Guest Speaker: Valentin Schaefer Service Coordinator: Janet Pivnick The creation of a bucket list encourages people to seek the extraordinary with expensive trips and adventures. Contemplating retirement, Val Schaefer, an Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, is choosing to think “beyond the pail”. Expanding mindfulness to find the extraordinary in the […]
John Hagen, Phil Campbell, choir members and others What’s in our name? Today we are going to take a look at ‘Universalism’, the other ‘U’ within the historical background of our UU faith. Our intention is to gain knowledge and perspective on a very different religious period in our church history (1800–1920), and how it’s […]
Amber Strocel, Jeff Young What does it mean to truly give a gift, and what does it mean to truly receive a gift? One Beaconite explores gifting through the lens of Burning Man, an intentional arts community created for one week each summer in the Nevada desert. Expect music, pictures, and big questions. Amber Strocel […]
Rev. Debra Thorne and Beacon Members Today we celebrate Beacon’s 35th Anniversary by remembering Beacon iniatives that changed lives across the world and across the years. Stories from a transformational experience in the youth group; to the Bed and Breakfast program that started the Building Fund; from the homelessness initiative that started the POCO Food […]
As Individuals in an Interrelated World Lay Chaplain: Marilyn Medén Marilyn Medén looks to the future: The end of war? An interrelated world? Sure. Let’s start with ourselves. Try things out. Practise peace. Let peace begin with us! “When people act for selfless ends, there is vast augmentation of their individual capacities. Something wonderful, something […]
Special Guests: Kimiko Karpoff and Rachel Yordy Service Leader: Janet Pivnick Showing up as ourselves, daring to live authentically, aligning our public selves with our inner life are risks that the soul takes moment by moment, without fanfare or notice. Circle of Trust approaches, based on the work of Parker Palmer, provide an opportunity to […]
Note: Volume of recording increases at 1 minute 42 seconds. Apologies for the poor sound quality of this recording. Special Guests: Fazineh Keita & Ava Vanderstarren Fazineh Keita grew up in Sierra Leone during the country’s civil war. As a former child soldier, Fazineh is using his experience to bring awareness to the realities of […]