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“Roots and Wings and the Cuban Revolution” May 3, 2026
Dr. Norman Cook

“Liberating Love” May 10, 2026
Rev. Samaya Oakley (video)*

*Note this service is part of the Meaning Making series of worship services and can’t be posted publicly. Please email the office for the link to the video.

“The Spiritual Practice of Living a Relational Covenant” May 17, 2026
Lisa Boulay

“Roots and Wings: Faith Journeys” May 24, 2026
Marguerite Adelman, Danie McLarty

“How Are You, Anyway?” May 31, 2026
Rev. Nicoline Guerrier

Referenced in this service:

Emergent Strategy by adrenne maree brown & the CUC book club discussing this book:

Emergent Strategy Book Club- Session 2

“Sustaining and Growing Family Farmers’ Agriculture” April 5, 2026
Awegechew Teshome

“Mobbing: The Dark Side of Human Nature” April 12, 2026
Gisèle Yasmeen

“Earth Blessings” April 19, 2026
Rev. Fiona Heath (Meaning Making service)*

*Note: This service is part of the Meaning Making Project and cannot be posted publicly. Please email the office for the link

“Confessions of a Recovering Catholic: Integrating Christian Roots with UU Aspirations” April 26, 2026
Guy Belleperche

“Moving Beyond Perfectionism” March 1, 2026
Laurie-Anne Muldoon

“Who are Your Heroes?” March 8, 2026
Nanci Burns & Louise McDiarmid

“30th Anniversary Service” March 15, 2026
Laura Evans

“The Only Constant” March 22, 2026
Rev. Lara Cowtan

“Seeking Wisdom in Love & Justice” March 29, 2026
Rev. Arran Morton*

*This service is part of the Meaning Making Project series and cannot be posted publicly. Please email the office for a link to the video recording.

“National Healing Forests Initiative: Rekindling hope and reconciliation” February 1, 2026
Patricia Stirbys & Peter Croal

“Discerning Truth” February 8, 2026
Rev. Wayne Walder
This service is part of the Meaning Making series. Please email the office for the link.

“Facing the Future Together” A Sharing Our Faith Service* February 15, 2026
Adela Reid, Nancy Rubenstein, Bob Ackland, & allison calvern

“Tending Our Roots” February 22, 2026
Casey Stainsby

*List of Books from Canadian Unitarian Universalists Read
This was a panel discussion that occurred in November of 2005, where each of ministers each pitched a book that would help us meet this moment, and setting the theme for the 2026 Sharing Our Faith Service.

• Rev. Arran Morton – How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You Are Going: Leading in a Liminal Season By Susan Beaumont (2019). Arran says, “Canadian UUs need this book as it makes the ‘not knowing’ a whole lot less scary, gives us a fresh way to intimately engage with our organizations as leaders, and calls us to approach all of our work in an engaged, spiritually grounded way.”

• Rev. Anne Barker – Imaginable: How to Create a Hopeful Future—in Your Own Life, Your Community, the World by Jane McGonigal (2023). “… we are called to create a hopeful, helpful future. Imaginable brings the tools.” – Rev. Anne.

• Rev. Debra Faulk – Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations by the late Richard Wagamese (2016). Rev. Debra says that Embers provides “inspiration, comfort and direction. It is filled with practical advice for responding to hard times.”

• Rev. Lynn Harrison – The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness, by Thomas Moore (2023). Eloquence offers “a fresh and healing approach to wisdom.” It “speaks to the change in consciousness we may need in order to undo current systems of injustice.” – Rev. Lynn.

• Rev. Pat Trudeau – Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone (2022). The late Rev. Pat says she found “hope and direction” in this revised edition.

• Rev. Rosemary Morrison – Beyond Welcome: Building Communities of Love by Linnea Nelson (2022). Beyond Welcome “brings to life the lived experiences of those living on the margins.” – Rev. Rosemary.

• Rev. Samaya Oakley – North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner by Marie Wilson (2024) Samaya chose this book because it shows the importance of seeing the world with new eyes.

“UUFO – Together into 2026” January 4, 2026
Laura Evans

“Awakening Wonder” January 11, 2026
Rev. Debra Faulk
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“Ending Homelessness is Possible: How We Get There” January 18, 2026
Kaite Burkholder Harris

“Starry, Starry Skies – A Cathedral in the Sky” January 22, 2026
Nancy Rubenstein

“Communities of Care: Mitten Tree Sunday!” December 7, 2025
Ilara Stefaniuk-Gaudet

Note: This service is part of the Meaning Making series, so the link can’t be posted publicly. Contact the office to receive the replay link directly.

“Blue Holidays: Sadness if OK” December 14, 2025
Nick LePan

“Land is the Question” November 2, 2025
Lisa Sharp

“Learning From Our Ancestors” November 9, 2025
Rev. Lynn Harrison

*Note this service is part of the Meaning Making series. Please email the office for the link.

“The A-B-Cs of Social Progress” November 16, 2025
Gilles Marchildon

“Community is More than a Loblaws and an LCBO” November 23, 2025
Amanda Palmer

“Pride in Times of Change” November 30, 2025
Brandon Milk

“Paddling in Uncertain Waters” October 5, 2025
Rev. Karen Fraser Gitlitz

Note: This service is part of the Meaning Making Project and can’t be posted publicly. Please email the office if you would like the link to the video.

“Music Which Inspires” October 12, 2025
Pat Lucey

“Why This Fellowship?” October 19, 2025
Laura Evans

“How Can We Better Walk the Walk?” October 26, 2025
Lisa Boulay

“Roots and Wings” September 7, 2025
Laura Evans

“Celebrating Mystery” September 14, 2025
Rev. Fiona Heath

“The Gentle Wings of the Spirit” September 21, 2025
Rev. George Buchanan

“Recalling the Calls – 10 Years After” September 28, 2025
Ed Bianchi

Note: This service included a discussion period. Members referred to the following handouts while discussing the calls to action, and those that are still unanswered:

“Putting our 8 UU Principles into Action” June 1, 2025
Brent Nicolle

“Compassion in Dying” June 8, 2025
Dr. Purnima Sundar

“Cultivating Joy – Flower Celebration” June 15, 2025
Laura Evans