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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.

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Previous Services from 2012

May 13 Michael Sherman: The Transguy Next Door ( service handout) Note: Michael Sherman was ill, and Karen Hosein spoke in his place. Her topic was "Mother's Day"
May 6 Cameron Linton: "It's Just a Game" or Living by Principle: My Experiences as a Hockey Coach ( service handout)
April 29 Judith Barker: Creative Conflict ( service handout)
April 22 David Galston: Nietzsche: three mistakes and one great truth ( service handout)
April 15 Mark Mattson: Towards a Swimmable, Drinkable, Fishable Future ( service handout)
April 8 Julianne Momirov: Flower Ceremony ( service handout)
April 1 John Northover: The Purpose of Life ( service handout)
March 25 Assorted Actors: Turning Points --- Readers' Theatre on Unitarian Universalist History( service handout)
March 18 Karen Hosein: Time Banks (note: the previously scheduled speaker, Stephanie Vail, was unavailable and was rescheduled for May 27.)( service handout)
March 11 Kate Green: Namaste. Where Are You Going?( service handout)
March 4 Annual General Meeting
Feb. 26 Ed Gilbert: The Opiate of the People: Was Marx Right? Sermon, ( service handout)
Feb. 19 Carl Beckett: Singing for Love ( service handout)( photos)
Feb. 12 Sandra Watson: Taoist Tai Chi ( service handout)
Feb. 5 Karen Hosein: My Spiritual Journey ( service handout)
Jan. 29 Cathy Mackenzie: PFLAG St. Catharines ( service handout)
Jan. 22 Julianne Momirov: The Gospel According to Forrest Church ( service handout)
Jan. 15 Ning Wang: Confucian Philosophy ( service handout)
Jan. 8 Abu Hosein: Overcoming Adversity with Change and Growth( service handout)
Jan. 1 John Mayer: New Year's Message( service handout)

Previous Services from 2011

December 24 (Saturday) Julianne Momirov: Christmas Eve Service at 5:00 pm( service handout)
December 18 David Galston: Matthew's Radical Christmas or Was Matthew a Unitarian?( service handout)
December 11 Ed Gilbert: Lay Chaplaincy ( service handout)
December 4 Ralph Laidlaw: Spirituality, Healing, and the Role of the Labyrinth ( service handout)
November 20 Jim Glassford: The Silent Generation or Growing Up with the Lone Ranger ( service handout)
November 13 Julianne Momirov: God as a Verb and Everyday Sprirituality ( service handout)
November 6 Mark Matson: Waterkeepers ( service handout)
October 30 Roy and Penny Blake: Spiritual Journeys ( service handout §)
October 23 John Mayer and Sofia Vuorinen: UU UN ( service handout §)
October 16 John Mayer: "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown ( service handout §)
October 9 David Jordan: UU Values and Food Choices( service handout §)
October 2 Abu Hosein: A Trinidadian Religious Microcosm ( service handout §)
September 25 Velda Vasilaros: Greek Orthodoxy and Culture ( service handout §)
September 18 Lawrence Jeffery: The Power of Writing ( service handout §)
September 11 Wanda Morris: Dying with Dignity ( service handout §): Salad Day Lunch
September 4 Karen Hosein: Build Your Own Theology IV
August 28 Penny and Roy Blake: Chautauqua
August 21 Julianne Momirov: Power of Place
August 14 Rene Quesnel: Music
August 7 Karen Hosein: Build Your Own Theology III
July 31 John Mayer: TBA
July 24 Karen Hosein: Build Your Own Theology II
July 17 John Mayer: TBA
July 10 Karen Hosein: Build Your Own Theology I
July 3 Rene Quesnel: Peace, Global Warming, Endangered Animals
June 26 Alyson Jacks: Underground Railroad
June 19: Roy Blake: UCN Got Technology.: Learn how to use the computer and audio-visual equipment at the UCN; ( service handout in pdf format §); ( service handout in Powerpoint format §)
June 12: Petra Bucek: Fresh Air Always
June 5: Annual Picnic at Queenston Heights
May 29 Marie Belliveau and John Mayer: Sharing our Faith( service handout §)
May 22 Valerie Jaeger: Flower Communion ( service handout §)
May 15 Fiona McMurran: The Commons ( service handout §)
May 8 Karen Johnson-Hosein:"Mother's Day" ( service handout §)
May 1 Karen Johnson-Hosein: May Day( service handout §)
April 24 Juliet Dunn and Peter Shea: Jazz and Spirituality( service handout §)
April 17 Sheila Petzold (USC): Visit to Timor Leste.( service handout §)
April 10 Vivianne Lariviere: Mission and Panentheism ( service handout §)
April 3 Barb Bennet: Substance Abuse: Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places ( service handout §)
March 27 Jan Campbell-Luxton (from de la terre): Flour to the People ( service handout §)
March 20 Julianne Momirov: Louisa May Alcott ( service handout §)
March 13 David Galston: Atheism and the Future of Religion ( service handout §)
March 6 John Mayer: Repetition and Renewal( service handout §)
February 27 Carl Beckett: Love in Words and Song and Soup and Sandwich Lunch( service handout §)
February 20 AGM( Agenda and Committee Reports)
February 13 David Galston: Religion and Violence( service handout)
February 6 Valerie Jaeger: Spiritual Places: the Kitchen( service handout §)
January 30 Ashley Brockway: Let Them Stay( service handout §)
January 23 Vivianne Lariviere: Joy( service handout §)
January 16 Chris Critelli: Teamwork( service handout §)
January 9 Doreen Peever: Remember Me?( service handout §) ( Presentation §) ( Memorial Planning Instructions §)
January 2 Ed Gilbert replaced John Mayer, who was ill. He organized a hymn sing, and asked members of the congregation to explain how they came to join the UCN( service handout §)

