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!
In Buddhism, one begins with the human predicament in order to grow into a more satisfying life.
“When one studies Buddhism, one studies the self; when one studies the self, one forgets the self; when one forgets the self, one is enlightened by all things.” Great Master Dogen (1200 – 1253 AD)
Rev. Master Meiten McGuire was originally a clinical psychologist and educator in both the US and Canada. She has been a Buddhist monastic in her Soto Zen order for 33 years and teaching on Vancouver Island for the past 10. She is a member of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, and a Resident Teacher of the Vancouver Island Zen Sangha.
Coodinator: Amanda S Tarling
Dr Rippin is a Professor of Islamic History at the University of Victoria, he is a specialist in the Qur’an and the history of its interpretation. Dr Rippin authored the textbook “Muslims: their religious beliefs and practices”.
As part of SPARK! Circus, Karina Strong, founder of VestaFire Entertainment, travelled to Thailand in 2012 with her family (Kevin, Jenna (8) and Caden (3)) to bring a circus experience to Burmese refugee children. Using multi-media, Karina and Kevin will share the stories of this mission to bring a little joy and playfulness to underprivileged children they met and the impact it had on her own family. Karina is a member of First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo.
We make community on Sunday mornings. Unitarians also make community at dinners, regional gatherings, summer camp, and the national gathering each May. Come and learn more!
Dr Norbert Čapek founded the Unitarian church in Czechoslovakia and created the flower celebration service in 1923. Dr Čapek was born in 1870 and was murdered in 1942. The impetus for writing the flower communion came from his feeling that his church needed a symbolic ritual that would bind his congregants more closely together. Come and join us in this beautiful service.
Let’s discuss what we think about global warming, Enbridge
pipelines, Immigration and Refugee Protection, and electronic democracy,
in advance of the Unitarian gathering where the national position will be
decided. Allison Benner is a past-chair of Capital and Peter Scales
is the current chair of the board.
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