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PREVIOUS SERVICES
Overview
This section contains a list of topics from previous services. It is in reverse chronological order. It is designed to help you put a date to a service topic.
The Unitarian Congregation of Niagara is proud of the work that the Program Committee does each year in arranging a series of stimulating speakers. The following lists attests to the work that the committee has performed over the years.
Use of Links § in the Previous Services Pages
Each service may contain a number of links flagged with the § symbol. Links can include:
- an § link after the speaker's name connects to author biographies,
- an § link after the the talk title indicates that an on line version of the talk/sermon is available,
- an § link after service terminology connects to the Special Events Page where the terminology is explained,
- a (photo §) link connects to a photo album of the service,
- a (handout §) link connects to an online version of the service handout.
Previous Services from 2010
- June 27 Julianne Momirov: UU First Principle
- June 20 Sandra Watson: Sufism and Sufi Poetry
- June 13 John Mayer: The Electric Universe
- May 30 Raging Grannies - Dana Sawchuk ( service handout §)
- May 23 Religion and the Enlightenment - David Galston ( service handout §)
- May 16 My Worldview - Matthias Toepp ( service handout §)
- May 9 Celebrating the "T" in LGBTQ: One Family's Sacred Journey - Joan Wiley ( service handout §)
- May 2 The originally scheduled speaker was unable to attend, so John Mayer spoke on recent developments at the Canadian Unitarian Council.
- April 25 Unitarian Service Committee: Farmers and Food: the Tradition of Innovation - Lise Latremouille biography § ( service handout §) ( photos §)
- April 18 Kriya Yoga: Body, Mind, Heart and Soul - John Tonin ( service handout §) ( photos §)
- April 11 Canadian Cancer Society Services - Charmaine Grace ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- April 4 The Big Shift - Dennis Gaumond ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- March 28 Beyond Belief: Confessions of a Religious Naturalist - Michael Battenberg ( service handout §) presentation §
- March 21 Neurotheology, Spirituality and a Virtual God - John Northover ( service handout §) presentation §
- March 14 Unitarian Universalism: Not a "Blue Plate Special" Religion - Julianne Momirov ( service handout §)
- March 7 Let's Ride the Rides - Jim Glassford ( service handout §)
- February 28 Rotary Club - John Teibert ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- February 21 Ways of Seeing: How Movies Influence Our Opinions - Kevin Jacobi ( service handout §)
- February 14 Love in Words and Song - Carl Beckett ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- February 7 Unitarian Congregation of Niagara Annual General Meeting
- January 31 Sharing the Faith - Marie Belliveau ( service handout §)
- January 24 Robert Fulghum - Julianne Momirov ( service handout §)
- January 17 AIDS Niagara - Marie Belliveau ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- January 10 Schizophrenia - Margaret Watters ( service handout §)
- January 3 Reach Out Rather Than Look In - John Mayer ( service handout §) ( photos §)
Previous Services from 2009
- December 27 CUC AGM and the UU-UN - Sofia Vuorinen and John Meyer ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- December 24 Christmas Eve Celebration: Have Yourself a Merry Little Unitarian Christmas - Julianne Momirov
- December 20 Solstice Ceremony - Tara and Donna ( service handout §) ( photos §)
- December 13 For all the knowledge we have today, why are so many people in trouble? - John Storm ( service handout §)
- December 6 Climate Change: Real Numbers and Great Changes. What Should We Do? - Phil Curtis presentation §
- November 29 Nigeria - Vince Del Buono ( service handout §)
- November 22 Secular Humanism - John Berry ( service handout §) ( photo §)
- November 15 Tai Chi Chuan: Meditation in Motion - Josie Fitze ( service handout §)
- November 8 Canadian Unitarian Council Visions - Kalvin Drake and Jennifer Dickson (Town Hall §)
- (Soup Sunday §)
- November 1 What do the 7 Principles Really Mean? - Julianne Momirov ( service handout §)
- October 25 Black History in Niagara - Lezlie Harper-Wells ( service handout §) (Paper free §)
- October 18 The Beneficial Aspects of Drumming - Mark Chindemi ( service handout §)
- October 11 Books that Shaped Our Lives - Craig Beam ( service handout §)
- October 4 Climate Action - Jane Hanlon ( service handout §)
- September 27 Update on Bangladesh - Nasim Banu Ahmed and Mahbuba Khanam ( service handout §)
- Niagara Volunteers for Bangladesh is a small, all volunteer group dedicated to working in Bangladeshat the local grassroots to mitigate the life-threatening and life-limiting impact of extreme poverty on women and children.
