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 […]
Join us for an evening of games including yahtzee, euchre, Scrabble, Pictionary, World, Crokinole, Monopoly and Chess.
Join Rev Victoria this coming Sunday as she talks about Unitarian Universalism and why we attract such a wonderful - and unique - group of people. And, from there, the frustrations of being wonderful and unique. She will be incorporating themes expressed by Meg Barnhouse, a UU Minister/Musician who writes amazing music. She will be using […]
Join us at UCG for snacks, games and safe conversations. Ash will be on hand with our junior RE staff to engage the kiddos in fun games and crafts so the big people can chatter.
Please let me know if there are any barriers preventing you from attending, so that we can help.
The Indigo Girls' “Closer to Fine” (1989) is a song beloved by many, and as Rev. Victoria reminded us last Sunday, includes these wise lyrics: “Darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable, and lightness has a call that’s hard to hear.” We will continue our exploration of the theme of resiliency this week with music and […]
Discussion on Naomi Klein's new book Doppelganger. Time and Dates: 7.00 pm, Thursday, October 26 (Parts One and Two) and Thursday, November 30 (Parts Three and Four). "What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self - a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double […]
Let’s be present and listen deeply.
Let’s be together but not lose our unique selves.
Let’s look into each others’ eyes and sing to each other’s hearts.
Collective Free Vocal Improvisation takes you out of your everyday shoes and throws you into the present. Boom!
Experience the transcending mystery and wonder of life as it can be found in music and in relation to other people.
Come join us for a fun evening playing games!! Bring the whole family, bring your friends, bring your favorite game!!! (bringing snacks is optional) Coffee and tea will be provided as well as scrabble, yahtzee, wordl, crokinole, checkers, chess, and euchre.
Ralph Martin will lead the service and speak to us about:"A Resilient Future for Food?" Nursery Care with Ash and Ophelia will be available for this service.
On Saturday, November 18th at 7pm, prolific composer & guitarist Jim Scott will bring warmth and humor to UCG with his jazz and world music influenced songs. A friend of Pete Seeger and Peter from Peter, Paul and Mary, he has toured the world, recorded nine CDs of original music and published a growing line of choral works. A life-long Unitarian Universalist, Jim has […]
