UUFO Online Worship Blog

“Staying Grounded on a Shifting Continent” October 4, 2026
Sarah Baxter

Referenced in Sarah’s reflection:

• Gender Playground, a podcast about gender affirming care for kids
• Mama Nous video on Instagram

“Being Thankful, Every Day” October 11, 2026
allison calvern

“Reflections on Agency and Acceptance” October 18, 2026
UUFO Panel:

“Subject to Change Without Notice” October 25, 2026
Rev. Lynn Harrison*

*Note, this is a Meaning Making Project service, the link cannot be posted publicly. Please email the office for direct access to the recording.

“Facing the Future Together” September 13, 2026
Laura Evans

• Link to our draft Relational Covenant

“Cultivating the Beloved Community” September 20, 2026
Rev. George Buchanan

“Agency and Acceptance – ” September 27, 2026
Rev. Debra Faulk (video)*

*This service is part of the Meaning Making Project – the link cannot be posted publicly. Email the office for a direct link to the recording.

“Youth Voices for Climate Action” June 7, 2026
Dana Jordan

Below are links to learn more about these amazing youth voices:

• World Changing Kids – “TheUpstanders” Kebaowek First Nation and World-Changing Kids Join Forces to Empower Youth and Protect the Ottawa River Petition Description Electronic petition
• 100 Watt Youth Ensemble performance 2(2.0) – Katrina Watt is the producer/director/mentor  of 100 Watt Productions where these young people perform.

“Unitarians Face a New Age” June 14, 2026
Rev. Shawn Gauthier (video)

“Summer Solstice Flower Celebration” June 21, 2026
Allison Armstrong

“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
Note: This service is part of the Meaning Making Project series email the office for the link

“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