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​Previous Services 
                                                                                  2024
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Sunday, April 14: Our 7th UU Principle: Respect for Interdependence, LesLee Turmel

Sunday, April 21: Earth Day, Mary-Lyn Harper

Sunday, May 5: UCN's 70th Anniversary Sunday Celebration, Rev. Norm Horofker, visiting minister

Sunday, May 12: Our 8th UU Principle: Dismantling Racism & Barriers

Sunday, May 26: 
Housing and Homelessness in Niagara: Syl Roach, visiting speaker. Shaun Ironside, Service Leader.

Sunday,  June 2: UCN Picnic

Sunday, June 9: Flower Communion: Kathryn Waugh, Service Leader.

Sunday, June 16: TBA: Fred Harland, Service Leader.

Sunday, June 23: Goddess Remembered, NFB film. Liina Veer, Service Leader.

Sunday, June 30: Memories of Campfires Sing-a-long: Andrea Crecco & Avril Beaubien, Service Leaders. Banjo music by Susan Velkers.
 
July 7 - 
Global Warming - Living on the Edge" - Erdwin Hueniken

July 14 - "Autism" - Andrea Crecco

July 21 - "Your favourite 'Story for all ages" - Matt Virro

July 28 - Thirty Years Of Plein Air Painting: From Watercolour to Digital Painting.

Aug 4 - Four kinds of regret, a TED Talk by Daniel Pink. Service led by Fred Harland.

Aug 11 - "Music with a Message" - Maurice Turmel

Aug 18 -
 "Global Warming - Living on the edge of a volcano"  - Erdwin Hueniken

Aug 25 - " Toltec wisdom, as presented in the Don Miguel Ruiz book, The Four Agreements. Service led by Eva Schwartzentruber

Sept 1 - "Report from the Canadian Unitarian Council general assembly" - Brian Jones

Sept 8 - Water Communion service - Rev. Pat Trudeau & Shaun Ironside

Sept 15 - Positive Living Niagara

Sept 22 - Kathryn Waugh and Liina Veer

Sept 29 - No morning service.

Oct 6: "Generosity and Gratitude are Linked." Led by Rev. Pat Trudeau

Oct 13: Thanksgiving Service

Oct 20: "The Common Good" led by Matt Virro

Oct 27: "Scarcity vs Abundance" Led by Eva Schwartzentruber and Mary-lyn Hooper

Sunday Nov. 3: Rev Pat Trudeau will be with us as we begin the monthly theme of Heritage.

Sunday Nov. 10: November Paul Pipher will present 'War is Peace'.

Sunday, Nov. 17: Heritage - A Continuum


December 8 - Karen and Penny and the UCN Choir will present a service filled with music for the season called 'Christmas is a Feeling and a Song'

December 15 - Paul will present 'Words and Music for Christmas'

December 22 - Liina and Kathryn guide us in the recognition of the Winter Solstice

December 29 - Mary-lyn will lead a service, topic TBA
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January 5, 2025 - Liberating Love, with Rev. Pat Trudeau

January 12 - Views of Liberating Love, insight within our faith traditions as Unitarians and Universalists.

January 19 - Aspects of Love, led by Guy and Eva.






Sunday, February 18: Rev. Linda Thomson: Sharing Our Faith

Sunday, February 11: LesLee Turmel: Sixth Principle: World Community and Peace

​Sunday, February 4: Jim Glassford: Are You a Mystic and Don't Know It?


Sunday, January 28:  Penny Blake: Why We Remember: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Sunday, January 21:  Karen Stovell: Compassion

​Sunday, January 14:  Abu Hosein: Fourth Principle: Free and Responsible Search

Sunday, January 7:  Jacob Santos: Third Principle: Acceptance and Encouragement

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                                                                                          2023



Sunday, December 31:  Shaun Ironside: Endings and Beginnings


Sunday, December 24:  Karen Stovell: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

​Sunday, December 17:  Jim Glassford: Star of Wonder

​Sunday, December 10:  Karen Stovell: and Susan Glassford: Christmas History -- Secular

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​​​Sunday, December 3:  Karen Stovell and Susan Glassford: Christmas History -- Sacred

Sunday, November 26:  Abu Hosein: Signs of the End of Democracy

Sunday, November 19:  Matt Virro: Celebrating Lives Led
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Sunday, November 12:  Karen Stovell: 2nd Principle: Justice, Equity and Compassion

​Sunday, November 5:  Jim Glassford: Remembrance Day

​Sunday, October 29:  Karen Stovell and Susan Glassford: Hallowe'en History and Traditions


Sunday, October 22:  Fred Harland: Angkor Wat and What We Believe

​Sunday, October 15:  Karen Stovell: First Principle -- Inherent Worth and Dignity

Sunday, October 8:  Shaun Ironside: Gratitude and Thanksgiving


Sunday, October 1:  LesLee Turmel: World Animal Day

​Sunday, September 24:  LesLee Turmel: Truth and Reconciliation; The Survivors

​Sunday, September 17:  Ron Brydges from Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association: Finding the Best Way to Give


