and how we can help.

Sunday March 18, 2012

50 YEARS OF UU-UNO
Tui Torrie
Service Leader: Janis Collins.
Music: Sydney Street Trio.
   
April 2012 marks our 50th anniversary of the UU United Nations Office as our voice in the United Nations.  As an NGO, what have we accomplished, what are current issues, and where do we go from here? Do we bring our principles into actionable influence on the world stage ... or is our involvement merely another ‘feel-good’ exercise in political correctness? 

Sunday March 11, 2012

THE POWER OF SONG
Rev. Wendy Luella Perkins & Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
   
“Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.”—Pete Seeger.  

The Rev. Wendy Luella Perkins was first introduced to Unitarian Universalism in 1989 when she was a graduate student at University of Waterloo.  She is very grateful for those early and formative years with our congregation (back when it was at the corner of Moore and Allen).  In 1999 she was ordained into UU ministry.  She lives in Kingston Ontario and her ministry is based in the community focusing on music, community engagement and food and farm advocacy.
Find out more at www.wendyluellaperkins.com. 

Sunday March 4, 2012

RIGHTING THE WRECKAGE
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela
Music: Stephen Preece.
   
Poet Adrienne Rich writes, “I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes./ The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail.”  In the face of devastation, Unitarian Universalism calls for a hopeful response from a creative community.  From the depths of life’s challenges, redemption beckons.