The Annual Pledge Campaign (APC) is happening now! A Pledge Connector will be visiting your group or team to lead a short discussion and make sure you know how important your response is.
For more information, check out the APC webpage. On that page you’ll find links to the pledge form (for those making a financial promise) and an update form (for those not making a financial pledge).
I love that language is generative. That is, when we don’t have a word for something, we can invent one. This morning I specifically want to look at the terms “interbeing” from Thich Nhat Hanh and “Nosotroficación” in Spanish which can be roughly translated into “We-ification.”
It matters that we come together each Sunday. Together we nourish each others’ spirits and help heal the world. These days it is easy to succumb to a sense of despair and worry. Let us consider the spiritual practice of generosity grounded in gratitude — it’s simple but not easy. How can we strengthen the … Continue reading Generosity and Appreciation: An Antidote to Scarcity and Despair
When we adopted new languge to describe our faith, we put love at the center. As the congregation works to define its vision, we welcome new ideas and new members. This service is all about generosity and the future of the UU Church of Vancouver.
We all need a foundation of love on which to thrive and grow. Love, by its very nature, connects us. In this culture of separation, we can seek and re-build a foundation of love and connection.
“All Flourishing is Mutual” says Robin Wall Kimmerer. As we begin exploring Justice, let’s consider what this means for us and our world.
As we complete another trip around the Sun on this Big Blue Marble, we pause to reflect on those members in our congregation we lost this past year as well as provide a thoughtful setting to welcome in the New Year.
Join us for a service of contemplation following a busy holiday week. This service will feature music, singing, poetry and silence.
What does what just happened tell us about ourselves? Though we don’t know the outcome of the election at this writing, in either case, we’ll need to process it.
We return to two services this morning after a summer of single services. Join us for this annual ingathering service as we reconnect after our summer travels. Both services will be accessible online as well. You are invited to bring water that holds special meaning for you. Like a drop of water, we are connected … Continue reading Intergenerational Water Ingathering
“Story” is one of the more powerful tools we humans use in building relationship, culture and community. We’re told stories and we tell stories—to learn, to connect, to remember. In our families, our elders may not have had the time or desire to sit us down and relate their story to us, chapter and verse. But do we somehow absorb and carry on their story anyway? However it happens, the stories we pick up from those … Continue reading The Power of Generational Story
