Calendar of events
Here you will find all of our congregation’s Sunday Services, Board and Committee meetings and other events. Use the calendar controls to see events for past or future dates. For a quick look at recent Sunday Services, click here!
“What does it mean to be a vibrational being living in a vibratory universe, with an innate ability to make sound that can be used consciously?
Since time immemorial Indigenous cultures and spiritual communities have regarded singing, chanting, toning, and other ways of using the voice as integral to individual and communal wellbeing. Today there is a resurgence of practice and understanding of what these traditions have long known: that the voice is both a portal to presence, and a powerful vibrational medium that can heal and transform. Come and explore – with body, mind and spirit – what it really means to ‘have a voice.’”
Leah Hokanson is a vocalist, pianist, conductor, music educator and facilitator based on Gabriola Island, BC. Currently she is music director a the First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo, director of Song Keepers women’s choir (Gabriola), and leads workshops on the transformative power of the voice. She has recently produced two albums: Facets (original songs), and Diamond Chants: The Heart (original musical settings of ecstatic poetry).
“Hold fast to dreams”, said the poet. Unitarians dream of building a land where we bind up the broken. Let’s look at the ways we can inspire one another to action on this celebration of Aboriginal Day!
Dana Lynn Seaborn is a Métis elder. This homily is adapted from a sermon by Rod Richards of the San Luis Obispo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
We will also welcome visiting guest Samara Jade to perform a song as Guest Musician.
Don’t miss this high energy music filled service highlighting the amazing music of Pride. Jill Cooper is an acclaimed Victoria Musician. For more information about Jill see her website:
Join us in this lovely Unitarian Universalist ritual to welcome in the summer months.
You are a dedicated Unitarian. But then you decide to also become a Quaker. Why would anyone do that? Don Vipond, an elder at First Unitarian Church of Victoria, had three reasons and he will tell you. And it all turns around a Unitarian principle.
Don Vipond is active in social justice issues at his church, in particular the Lifeline List Project and the annual Healing Our World campaign. Before retirement he was a reporter and an editor at the Times-Colonist.
Trees sustain us both material and spiritually and so it’s no surprise that they feature in religion, folklore and mythology from all around the world. Enjoy a morning of stories that explore our relationship with these noble, life-giving beings.
Faye Mogensen is the author of Ancient Stories for Modern Times and has been telling stories professionally for many years; first as a Park Naturalist, later as the Director of Spiritual Exploration at First Unitarian. She continues to love sharing the wisdom of folktales and mythology, and playing with them to enhance personal, historic, scientific and other tales.
Dawn Fizzard will share her journey in discovering the value and importance of Heart-Centered Learning. “How doodling to jazz taught me that ‘learning by heart’ means so much more than ‘committing to memory’.”
Canadian poet PK Page is well-known for her written work. But she also participated in a Sufi spirituality group in Victoria. What can we learn about this ecstatic form of Islam through the eyes & words of PK Page.
Peter Scales is a community sabbaticant at the UVic Centre for Studies of Religion and Society.
Fires are only one of the mysteries surrounding the Gothic cathedrals of France. This talk will highlight some history and reveal interesting aspects of these marvels of architecture.
Looking at Tolerance from a Unitarian ‘religious’ perspective. Acceptance comes from a much more personal viewpoint and looks at how we and I as Unitarians might not be as accepting as we think we are or ought to be.