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| Sunday, July 11, 11 a.m. | An introduction to Peter Mayer | Come and listen and learn some Peter Mayer songs. Peter is a Unitarian song writer. You may know him as the writer of "Blue Boat Home." At this summer service we will have time to learn more songs written by this talented man. Location: Atha home in Abbotsford. Bring something for potluck lunch. For address: 604-852-8012 or gatha@shaw.ca |
| Sunday, July 25 10:30 a.m. |
Come sing with us and share some poetry Denis Probst |
Location: Probst residence. Call for address. 604-936-0618 |
| Sunday, August 8, 10:30 a.m. | Blessing the animals—cancelled due to weather conditions Rev. Trish Schwartzberg and Renie McRae |
Service offered by the South Fraser Unitarian Congregation, which Beaconites are most welcome to attend: This will be a service for the entire family, including your well-mannered pets. If you are not able to bring your pet, bring a picture to share. Share stories of how animals are, or have been, a part of your life. We will meet at the shelter in Hazelnut Meadows Park for a short service and then we will enjoy time together at a pot-luck picnic. Please bring food to share. Hazelnut Meadows Park is very close to the Newton Seniors’ Centre. From the center you will go east on 70th Ave. and follow the curve around Chelsea Gardens where it changes to 140 St. The park entrance is on the left. |
| Sunday, August 22, 10:30 a.m. | Music in the Summer | Come join us to sing some new and mostly old favourite hymns, or bring your instrument and play along. There is no audition for singers or players; we welcome you as you are. There will be hymnbooks, including the "Joyce Poley" books. If you've hungered for more than three hymns at a service and would be just as happy singing as listening to the sermon on a beautiful August morning, this is the service for you. If you don't know all our hymns, it's a wonderful opportunity to get comfortable with a few more of our musical treasures. Please join us after the service for beverages and conversation and a potluck lunch. Call Peggy Lunderville for any questions or further information. Location: Lunderville residence—604-522-3001 |
| Sunday, August 29, 10:30 a.m. | Sharing our stories Rev. Trish Schwartzberg |
Service offered by South Fraser Unitarian Congregation, which Beaconites are most welcome to attend: This informal service will include a time for sharing stories from our life paths. We will begin at 10:30 in the Chelsea Gardens Clubhouse located at 138 St. and 70 Ave. Bring finger food to share after the service. |
| Sunday, September 5, 10:30 a.m. | A Caring Community Sue Sparlin and Allegra Sloman |
Sue and Allegra will lead a service of story and song on the theme of how we humans care for each other, care for ourselves and care for the many interwoven communities we belong to. |
| Sunday, September 12, 10:30 a.m. | Water Ingathering—Coming Home Rev. Katie Stein Sather |
Come on home to the place you belong, and celebrate together our community. You are invited to bring water from your summer wanderings—water especially from the places that nourish your soul, whether near or far away. |
| Sunday, September 19, 10:30 a.m. | Created happy: Classical Unitarian-Universalist theology series—Hosea Ballou Rev. Katie Stein Sather |
Our Universalist ancestor Hosea Ballou believed that humans were created to be fulfilled and happy. Our emotions, he said, prompt our actions, so we should strengthen the emotions that reap happiness for us and for others. Choir sings! Sermon discussion upstairs, after coffee. This is the first in a series of sermons with discussion afterward about pivotal Unitarian and Universalist theologians. |
| Sunday, September 26, 10:30 a.m. | Meet our Elizabeth Fry neighbours Guest speaker: Shawn Bayes Service coordinator: Anita Hagen |
This year we will share our Sunday offering plate with the Elizabeth Fry Society, whose impressive work with marginalized women, families and youth is comprehensive, realistic, lifeaffirming and life-changing. The Society is also a neighbour, with head office and services just around the corner from Beacon Church. Let's warmly welcome a neighbour and learn more about Beacon's 2010-11 social justice partnership. Shawn Bayes is the Executive Director and CEO of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, a nonprofit organization providing support to women, girls and children involved in or affected by the justice system. Choir sings! |
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