Sunday Service planning team

Speaker: Mama Yoni (Sara Downing) Weaver: Debb Music: Spirit Band. Our bodies are sacred. Our pleasure is sacred. Our sexuality is sacred. Yet many of us have learned to disconnect from these essential parts of ourselves or to hold them with shame rather than celebration. This Sunday, we'll explore how pleasure, from the simple pleasures of everyday life to the deeper pleasures of intimacy and sexuality, can be a pathway to presence, aliveness, and the sacred. Wherever you find yourself on the spectrum of sexual identity, attraction, or expression, you are warmly welcome. Sara Downing (Mama Yoni) Sara, a nurturing “mama bear “with a body-positive focus, is a pleasure educator and intimacy mentor dedicated to helping people embrace their authentic selves and explore their desires with confidence. She brings warmth, empathy, and steadfast support—a reflection of her deep connection to the energy of mothering, shaped by raising three daughters while navigating the challenges of severe mental illness within her family. With her training in DBT and intimacy, Sara creates safer, welcoming spaces where individuals can feel comfort, delight, and excitement in their bodies and sexuality, expand their capacity for pleasure, and courageously explore the edges of their erotic selves. Her presence offers unconditional support and loving attention for all of your tenderest parts.  

Speaker: Kat Martins-Grey  Weaver: Rev. Sally  Music: Susanne and Kim K.  Join us June 21st Sunday for a message from Kat Martins-Grey, our Director of Children, Youth, & Families Programs. Have you ever wondered what's happening in the Rainbow Room during our Sunday services? Kat, along with some young helpers, will share their rainbow-ful energy with all of us, with service weaving support from Rev. Sally. Together we will sing, play, laugh, and reflect on some of life's lessons that never get old. 

Speaker:  Rev Sally Fritsche Weavers:  H.E & Debb Music:  Spirit Choir   Join us this Sunday to celebrate a 2SLGBTQ+ Pride service, with Rev. Sally leading us in reflecting on the strange, odd, frightening, joyful, queer future that lies ahead, and with the Spirit Choir singing rousing anthems to love, light, and 2SLGBTQ+ strength.  

Speaker: Peter Marmorek Weaver: Moira Music: Susanne and friends The largest church in the world, the Sagrada Familia, surprised Peter with its lessons for Neighbourhood.  Its architect Gaudi said "Nothing is invented, for it's written in nature first”, and the building embodies the interdependent web, from the turtle and tortoise on which the entrance rests, to trees, snails, wheat, & grapes. The 150 year project is expected to be completed in 10 years; Gaudi also said, “My client (God) is not in a hurry.”  Explore how we do- or might- think far ahead.   Photo credit: Peter Marmorek

Led by Rev. Sally Through the summer planned services will only happen on alternate Sundays. Between these services we will gather informally in Rafos Hall Sundays at 10:30 AM. These sessions offer an opportunity for connecting, honest reflection, renewed understanding, and a shared commitment to becoming a community where grace is practised, relationships are restored and strengthened and every person is reminded that they are deeply valued and beloved. PLEASE NOTE - there will be no Zoom available for these gatherings.

Returning from a week-long choir retreat at Unicamp our brilliant Spirit choir will fill our service with song. Weaver: Gordon Music: Susanne and the amazing NUUC Spirit Choir

Led by Rev. Sally Through the summer planned services will only happen on alternate Sundays. Between these services we will gather informally in Rafos Hall Sundays at 10:30 AM. These sessions offer an opportunity to connect, reflect honestly, renew understanding, and deepen a shared commitment to becoming a community where grace is practiced, relationships are restored and strengthened and every person is reminded that they are deeply valued and beloved. YOU are welcome here! We look forward to meeting you.  You may attend in person at Rofos Hall - 310 Danforth or via Zoom http://tinyurl.com/serviceatnuuc Phone connections: 647 374 4685 / 647 558 0588 Meeting ID: 749 188 739 & Phone password: 632634 PLEASE NOTE: Joining by Zoom is available but there will be no Zoom recording for the Simple Joys and Concerns services. All are welcome!  

Led by Rev. Sally Through the summer structured services will only happen on alternate Sundays. Between these services we will gather informally in Rafos Hall Sundays at 10:30 AM. These sessions offer an opportunity to connect, reflect honestly, renew understanding, and deepen a shared commitment to becoming a community where grace is practiced, relationships are restored and strengthened and every person is reminded that they are deeply valued and beloved. YOU are welcome here! We look forward to meeting you.  You may attend in person at Rofos Hall – 310 Danforth or via Zoom http://tinyurl.com/serviceatnuuc Phone connections: 647 374 4685 / 647 558 0588 Meeting ID: 749 188 739 & Phone password: 632634 PLEASE NOTE: Joining by Zoom is available but there will be no Zoom recording for the Simple Joys and Concerns services.

Led by Rev. Sally Through the summer planned services will only happen on alternate Sundays. Between these services we will gather informally in Rafos Hall Sundays at 10:30 AM. These sessions offer an opportunity to connect, reflect honestly, renew understanding, and deepen a shared commitment to becoming a community where grace is practiced, relationships are restored and strengthened and every person is reminded that they are deeply valued and beloved. YOU are welcome here! We look forward to meeting you.  You may attend in person at Rofos Hall – 310 Danforth or via Zoom http://tinyurl.com/serviceatnuuc Phone connections: 647 374 4685 / 647 558 0588 Meeting ID: 749 188 739 & Phone password: 632634 PLEASE NOTE: Joining by Zoom is available but there will be no Zoom recording for the Simple Joys and Concerns services. All are welcome!