Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation

What lessons do we continue to take from The Galilean Carpenter in his life, death and after death? How did his call for a reinvigorated Judaism get turned into a different religion? Is Unitarianism a safe home for Christians?

In the bottom of Pandora’s box was hope. It was what saved her and Prometheus from all the challenges life throws at us. Hope allows us to dream, to plan and to imagine a future we might never be part of.

This pre-recorded sermon is part of the Meaning Making series.

Bio: Rev. Wayne (Wayne) is recently retired from the Neighbourhood congregation in Toronto. He helped start that congregation, and initiated many interesting programs. Rev. Wayne cleared the land to build a family home, and now lives there 4 months of the year with his wife Joan. They have 3 grown children and no pets.

“The family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people.”
― Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

This Mother’s Day, Reilly will invite us to continue reflecting on interdependence through the lens of the relationship between mothers and children. What do we learn from this most primal relationship about what it really means to be human? What wisdom can we glean about the complex relationship between individuality and interdependence from observing mothers and their children? And how do we apply these lessons within our UU communities, so our communities can be sources of spiritual fortitude and resilience in these turbulent times? Please feel invited to share a story about your own mother figures (biological or otherwise) during Joys and
Concerns or the forum at this special service.

What if sustainability isn’t just about how long we last — but about how deeply we belong to each other and to the future?

This service revisits Rev. Ray Drennan’s 2004 Confluence Lecture “An Idea of a Possibility” with insights from the UU Expressions research and other current UU practices.

Forum; Investiture of the 2025 Board

Eric Pittman has followed over 100 hummingbird nests from beginning to end. He has named his backyard and close by area as “Hummingbird Hill” where he has taken many videos and posted them to his site “Hummingbirds Up Close”. CBC Gem has done an award winning Documentary on him, “The Bird in My Backyard” and he will be presenting this topic in the June Ted Talks in Victoria.

Kate and Agnes have been friends for almost 40 years. Their lives span two generations and two countries of birth. Find out what cements such an enduring friendship between these two artists who grew up in such different ages; one in the Second World War Germany, the other in peace time Canada.

As Canadian Unitarian Universalists, one of our aspirations is to ‘strive to work joyfully for a just and compassionate society, experimenting with new forms of community.’ In this service we will explore what our active engagement with joy can teach us and how we can cultivate joy that will guide and fuel us in creating the communities and world we seek.

This pre-recorded sermon is part of the Meaning Making series.

Rev. Arran Morton (he/they) currently lives in Saint John, New Brunswick, though he is from Scotland and moved from the West Coast (Victoria, BC) to the East Coast this summer via a cross-country road trip with his family. His work has focused on love-based community building as well as training and facilitation on issues related to healthy relationships, sexuality, conflict resolution and restorative justice/practices.

Before moving to Saint John, Arran was the Minister at Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship for two years and before that the Director of Spiritual Exploration at First Unitarian Church of Victoria. He is currently a Spiritual Director and part-time Executive Director of a small non-profit that supports trans and non-binary youth and their families.