Previous Services 2020
December 27 Penny Blake: An Ode to the Earth.
Link to TED talk by Oliver Jeffers:
https://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_jeffers_an_ode_to_living_on_earth?language=en
Information on Renewable energy: ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy
Reasons to be Cheerful Blog: reasonstobecheerful.world/
N-Sci Report on Renewable Energy Trends to Watch: nsci.ca/2020/01/23/renewable-energy-trends-to-watch-in-2020/
December 20 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Light and Love.
December 13 Online service: Karen Stovell: The Significance of Advent and its Theme of Joy
` Links to videos shown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xo64Q2ucQ8 Pentatonix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLT9dSt8cwg Mormon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyVEKsNFDjw Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kt0GCeawdI xylophone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFXfAGl17M grieving at Christmas
December 6 Online service:Anne Bokma: Why Your Story Matters
(November 29 Online service:Penny Blake: Hope: Small is Beautiful . (Service Outline) (Story by Singer) (Song: Come with Me)
November 22 Online service: Roy Blake: Don't Panic
November 15 Online service: Mary-lyn Hopper: Light: The UU Tradition and Beyond
November 8 Online service: Guy Royal: How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (Link to TED Talk by Matt Walker)
November 1 Online service: LesLee Turmel: The Orange Shirt Movement; A Child’s , Parent’s and Subsequent Generations’ Perspective on Residential Schools
October 25 Online service: Jim Glassford: Do What You Can
October 18 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Our Moral Imperative
October 11 Online service: Rev. David Galston: Creation and Evolution
October 4 Online service: Karen Stovell: Seasons of the Year and our Lives
September 27 Online service: Paul Pipher: Oh Lord, It's Hard to be Humble
September 20 Online service: Maurice Turmel: Grief and Loss. (Recording of Service)
September 13 Online service: Matt Virro: Water Communion: Online service followed by outdoor live event
September 6 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Homelessness, Living Without Walls
August 30 Online service: Beryl Stovell: Working with Sex Offenders
August 23 Online service: Jim Glassford: Love: Our Greatest Gift
August 16 Online service: Karen Stovell: How Pearl S. Buck Awakened the UU in Me
August 9 Online service: Elaine Edmiston: The Power of Quotations (Recording of Service)
August 2 Online service: Eva Schwartzentruber: The Spirituality of Nature (Recording of Service)
July 26 Online service: Shelly Wagers: Domestic Violence: An Epidemic within a Pandemic (Recording of Service)
July 19 Online service: Jim Glassford: Spirit of Life: A Renewal of Faith (Recording of Service)
July 12 Online service: Talia Storm: The Queenston Neighbourhood and its Challenges
July 5 Online service: Karen Stovell: More on Bullying.
June 28 Online service: Paul Pipher: I. B. Singer and Baruch Spinoza: Spinners of Tales
June 21 Online service: Erdwin Hueniken: My Struggle with Shyness
June 14 Online service: Roy Blake: a Meditation on Distancing (transcript of talk)
June 7 Online service: Penny Blake and Matt Virro: Photography: Reflections on Life and the Spirit
May 31 Online service: Karen Stovell: The Bullies and the Bullied
May 24 Online service: Samina Ali: What Does the Quran Say About the Hijab (Video Presentation)
May 17 Online service: Rev. Beth Dana: Unitarian Universalists and the Afterlife (video presentation)
May 10 Online service: Anthony McCarten: On Laughter (video presentation)
May 3 Online service: Matt Virro: Music and Heart.
April 26 Online service: Guy Royal: Freedom
April 19 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Self-Care - A Vehicle to Living UU Principles.
April 12 Online Service: Rev. Phillip Baber: Easter - A Story of Hope (Link to video presentation)
April 5 Online Service: Penny Blake: Learning and Growing as a Unitarian Value
March 29 Moved Online: Rev. Aaron White: The Basics of Unitarian Universalism (video presentation).
March 22 General online discussion.
March 15 Cancelled due to Covid-19
March 8 Rev. Tandi Rogers: An Evangelical Christian and a UU on a Plane (service handout) (link to video presentation)
March 1 Mark Richardson: Eco-Burial (service handout)
February 23 Annual General Meeting
February 16 Alexander McDonald: How Sci-Fi Inspired Us to Go to the Moon (service handout) (link to video
presentation)
February 9 Julianne Momirov: Louisa May Alcott: Victim of Unitarianism? (Service Handout)
February 2 Jane Hanlon: The Future of Food (Service Handout)
January 26 Doreen Peever: The Times of Our Lives - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Service Handout)
January 19 David McLain: Leading Your Life with Intention and Purpose (Service Handout) (Link to video presentation)
January 12 Peter Mernagh: Wells of Hope in Guatemala (Service Handout)
January 5 Anne Bokma: My Year of Living Spiritually: From Woo-Woo to Wonderful (Service Handout)
Link to TED talk by Oliver Jeffers:
https://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_jeffers_an_ode_to_living_on_earth?language=en
Information on Renewable energy: ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy
Reasons to be Cheerful Blog: reasonstobecheerful.world/
N-Sci Report on Renewable Energy Trends to Watch: nsci.ca/2020/01/23/renewable-energy-trends-to-watch-in-2020/
December 20 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Light and Love.