May 31 Unitunz from Guelph - ( service handout §) ( photo §)
May 24 Between Last Year in Baghdad and Next Year in Jerusalem - Brian Arthur Brown § service handout §) ( photo §)
May 17 Live, Love, Laugh, and Remember Everyone is Equal in the Grand Scheme of Things - Barbara Warner ( service handout §) ( photo §)
May 10 Women's Central Role in the Global Peace Movement:Its Evolution and Challenges - Janis Alton § ( service handout §) ( photo §)
May 3 Sharing the Faith §
April 26 Organic Farming in Your Own Backyard - Vivek Rajakumar§ ( service handout §) ( photo §)
April 19 Unitarian Service Committee Projects Update - David Rain § ( Slow Food Lunch § ) ( service handout §) ( photo §)
April 12 Critical Thinking in Religion - David Galston § service handout §) ( photo §)
April 5 Sacredness in the Journey - Dr. Jeannie Capanelli § ( service handout §)
March 29 Together, Our Vision Widens - Ellen Campbell - International Council of Unitarians and Universalists § ( service handout §)
March 22 Dignity Campaign (Poverty) - Louise Biggs - Amnesty International § ( service handout §)
March 15 Who Are the Universalists? The Second "U" of the UUs - Jim Glassford ( service handout §)
March 8 Conscious Evolution: Mythology in Action - Dr. Maurice Turmel § ( service handout §)
March 1 The Power of Privilege - Joan Wiley § ( service handout §)
February 22 Achieving a World in One Peace - The Opportunity and Responsibility of Unitarians in Canada Eryl Court §
February 15 Nature is coming to the city: A vision of our future - Brock Shaver §
February 8 Unitarian Music - Tony Turner § ( photo § )
February 1 Annual General Meeting (AGM) §
January 25 Less Law, More Order - Irvin Waller §
January 18 Native Issues and Spirituality - Cindilee Ecker-Flagg
January 11 An Uncommon Path to Joy and Inner Peace - Julia Norris §
Previous Services from 2008
December 28 Chasing Our Star of Wonder - Jim Glassford
December 24 The Gift of the Magi - Julianne Momirov
December 14 Choosing to Understand - Derek Paul
December 7 Restorative Justice Process - Julia Norris §
November 30 Goddess Spirituality - Natalie Haig §
November 23 The Importance of Being in the Present Moment and Leaving All Forms of Fear Behind - Jason Secord §
November 16 Awaken the Ape Within - Michael Battenberg ( photo § )
November 9 The Power of Mantra - Denis Gaumond
November 2 Barbershop Music - Ray Robitaille & A Capella Niagara §.
October 26 Climate Action Now - Jane Hanlon
October 19 Unitarian Universalist Views of Church - Jim Glassford
October 12 Grandmothers to Grandmothers - Carol Holmes
( photo § )
October 5 Comparative Religions Part II - John Mayer ( photo § )
September 28 Comparative Religions - John Mayer
September 21 Project Bangladesh - Nazim and Mabubha
September 14 In the Name of the Father:Leviticus 18:22 - Ed Gilbert
Sept 7 Water Communion - Valerie Jaeger and Julianne Momorov
August 31 The Role of Religion - Julianne Momorov
August 24 Sarah Jordan
August 17 TOLMA Update - Marie Belliveau
August 10 John Berry
August 3 Poetry for the People - Valerie Jaeger
July 27 Singing Worship - Penny Blake
July 20 Nine Reasons for Unitarians to Oppose the War in Afghanistan - Pamela Wilson
July 13 The Best Medicine - Joan Rothman
July 6 Jay Anne - Joan Wiley
June 29 Niagara's 2008 Walk For Life - Neil McGregor
June 22 Garbage - Sid Frere
June 8 Church Picnic
June 1 Web of life, Life in Our Hands - Joan Rothman and Marie Belliveau (sharing the faith service) §
May 25 Change versus Transition - Vivianne LaRiviere
May 18 Was Jesus Gay? - Brock Shaver
May 11 What Does It Mean To Have Faith? - Felicia Urbanski
May 4 Celebration of Retirement Service of John Mayer and Doreen Peever from Lay Chaplaincy ( photo § )
April 27 The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreements (TILMA) - Fiona McMurran & Marie Belliveau
April 20 (Earth Day) Canadian Mining Companies in the Third World - Frank Fohr
April 13 Vivianne LaRiviere John Mayer
April 6 Searching for the Great Truths - Jim Glassford
March 23 (Easter) Flower Communion - Julianne Momirov - (flower exchange service ) (sweet nibbles) §
March 16 Wanderlust: A Curse or a Blessing? - Al Wheeler
March 9 Childhood Spirituality - Harry Hunt § -(salad day lunch) §
March 2 March Improv - I stand face to face - Vivianne LaRiviere
February 24 Women Who Have Changed the World - Swadesh Sachdeva
February 17 AGM (Annual General Meeting)
February 10 Unitarian Service Committee - That Which has been Lost Has Been Found - Kate Green
February 3 New Year's Resolutions: The Seven Principles - Vivianne LaRiviere
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