Previous Services from 2010

December 26 Julianne Momirov: Celebration of Christmas( service handout §)
December 21 (Tuesday) at 7 pm: Winter Solstice Service presented by PFLAG, TransParent, and Transgender Niagara ( flyer)( photos §)
December 19 Ed Gilbert: Religion Beyond Belief( service handout § presentation §
December 12 Sandra Watson: Spiritual Spaces: Findhorn
December 5 Wyn Kalagian: Art 'N' Soul
November 28 Shari Virtue: Spiritual Spaces
November 21 Mike Lethby: RAFT
November 14 Jim Glassford: Spiritual Spaces --- Sedona( service handout §)
November 7 Don Cullen: Boring Dates --- A Secular Humanist's Point of View
October 31 Julianne Momirov: UU Seventh Principle
October 24 Karen Johnson: China: The 'Religion' of Communism
October 17 Morris Bosey: Is Spirituality Replacing Formal Religions?
October 10 Craig Beam: The Golden Rule
October 3 Alan Wheeler: Religious Ornithology, or Church is for the Birds
September 26 Julianne Momirov: UU Sixth Principle ( service handout §)
September 19 K'im Li Shih: Living the Teachings ( service handout §)
Sept. 12 Ed Gilbert: In-Gathering and Water Communion( service handout §): Salad Day Lunch §
Sept. 5 Carl Beckett and Peter Skelton: AGM Report
Aug. 29 Julianne Momirov: UU Fifth Principle
Aug. 22 Penny Blake: On Beyond "Spirit of Life" --- Hymns for UU's
Aug. 15 Julianne Momirov: UU Fourth Principle
Aug. 8 Valerie Jaeger: Unitarian Poetry
Aug. 1 Doreen Peever: Sermon from Rev. Leonard Mason #2
July 25 John Berry: White Rose: Those Who Give their Lives ( Presentation §)
July 18 Julianne Momirov: UU Third Principle
July 11 Doreen Peever: Sermon from Rev. Leonard Mason #1
July 4 Julianne Momirov: UU Second Principle
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 §)
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.

September 20 Raio de Esperanca - Jill Claus ( service handout §)

Raio de Esperança (Ray of Hope in English) is a program assisting orphans and vulnerable children in Caia, Mozambique. For more information on this group see pages 5-6 of the September 2009 newsletter §.

September 13 Water Communion - Ed Gilbert and Julianne Momirov ( service handout §)

September 6 Recap of Chautauqua Lectures: Imagine a World of Peace through Compassion - Penny and Roy Blake

August 30 Defining Ourselves: Six Sources of Unitarianism - Ed Gilbert

August 23 Effects of Residential Schools on Canada's Aboriginals - Marie Beliveau

August 9 "I am, therefore, I think" - Joan Rothman

July 26 How to Be a Service Leader at UCN - Julianne Momirov

July 19 Observations from the Recent Visit to the U.S. - John Mayer and Fred Bolton

July 12 Be Kind to the Earth: Natural Products for Health and Home Care - Donna Bothen

June 28 Canadian Unitarian Council Discussion - Carl Beckett, Joan Rothman, Bruce Millar

June 21 History of Unitarian Congregation of Niagara - Doreen Peever

June 14 Jazz and Unitarian Theology - Julianne Momirov

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
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: Water celebration §
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

Previous Services from 2007 & 2006 §

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