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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 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 §)

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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

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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

 

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