September 29th, 2017 . by William Baylis
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September 23rd, 2017 . by William Baylis
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Musician(s) |
| Oct. 1 |
Helen Moore |
Peter Singer’s book: The Life You Can Save |
Bill & Bobbye Baylis |
| Oct. 8 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Thanksgiving Sunday An intergenerational service. |
Baylis-Stone Trio |
| Oct. 15 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
UN Sunday. |
Lorie Lyons |
| Oct. 22 |
Rev. Michael Brown |
Resistance from Within. We welcome guest speaker Michael Brown, visiting from Baltimore and Detroit. Michael is preparing for UU ministry and currently serves as a chaplain and as a community organizer. Michael speaks to the current turmoil concerning authoritarianism in the United States, and how Canadian advocates for peace can help those who fight for moral policies in our neighbour to the south. |
Lorie Lyons |
| Oct. 29 |
John van Abbema |
Comparative Religions. |
Toni Janik |
| Nov. 5 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
All Saints, All Souls. Rev. Fran reflects on how some churches name themselves for All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2). What meanings were associated with those names in the past? What insights might they now invite? |
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September 8th, 2017 . by William Baylis
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September 3rd, 2017 . by William Baylis
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Musician(s) |
| Sept. 10 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Water Ceremony and Homecoming: Rev. Fran shares a few thoughts on rest and renewal and on the return to Olinda’s programme year. At this Intergenerational Service, all are invited to bring a small sample of water and a few words to share about how this water might inspire your plans and purpose as we return to fall routines. |
Bill & Bobbye Baylis, Ray Stone, and Bob Koenig |
| Sept. 17 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Reverence. The opposite of reverence is arrogance. Rev. Fran may pick up on the Yom Kippur theme as well. A potluck meal follows the service. |
Lorie Lyons |
| Sept. 24 |
Rev. Jeff Brown |
UU Basics. We welcome Guest Preacher the Rev. JEFF BROWN, long-time parish minister at the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, now serving as a Chaplain at the Trillium Hospital there. Rev. Jeff draws on his decades of experience to share some basic teachings and evolving culture within Universalism and Unitarianism. (Rev. Fran Dearman is service leader.) |
Toni Janik |
| Oct. 1 |
Helen Moore |
Peter Singer’s book: The Life You Can Save. |
Bill & Bobbye Baylis |
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May 24th, 2017 . by William Baylis
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May 20th, 2017 . by William Baylis
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Musician(s) |
| June 4 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Call and Inspiration: Some Call on their ministers for Inspiration; some ministers find Inspiration in a sense of Call. What might that look like? Sound like? Feel like? |
Indian Village String Quartet |
| June 11 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Intergenerational Service: Norbert Capek and Flower Festival In the city of Prague, in the 1930’s, Unitarian minister Norbert Capek looked for a new way to symbolize what it might mean to be a beloved community. And so, as summer’s fullness approached, he invited the people to bring a flower to share–a festival of bloom. People would bring a flower to place in a vase, and at the end of the service each person would take home a flower that someone else had brought–a symbol of how we enrich one another’s lives. |
Toni Janik |
| June 18 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Fathers’ Day: Lord of the Rings Fran reflects on models of fatherhood found in Tolkein’s “Lord of the Rings.†|
Baylis-Butzen-Stone quartet |
| June 25 |
Tracey Ramsey, MP Essex |
People, Power and Politics. Howard Pawley memorial talk. |
Lorie Lyons |
| July 16 |
Derek Parry |
Religion: Usefulness and Reason |
Carabel Ringrose |
| Aug. 6 |
Bill Baylis and Ray Stone |
Music and Spirituality Music is a key component of the spiritual element of Sunday Services. Bill and Ray will discuss and demonstrate properties of good music that make it so successful. |
Baylis-Stone Trio |
| Sept. 10 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Ingathering and Water Ceremony: Welcome back after the summer break! You are invited to share some of your experiences with the congregation. |
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April 29th, 2017 . by William Baylis
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April 25th, 2017 . by William Baylis
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Musician(s) |
| May 7 |
Rev. Stephen Atkinson |
The Sunny Hill. Life calls us to meet its challenges, and further, to attend carefully to the signs we receive that guide us toward our highest purpose and greatest task. This applies to us as individuals and to our congregations. Sometimes the task is obvious; sometimes difficult to discern, but the way to our deepest fulfillment is to work towards our highest goal. |
Lorie Lyons |
| May 14 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Mothers’ Day. |
Baylis-Stone Trio |
| May 21 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Walking to Santiago: Fran Shares Some Memories of Walking the Old Pilgrim Trail, El Camino de Santiago de Compostella, in Northern Spain. |
Lorie Lyons |
| May 28 |
Rev. Del Stewart |
Does God Have a Future? Traditionally, religions have provided answers to God-questions. But in the times in which we now live, the credibility of these (traditional) answers is being questioned, and the validity of religion itself challenged. How might the current intensifying of ‘God-questions answered/God-answers questioned’ impact faith-understanding and faith communities in the 21st century? |
Toni Janik |
| June 4 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Call and Inspiration: Some Call on their ministers for Inspiration; some ministers find Inspiration in a sense of Call. What might that look like? Sound like? Feel like? |
Indian Village String Quartet |
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March 19th, 2017 . by William Baylis
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Musician(s) |
| Apr. 2 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Poetry Month: Singing the Body Electric. With a little help from the poet Walt Whitman, Rev. Fran reflects on rhythm and rhyme and the flesh that bears them along. In particular, Fran reaches for an understanding of what it means for a body to be born transgender. |
Baylis-Stone Trio |
| Apr. 9 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Atonement and Icelanders: The day they locked the doors at Gimli. Palm Sunday |
Toni Janik |
| Apr. 16 |
Rev. Fran Dearman |
Easter Sunday. |
Baylis-Stone trio |
| Apr. 23 |
Bill Baylis |
Science & Religion for UUs. Science and religion are not antagonistic for UUs. Indeed, science is part of the UU religion, an essential piece of the search for truth. |
Lorie Lyons |
| Apr. 30 |
Sharon van Abbema |
Wisdom from Unitarian Poets. |
Lori Fithian & Jean Chorazyczewski |
| May 7 |
Rev. Stephen Atkinson |
The Sunny Hill. Life calls us to meet its challenges, and further, to attend carefully to the signs we receive that guide us toward our highest purpose and greatest task. This applies to us as individuals and to our congregations. Sometimes the task is obvious; sometimes difficult to discern, but the way to our deepest fulfillment is to work towards our highest goal. |
Lorie Lyons |
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