Sunday, September 10:  Mary-lyn Hopper: Water Communion

​Sunday, September 3, 11 am:  Beryl Stovell: Stardust


Sunday, August 27, 11 am: Fred Harland: The Good Life

Sunday, August 20, 11 am: Sarah McLaren: Nourishment and Food for Thought

Sunday, August 13, 11 am: Paul Pipher and Eva Schwartzentruber: East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Sunday, August 6, 11 am:  Matt Virro: UUA Conference Overview


Sunday, July 30, 11 am:  Liina Veer: Dreaming

Sunday, July 23, 11 am:  Brian Jones: UCN and the CUC

Sunday, July 16, 11 am: Karen Stovell: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
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​Sunday, July 9, 11 am: Penny Blake: Flower Communion

Sunday, July 2, 11 am: Susan Glassford: Passions

Sunday, June 25, 9-5 am: No service, all-day retreat instead.

Sunday,  June 18, 11 am: Brian Jones: Father's Day

Sunday,  June 11, 11 am: Shaun Ironside: Ways of Religious Study

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Sunday, June 4, 12 noon: Picnic (No Service). 


Sunday, May 28, 11 am: Rev. David Galston: The Death of God and the Religion of the Future

​Sunday, May 21, 11 am: Matt Virro: Fifth Aspiration: Spiritually Grounded​

Sunday, May 14, 11 am: Karen Stovell: The Role of Singing (Music) in Our Lives

​Sunday, May 7, 11 am: Mary-lyn Hopper: The Soul of a Garden

​Sunday, April 30, 11 am: Jacob Santos: Universalism in Action

​Sunday, April 23, 11 am: Russ Baird: Leadership (Reading List)


Sunday, April 16, 11 am:  Penny Blake: The Jewish Year

Sunday, April 9, 11 am: Paul Pipher: Dreams in the Dust: The Story of Tom Sukanen

​Sunday, April 2, 11 am: Rev. Linda Thomson: Rabbits and Jesus


Sunday, March 26, 11 am: LesLee Turmel: Fourth Aspiration: Theologically Alive

Sunday, March 19, 11 am: Abu Hosein: The Traditions and Meaning of Ramadan

Sunday, March 12, 11 am: Jim and Susan Glassford: Altruism in Cuba


Sunday, March 5, 11 am: Rev. Fiona Heath: Third Aspiration: Actively Engaged (sermon read by Beryl Stovell)

Sunday, February, 26, 11 am:  The UCN Annual General Meeting replaced our usual service. A potluck lunch followed.

Sunday, February 19, 11 am: Patty Krawec: Becoming Kin


Sunday, February 12, 11 am: Klaas Zeldenrust: The Gleaners

​Sunday, February 5, 11 am: Paul Pipher: Free Spirits

Sunday, January 29, 11 am: Brian Jones: Second Aspiration - Radically Inclusive

Sunday, January 22, 11 am: Karen Stovell: Lunar New Year: The Year of the Rabbit​


Sunday, January 15, 11 am: Abu Hosein: An Immigrant's Story in Canada. ​

Sunday, January 8, 11 am: LesLee Turmel: The Transformative Nature of Reverence


Sunday, January 1, 11 am: Karen Stovell: First Aspiration - Deeply Connected


​                                                                                   2022


Sunday, December 18, 11 am: Penny Blake: Hanukkah at Home. 


Sunday, December 11, 11 am: Brian Jones: Hope. This service will be followed by a pot-luck lunch.  Song "Peace will Come" by Penny Blake

​Sunday, December 4, 11 am: Karen Stovell: Myths We Buy Into.​

Sunday, November 27, 11 am: Doreen Peever: UCN History.  Slides.  Transcript of Talk.

Sunday, November 20, 11 am: Max Kennel: What is Violence? Service led by Eva Schwartzentruber. 

​Sunday, November 13, 11 am: LesLee Turmel: The Underbelly of Evil.

​Sunday, November 6, 11 am: Jim Glassford: Remembrance Day and Treasured Memories. 


Sunday, October 30, 11 am: Russ Baird: Letters to a Stranger.

​Sunday, October 23, 11 am: Moe Constantine: Homeless in Oregon and St. Catharines. Service led by Karen Stovell.

Sunday, October 16, 11 am: Rev. Linda Thomson: Lessons from the Ancestors.  Service led by Karen Stovell.

Sunday, October 9, 11 am: Mary-lyn Hopper: Thanksgiving.


Sunday, October 2, 11 am: Doreen Peever: UCN Artwork

Sunday, September 25. 11 am: Congregation: Celebrating Lives Lived. Service led by Matt Virro.

​Sunday, September 18, 11 am: Claire Laurie: Streetworks Outreach. Service led by Karen Stovell.

