JOIN US TOMORROW at 5:00pm
"Inherent Mirth and Dignity" 5:00 FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE

please come if you can and 
welcome Liz James!

On Saturday, April 26, UUSS Worship Circle has invited Liz James, founder of Mirth and Dignity and the UU Hysterical Society, to speak as part of our service entitled "Inherent Mirth and Dignity".  Join us at St. Margarets Cedar Cottage at 1530 E. 22nd Ave.

What do you do when the life you’d imagined for yourself is stuck in committee? Join us for the story of the UU Hysterical Society...The practical joke that accidentally turned into a 230,000 person UU community on Facebook. It’s a story of feeling lost, finding yourself, and UUism-outside-the-box with  UUHS founder, Liz James. 

Liz James is the founder of a 270,000-person online UU community called the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society (UUHS); half of The Cracked Cup podcast; and is working on a book with Skinner House Press. She also runs Mirth and Dignity, an organization devoted to supporting diverse expressions of Unitarian Universalism. She believes in a Unitarian Universalism that is filled with meaning and joy, and that sees change as an adventure.

Also on Sunday, May 4, Liz James will be at Mollie Nye House to lead UUSS in a workshop called  The Church of Our Imagination, a congregational/community development workshop. In it, we will look at strategies for congregational adaptation. This isn’t a “How to use Facebook” style workshop. This is about changing how we think about ourselves. We will talk about what it looks like to get the word out in a viral world, how to re-envision what the “main part” of what we do really is, what streamlined governance and a failure friendly culture can really look like, and more. This is a story heavy workshop, with lots of examples of how UU communities are successfully adapting (as well as some jokes, discussion and a game thrown in).

 World Labyrinth Day 2025 in Surrey!  Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025  Time: 1:00 PM  Location: Seven Circuit Classical Labyrinth, Fleetwood Park, Surrey

Be part of a global wave of peace and mindfulness as we "Walk as One at 1" with thousands across the globe.

Our Labyrinth: 
- Metro Vancouver's first public park labyrinth 
- 42 feet in diameter 
- Established in 2011 through community partnership 
- A symbol of Surrey's commitment to pluralism and diversity

Event Schedule: 1:00 PM - Labyrinth Introduction & Mindfulness Follow With Global Synchronized Walk

 After our regular Saturday service on June 21, there will an annual big bash held right afterwards.  Stay tuned for more details!

Join Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust at their Interfaith Water Ceremony planned for Sunday, 
May 25 at Whey-ah-Wichen / Cates Park. 

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Join Tim Nash of Good Investing on Tuesday, April 29th, for his FREE Green Bonds: Financing the Green Transition webinar, where we’ll talk about what meaningful, transparent, values-aligned investing looks like—and how you can be part of the next wave of real change.Let’s keep planting the seeds.

From Decolonial Solidarity and Dogwood:

On Monday, May 5th 2025 the Gitanyow will go before the BC supreme court to argue their case for Title —standing up for their lands, laws, and the generations to come. The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are together claiming title to the 6,200 square kilometres of the Gitanyow Lax’yip, located in the Nass and Skeena Watersheds (Kitwanga and Kispiox Rivers). When the Canada negotiated the Nisga'a Final Agreement with the Nisga'a Nation they did not consult the Gitanyow, despite their overlapping territorial claims.  Gitanyow Territory is now under threat from the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT). Their title claim goes hand in hand with their struggle to protect their territories from destructive development and safeguard salmon in the Nass, Cranberry and Kiteen river.

The Gitanyow are calling on their allies to march with them from Robson Square to the steps of the BC Supreme Courthouse. If you are in Vancouver on the morning of May 5th, please join the Gitanyow and their allies. You can also support by sharing this call with any and everyone!

Location: Meet between Robson Square Ice Rink and Vancouver Art Gallery. Commence march up the Hornby sidewalk. Arrive at the front steps of BC Supreme Court, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, BC

Time: 8:00am gather - 8:45am start the march - 9:15am arrive front steps of BC Supreme Court, 800 Smithe Street

 World Labyrinth Day 2025 in Surrey!  Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025  Time: 1:00 PM  Location: Seven Circuit Classical Labyrinth, Fleetwood Park, Surrey

Be part of a global wave of peace and mindfulness as we "Walk as One at 1" with thousands across the globe.

Our Labyrinth: 
- Metro Vancouver's first public park labyrinth 
- 42 feet in diameter 
- Established in 2011 through community partnership 
- A symbol of Surrey's commitment to pluralism and diversity

Event Schedule: 1:00 PM - Labyrinth Introduction & Mindfulness Follow With Global Synchronized Walk

From Decolonial Solidarity and Dogwood:

On Monday, May 5th 2025 the Gitanyow will go before the BC supreme court to argue their case for Title —standing up for their lands, laws, and the generations to come. The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are together claiming title to the 6,200 square kilometres of the Gitanyow Lax’yip, located in the Nass and Skeena Watersheds (Kitwanga and Kispiox Rivers). When the Canada negotiated the Nisga'a Final Agreement with the Nisga'a Nation they did not consult the Gitanyow, despite their overlapping territorial claims.  Gitanyow Territory is now under threat from the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT). Their title claim goes hand in hand with their struggle to protect their territories from destructive development and safeguard salmon in the Nass, Cranberry and Kiteen river.

The Gitanyow are calling on their allies to march with them from Robson Square to the steps of the BC Supreme Courthouse. If you are in Vancouver on the morning of May 5th, please join the Gitanyow and their allies. You can also support by sharing this call with any and everyone!

Date: Monday, May 5, 2025

Location: Meet between Robson Square Ice Rink and Vancouver Art Gallery. Commence march up the Hornby sidewalk. Arrive at the front steps of BC Supreme Court, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, BC

Time: 8:00am gather - 8:45am start the march - 9:15am arrive front steps of BC Supreme Court, 800 Smithe Street

The UUSC launches the Resistance Network.

We are living in a time of escalating injustice, but also powerful resistance. Those in power seek to divide us, weaken our movements, and strip away fundamental rights—but we know that justice is only possible when we build solidarity together. Our faith in human dignity, our belief in collective liberation, and our commitment to justice call us to act.

Yesterday, the UUSC launched the Resistance Network—a mobilization hub designed to take immediate action when civil liberties, democracy, and human rights are at risk. The threats we face are vast, but history shows us that resistance works when we act together. The Resistance Network is an opportunity to live our values as Unitarian Universalists and take collective action. 

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