JOIN US JULY 28th @ Norma Elrod's garden!! There will be a special service this summerJuly 28th led bRobyn NewtonThe service will be focused on our sacred relationship with nature, and our interconnection with the web of all life.  Much of it is based on the book "Church of the Wild" by Victoria Loorz.

Loorz invites us to honour our own experience of falling in love with the world, and that is what Robyn is going to invite us to do in this ceremony "in the wild. 

Location: Norma Elrod's garden, 2012 Old Dollarton Road North Vancouver. Easily accessible by bus and parking is available on the street nearby or in the shopping plaza across the street.  Please bring a chair or blanket for sitting on the lawn, and finger food to share as we will have a "picnic" social at Norma's after the worship service.  

Oliver is STILL
looking for a home :-(

Oliver is STILLlooking for a home :-( He's really sweet. An indoor cat. His mom of 3 months was heart broken to learn that she has developed asthma due to Oliver allergy. Please email Barb if interested.  Thank you! 

Coming up in the Fall

Congregational Conversations Congregational Conversations will return in September.  Your openness and willingness to imagine a strong future is inspirational and we look forward to further connection. more details in August.

Meaning Making: Roots of Resilience programMany of you shared how helpful the Meaning Making in Liminal Times sermon series was for your group.  Rev. Karen Fraser Gitlitz, coordinator of last year's program, is at it again.  The 2024-25 series will include 8 sermons and an accompanying theme program with 8 Canadian theme ministry packages.  Info and registration is available here: https://forms.gle/m586oekUoFSULXQE8

CUC Co-Lab: Experiences of Transformation Join us from November 1st to 3rd, 2024, when Unitarians, Universalists, UU congregations, and UU inspired communities come together to connect, enjoy, and engage in profound conversations. Register Now! 

Your erstwhile Planning Team (Allyson, Cara, Catherine, Cynthia, Jackie, John, Liam, Robyn and Ryan) will be doing a planning retreat on August 1 which includes looking towards the fall and a Year 1 postmortem as well as going through the survey results.  Please send thoughts that may not have been surfaced at the Annual Extravaganza on June 8th before than to info@uusalishsea.ca. 

Hope Matters: Addressing Our Eco-Grief, Sharing Our Eco-Joy, and Tooling Up For Action

Hope Matters: Addressing Our Eco-Grief, Sharing Our Eco-Joy, and Tooling Up For Action

A Program in 4 Sessions: 

Facilitated by Teresa Morton and Rev. Meg Roberts @ Beacon Unitarian

Are you overwhelmed in the face of the climate crisis? Are you seeking a safer place to think about this existential threat and support in deciding how you feel about it? We offer a series of 4 sessions where we will collectively grapple with how to engage with these challenges, build resilience and explore how hope is nurtured and incorporated into our daily lives. We will be drawing from Elin Kelsey’s book Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis.

Each session incorporates sharing, learning and experiencing through ritual and creativity.  Sessions will happen every 2 weeks, to give an opportunity to apply what we are learning and bring back insights to share at the next session.

Interested? We need your feedback on when we offer these sessions:

We’re deciding on whether to hold the sessions on a weekday afternoon or a Saturday session. Please indicate which option you would prefer BY AUGUST 1st by filling out this short online form. 

Or if more info is required, please contact: Teresa at president@beaconunitarian.org

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