Previous Services
2024
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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!