Rafos Hall

Speaker: Rev. Sally Weaver: Debb Music: Spirit Choir

A UU Easter Sunday

Taoism is a philosophy of balance and ambiguity and humour. From Lao Tze to Winnie the Pooh, Peter will shine light on a few facets of the uncarved stone. Speaker: Peter Marmorek Service Weaver: Allison Kabayama Music: Congregation musicians  

Speaker: Ahna Joy & Jojo Service Weaver: Rev. Sally Music: Spirit Band  

In a time marked by rising division, economic strain, and global conflict, how do we practice justice, equity, and compassion in real, grounded ways? Drawing from his work in public education, labour organizing, anti-hate advocacy, and community music, Nigel reflects on what it means to build solidarity across difference. Through story and song, he explores how communities can resist fear, reject scapegoating, and nurture hope — not as sentiment, but as disciplined action. Justice is not an abstract principle; it is something we practice together. Speaker: Nigel Barriffe Service Weaver: Peter Music: Spirit Choir

This Sunday, we will celebrate International Women’s Day with a reflection on our tradition’s past and future as a spiritual home to powerful women. Learn about the 19th Century Iowa Sisterhood, some of the earliest female ministers in the Unitarian tradition, and the barriers they broke. Together we will meditate on questions of religious authority and the stories we tell ourselves, and help envision a future in which a true diversity of voices speak from our pulpits. Speaker: Rev. Sally Service Weaver: Moira Music: Susanne and friends  

Unitarian Universalism is accurately described as non-creedal. That leaves the question though: is there any core UU understanding? Speaker: Rev. Linda Thomson Service Weaver: Tab Music: Beverley Horton

Join us this Sunday for a service reflecting on safety, policing, and how our communities might navigate fear without abandoning our values and commitments. The Sumudna protest choir will join us for this service, and together we will sing, meditate, and reflect on Unitarian Universalism's 8th Principle: Individual and communal action that accountably dismantles racism and systemic barriers to full inclusion in ourselves and our institutions. Speaker: Rev. Sally Service Weaver: Kurt Thomsen Music: Sumudna Choir  

Once upon a time a UU congregation in Toronto set out on an exciting journey... What happens next in our story? We'll decide together! Join us this Sunday to flex our imaginations and recommit ourselves to a next chapter we will write together. Speaker: Rev. Sally Service Weaver: Debb Music: Spirit Band

Over the last few years a back-lash has emerged against the work on diversity, equity and anti-racism that arose after the murder of George Floyd. As companies and governments backtrack, we see a rise in racism and discrimination in our general culture. At the same time progressives have been accused of censorship and a lack of tolerance for others views. What should we make of this? And how can faith and spirituality help us to find a way forward towards achieving a racially just world for all?' Speaker: Kofi Hope Service Weaver: Gordon Clee Music: Spirit Choir  

Unitarian Universalism came together as a merged denomination in 1961, the same year the first Freedom Rides bussed through the American south, and just two years before Martin Luther King Jr’s march on Washington and his much-quoted “I have a dream” speech. We will reflect on where our UU tradition’s unique story intersects with that of Dr. King. Where were the UUs during Rev. Dr. King’s push for Black civil rights? And what lessons can our justice efforts today take from that unique history? Speaker: Rev. Sally Service Weaver: Peter Marmorek Music: Susanne and friends