Rafos Hall

What is the “Good News” of Unitarian Universalism? Is it just a set of principles or values? Is it really a religion? Kalvin will explore how UUism is evolving in Canada and how it might continue to be relevant and transformative in people’s lives and in society at large. Speaker: Kalvin Drake Weaver: Peter Music: Spirit Choir  

Join us for a May Day service celebrating the people power that brought us so many of the rights and privileges we rely on today. We will also celebrate a new member joining ceremony this Sunday! Speaker: Rev. Sally Fritsche Service Weaver:  Tab Enta Music Guest:  Eve Goldberg  

Science fiction stories are one of the ways humans have expressed our fears, hopes, and imaginings about who we are and how we fit into the universe. Join us this Sunday for a reflective and creative service about finding truth in this particular form of fiction. This service topic was chosen courtesy of the winner of this year's "Choose Sally's sermon topic" auction item. If you have a topic you want Sally to preach on, be sure to bid in next year's auction! Speaker: Rev. Sally Weaver: Kurt Music: Spirit Band  

The Elm Dance is a circle dance popularized by Joanna Macy and practiced by lovers of life around the world. We will hear the story behind the dance, a remembrance of the losses produced by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Then we will do the Elm Dance ourselves, as a way of expressing our solidarity and sending out our intentions for the healing of our world. Speaker: Natalie Zend Weaver: Moira Music: Cassie Norton  

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