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!
Digging Deeper into practicing Radical Hospitality
Bio: The Rev. Samaya Oakley (she/her) currently serves as the Minister for the Calgary Unitarians. She discovered Unitarian Universalism through the North Shore Unitarian Church, and quickly became active continentally though the Youth Office of the UUA. She holds at the heart of her ministry the importance of relationships and compassion. Rev. Samaya is a strong believer in social justice and believes that our theology calls us to be active agents for love and justice in the world. She holds at the heart of her ministry the importance of relationships and compassion. She is a strong believer in social justice and believes that our theology calls us to be active agents for love and justice in the world.
Rev. Samaya served as Co-Chair of the Canadian Unitarian Council’s (CUC) Truth, Healing and Reconciliation Reflection Guides – five age-appropriate reflection guides for use in Canadian UU congregations. Most recently she helped to coordinate the CUC’s Widening the Circle program that invites leaders and aspiring change-makers to engage with the work of finding new ways of being together that challenge our current ways of thinking.
This is one in the year long series “Roots of Resilience” presented by 8 different Canadian Unitarian Ministers.
This is one in the year long series “Roots of Resilience” presented by 8 different Canadian Unitarian Ministers. More details soon!
Meharoona will share her quest for hope, faith, and the Divine while living with a chronic illness and becoming disabled. Meharoona is a Muslim woman born and raised in a small Canadian town, currently living in Victoria. She is an accomplished writer, educator, and motivational public speaker with over 25 years of experience in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Her work appears in several prose and poetry collections. She also writes
for the Times Colonists’ Spiritually Speaking column. Learn more about her at:
https://www.mghaniconsulting.ca
A camping trip to the northwest coast of Vancouver Island at the end of October taught invaluable lessons about who I am as a person and a photographer. Going back to nature deepened my connection to the wilderness. This morning I’ll tell you a bit about my adventure and the wildlife I observed.
How are we working for a just and compassionate society?
This is one in the year long series “Roots of Resilience” presented by 8 different Canadian Unitarian Ministers. More details soon!