December 13 Online service: Karen Stovell: The Significance of Advent and its Theme of Joy
` Links to videos shown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xo64Q2ucQ8 Pentatonix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLT9dSt8cwg Mormon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyVEKsNFDjw Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kt0GCeawdI xylophone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFXfAGl17M grieving at Christmas
December 6 Online service:Anne Bokma: Why Your Story Matters
(November 29 Online service:Penny Blake: Hope: Small is Beautiful . (Service Outline) (Story by Singer) (Song: Come with Me)
November 22 Online service: Roy Blake: Don't Panic
November 15 Online service: Mary-lyn Hopper: Light: The UU Tradition and Beyond
November 8 Online service: Guy Royal: How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (Link to TED Talk by Matt Walker)
November 1 Online service: LesLee Turmel: The Orange Shirt Movement; A Child’s , Parent’s and Subsequent Generations’ Perspective on Residential Schools
October 25 Online service: Jim Glassford: Do What You Can
October 18 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Our Moral Imperative
October 11 Online service: Rev. David Galston: Creation and Evolution
October 4 Online service: Karen Stovell: Seasons of the Year and our Lives
September 27 Online service: Paul Pipher: Oh Lord, It's Hard to be Humble
September 20 Online service: Maurice Turmel: Grief and Loss. (Recording of Service)
September 13 Online service: Matt Virro: Water Communion: Online service followed by outdoor live event
September 6 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Homelessness, Living Without Walls
August 30 Online service: Beryl Stovell: Working with Sex Offenders
August 23 Online service: Jim Glassford: Love: Our Greatest Gift
August 16 Online service: Karen Stovell: How Pearl S. Buck Awakened the UU in Me
August 9 Online service: Elaine Edmiston: The Power of Quotations (Recording of Service)
August 2 Online service: Eva Schwartzentruber: The Spirituality of Nature (Recording of Service)
July 26 Online service: Shelly Wagers: Domestic Violence: An Epidemic within a Pandemic (Recording of Service)
July 19 Online service: Jim Glassford: Spirit of Life: A Renewal of Faith (Recording of Service)
July 12 Online service: Talia Storm: The Queenston Neighbourhood and its Challenges
July 5 Online service: Karen Stovell: More on Bullying.
June 28 Online service: Paul Pipher: I. B. Singer and Baruch Spinoza: Spinners of Tales
June 21 Online service: Erdwin Hueniken: My Struggle with Shyness
June 14 Online service: Roy Blake: a Meditation on Distancing (transcript of talk)
June 7 Online service: Penny Blake and Matt Virro: Photography: Reflections on Life and the Spirit
May 31 Online service: Karen Stovell: The Bullies and the Bullied
May 24 Online service: Samina Ali: What Does the Quran Say About the Hijab (Video Presentation)
May 17 Online service: Rev. Beth Dana: Unitarian Universalists and the Afterlife (video presentation)
May 10 Online service: Anthony McCarten: On Laughter (video presentation)
May 3 Online service: Matt Virro: Music and Heart.
April 26 Online service: Guy Royal: Freedom
April 19 Online service: LesLee Turmel: Self-Care - A Vehicle to Living UU Principles.
April 12 Online Service: Rev. Phillip Baber: Easter - A Story of Hope (Link to video presentation)
April 5 Online Service: Penny Blake: Learning and Growing as a Unitarian Value
March 29 Moved Online: Rev. Aaron White: The Basics of Unitarian Universalism (video presentation).
March 22 General online discussion.
March 15 Cancelled due to Covid-19
March 8 Rev. Tandi Rogers: An Evangelical Christian and a UU on a Plane (service handout) (link to video presentation)
March 1 Mark Richardson: Eco-Burial (service handout)
February 23 Annual General Meeting
February 16 Alexander McDonald: How Sci-Fi Inspired Us to Go to the Moon (service handout) (link to video
presentation)
February 9 Julianne Momirov: Louisa May Alcott: Victim of Unitarianism? (Service Handout)
February 2 Jane Hanlon: The Future of Food (Service Handout)
January 26 Doreen Peever: The Times of Our Lives - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Service Handout)
January 19 David McLain: Leading Your Life with Intention and Purpose (Service Handout) (Link to video presentation)
January 12 Peter Mernagh: Wells of Hope in Guatemala (Service Handout)
January 5 Anne Bokma: My Year of Living Spiritually: From Woo-Woo to Wonderful (Service Handout)