Prior to working with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Darin Wybenga was an educator in elementary schools in Southern Ontario. Specializing as a teacher of history and geography, he also served as a vice-principal and curriculum coordinator. In recent years, Wybenga has worked for the MCFN as the Traditional Knowledge and Land Use […]
Save the Date! The Flower Communion, which is 100 years old this year, is a cherished ceremony among UU congregations worldwide. It is a celebration of “beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community” created in 1923 Norbert Čapek, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. As well as a celebration of the sixth principle (The goal of world community with […]
Come One, Come All, to our first Sunshine Room Tea Party outside (weather permitting) so that those who haven't been to the building in person for fear of the virus can eat, drink (tea of course:) and be merry while enjoying IN PERSON conversations! Where: The UCG parking lot, of course! When: June 25th, after the flower communion and last service before summer. […]
Join Janis Collins and musician Becky Verdun for a thought-provoking Sunday service at Grand River Unitarian Congregation in Kitchener. Childcare is available for this Sunday. Note that this service takes place at Grand River Unitarian Congregation in Kitchener at 10:30am.
We are all subject to social media which is collecting and recommending information to increase advertising revenues. Through our engagement, we influence our personalized algorithms and can form echo chambers and filter bubbles that reinforce our narrow beliefs, and silence alternative points of view to radicalize us. Come and confess your secret algorithms. Childcare will […]
Join Rev. Jess and musician Jay Moore & Friends for “Life in the Construction Zone.” We are always, in all ways, a "work in progress." What are you working on? Childcare is available for this Sunday. For the Zoom link, or for more information, please contact Kristen Wilson, GRU Office Manager manager AT grandriverunitarian DOT […]
This second summer Sunday service will look at cognitive dissonance and its relevance to religion and society. Can you hold diametrically opposite beliefs and values without feeling psychological discomfort and how do you behave when confronted with irreconcilable information? Childcare will be provided by our junior RE staff.
You Tube Link: https://youtu.be/QfbfRFjE2M4
Join us as we launch our new year by introducing the theme for the coming months. What does it mean to be a resilient community and how can we become even more resilient together? This service will be led by your Sunday Service committee and will include a reflection by one of our newest members, […]
Rev. Victoria Ingram I live "rurally-adjacent". In my neighbourhood, there are fields of definite purpose, crops and orchards and grazing. But there are also expanses of land that hold only wild flowers, grasses, thistles, and shrubs - in other words, weeds. With no human stewardship, they grow, bloom, fruit, and seed, coming back year after […]
Please join us for an informal discussion on the idea of "bouncing back." The service will include the chalice lighting, sharing joys and sorrows, and singing. Childcare with Ash will be provided on site. Please note that there will be no children's program next week. This service will be help in person with an option […]
Join us Sunday for a screening of a talk by the late Barbara Ehrenreich "On Optimism". The film will be approximately 30 minutes after which we will have a discussion. During our discussions on resilience one thing that came out was the societal pressure around a particular type of resilience. Ehrenreich gives a view on Optimism […]