​Sunday, September 11, 11 am: Karen Stovell: Water Communion


​​Sunday, September 4: Picnic and Pot luck Lunch.  
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Sunday, August 28, 11 am: Play - service presented and led by LesLee Turmel

​Sunday, August 21, 11 am: Dr. Seuss - Horton Hatches an Egg. Service presented and led by Paul Pipher.


Sunday, August 14, 11 am: Charities in our Lives - service presented and led by Karen Stovell

Sunday, August 7, 11 am: Productive Procrastination - service presented and led by LesLee Turmel

Sunday, July 31, 11 am: Belonging - service presented and led by Karen Stovell

 
Sunday, July 24, 11 am: Acquiring Trust - service presented and led by Matt Virro

Sunday, July 17, 11 am: Contentment - service presented and led by Karen Stovell

​Sunday, July 10, 11 am: A Closer Look at the Relationship with the Environment - service presented and led by Adolf Miecznikowski

 
Sunday, July 3, 11 am: Angels - service presented and led by Paul Pipher and Eva Schwartzentruber
 
Sunday, June 26, 11 am: Family - service presented and led by Beryl Stovell

 
Sunday, June 19, 11 am: Priorities - service presented by Elaine Edmiston and Karen Stovell

Sunday, June 12, 11 am: Flower Communion - service presented and led by Penny Blake. 


 ​Sunday, June 5, 11 am: ​Roy Blake: Is Optimism Still Defensible?

​Sunday, May 29, 11 am: Susan Glassford and Karen Stovell: Canada's Music - NB to Nunavut


Sunday, May 22, 11 am: Susan Glassford and Karen Stovell: Canada's Music - BC to PQ

Sunday, May 15, 1 pm: CUC National Service. (On Zoom, registration required with CUC. No service at UCN.)

Sunday, May 8, 11 am: Valerie Kerr: Blanket Exercise

​Sunday, May 1, 11 am: Isabella Boujour: Ryan's Bowl

​Sunday, April 24, 11 am: Jim Glassford: Wonderful You

​Sunday, April 17, 11 am: Rev. David Galston: 
Religion and Spirituality: The Value of Being Unitarian.

Sunday, April 10, 11 am: LesLee Turmel: Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 3, 11 am: Karen Stovell: Revolutions Throughout History

Sunday, March 27, 11 am: Yuval Harari: Why Humans Run the World (Video Presentation)

Sunday, March 20, 11 am: Mary-lyn Hopper: The Pollinator Garden.      
Order of Service

Sunday, March 13, 10:30 am: Rev. Frances Deverell: Joint service with Northwest Toronto Congregation

​Sunday, March 6, 11 am: International Women's Day

​Sunday, February 27, 11 am: 
Annual General Meeting in place of the usual service

Sunday, February 20, 11 am: Paul Pipher: Follow-up to Conspiracy Theories

​Sunday, February 13, 11 am: Matt Virro: Faces of Luck

​Sunday, February 6, 11 am: Wade Pfaff: Black History in Niagara

Sunday, January 30, 11 am: Al Gore: How to Make Radical Climate Action the New Normal (Video Presentation)

   Link to Video: www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_how_to_make_radical_climate_action_the_new_normal

Sunday, January 23, 11 am: Brian Jones: Intentional Ageing

​Sunday, January 16, 11 am: Mary-lyn Hopper: Money


Sunday, January 9, 11 am: Max Kennel: Conspiracy Theories

Sunday, January 2, 11 am: Karen Stovell: Another New Year?  Ugh!



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  • Activities
    • Social Action
    • Music
    • Past Activities >
      • Photo Archives >
        • Circle Dinner April 21, 2018
        • Anti-Fascist Demonstration Sept. 30, 2017
        • Musical Celebration and Mourning for 2015: Jan. 3, 2016
        • Chanukkah Service Dec. 6, 2015
        • Christmas Eve 2014
        • Child Dedication of Carter Johnson-Kolbuc, July 15, 2012
        • UCN Seder April 13, 2012
        • Singing for Love, Feb. 19, 2012.
        • UCN Got Talent, April 2, 2011.
        • Seedy Saturday Feb. 2011
        • Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, 2010
        • Service Leader John Berry, speaker Don Cullen: Nov. 7, 2010.
        • USC Service, April 25, 2010.
        • Krya Yoga, April 18, 2010.
        • Winter Solstice, Dec. 20, 2009
        • Pledge Dinner, Dec. 5, 2009.
        • Drumming, Oct. 18, 2009.
        • Unitunz, May 31, 2009.
        • Organic Farming, April 26, 2009.
        • USC Update, April 19, 2009
        • Art and Photo Album, Spring 2009.
      • Audio
      • Videos
      • Sermon Notes
      • External Media
  • Ceremonies
    • Weddings >
      • Obtaining a Marriage Licence
      • Personalizing the Wedding Ceremony
    • Memorials and other Ceremonies
  • Recent Photos
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    • Board and AGM Minutes Archive