Service
Happy Holidays – various speakers
Via ZoomLocal writers reading from their writings on a Holiday/Winter Solstice/Christmas theme. Liaison: Angela Leuck and Keith. Email info@uuestrie.ca for the Zoom link to join. Angela will also be hosting several more readings in the afternoons of the week before Christmas on her own zoom link.
Meditative movement
Via ZoomMeditative movement exercise led by Mary Ann McCarron. Email info@uuestrie.ca to request the zoom link to join
Stories, Stories!, with various storytellers – Histoires, Histoires ! Avec divers conteurs
Via ZoomAn annual tradition at UUEstrie where we choose to grow our understanding and nourish our spirits via the time-honored medium of Story. Tellers welcome. Une tradition annuelle à UUEstrie où nous choisissons de développer notre compréhension et de nourrir notre esprit via le médium d’histoire. Les conteurs sont les bienvenus.
Games day
Via ZoomAn annual tradition at UUEstrie where we explore the spirit of play
The Rise of the Graphic Novel / L’essor du roman graphique – with Crystle Reid
Via ZoomAn exploration of Graphic Novels
Sharing Our Faith National Service: A Faith Worth Failing For / Une foi qui vaut la peine d’échouer
Via ZoomWe often talk about Unitarian Universalism as a transformational faith – and yet to be transformed means to take a risk. How is it that we are averse to taking such risks when it comes to widening the circle of who we are as a community? Join Revs. Shana Lynngood and Samaya Oakley for a … Continue reading "Sharing Our Faith National Service: A Faith Worth Failing For / Une foi qui vaut la peine d’échouer"
Pandemic and Stress / Pandémie et stress, with Mary-Ann McCarron
Via ZoomHow stress affects our minds and bodies. Comment le stress affecte notre esprit et notre corps.
What does love have to do with it? / Qu’est ce que l’amour a à voir avec ça? – with Rev. Carole Martignacco
Via ZoomGeorge Sand wrote: "There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved." Quick now, on this last day of February, let's take another careful look at this intriguing concept. Central to world religious traditions, in contemporary culture, it's often misunderstood as a commodity. Yet at the heart of all life, this longing … Continue reading "What does love have to do with it? / Qu’est ce que l’amour a à voir avec ça? – with Rev. Carole Martignacco"
Women’s Day Service / Service de la journée de la femme – Crystle Reid, Adele Ernstrom, Rachel Garber, Susan Macaulay
Via ZoomOn our experience in the women's movement. Service de la journée de la femme
Embracing the Snakes / Embracing the Snakes, with Amy Panetta
Via ZoomSt. Patrick has been upheld as the patron saint of Ireland, but he has also been said to have "driven out the snakes," including a possible abrupt and violent overthrowing of earlier religious and spiritual practices in Ireland. Was this story even true? And, is it possible to instead "embrace the snakes," in a life-affirming, … Continue reading "Embracing the Snakes / Embracing the Snakes, with Amy Panetta"