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Reflecting on Remembrance Day

Today, Service Leader, Jim Hutchings started off our reflections on Remembrance Day with a few of his own observations, then read excerpts from a couple of sermons that had been written by Rev. Brian Kiely of Edmonton, then we heard personal reminiscences and comments from members of the Fellowship on what Remembrance Day means to them.

Women In Islam -- Unveiling the Hijab

Presenter: Hilary Craig
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This presentation will be based on some snippets from the SIHA Journal, Issue 1, which the presenter was given when she visited Uganda in February. SIHA stands for Strategic Initiatives for Women in the Horn of Africa.

SWAP – Street Worker’s Advocacy Project

Presenter: Barbara Lawrence, Executive Director , SWAP

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The Street Worker’s Advocacy Project began in July 1994 as a drop-in centre for street workers. The project was designed to meet the needs, identified by street workers themselves, to provide programming they wanted to see put into place. 

Regina Education & Child Hunger Healthy Food

Presenter: Dana Folkersen, Executive Director - REACH 

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We all have a role to play in addressing the issue of Food Security. This presentation will put into context food insecurity in Regina, Saskatchewan, and beyond, with an overview of REACH and its programmes and services, as well as some ideas on what we can all do to build a more local Food Secure environment. 

Truth & Reconciliation

Presenter: Lorna Standingready
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The Indian Residential Schools were of network of boarding schools for Native Canadians, funded by the Canadian government’s Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and administered by Christian churches. The goal was assimilation of First Nations children into the dominant (white) Canadian culture. It is estimated that about 30% of native children – 150,000 were placed in residential schools nationally. Roughly 3,000 of those students died in the schools – mostly from disease. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was part of an overall holistic and comprehensive response to the Indian residential school legacy. It was officially established in June 2008, and completed in June, 2015.

Hope in the Midst of Dispair

Presented by Rev Karen Fraser Gitlitz:

Sometimes despair seems the only reasonable response to our lives, our country, or the environment.  Can we see what's really happening and still believe that we can make a difference?  What is the role of hope today

Famous Unitarians - Dorothy Livesay

Presenter: Helen Christiansen

Dorothy Livesay was one of the leading Canadian poets of the 20th century. She and her husband attended the Unitarian Church of Vancouver. Livesay participated in the Vancouver congregation until she left the city in 1958. As an elderly widow in the latter part of the 20th century she was a member of the Unitarian Church of Victoria, the city in which she lived until her death in 1996.

Hell-bent for Harmony: Reggie Newkirk talks about his life journey

Reggie was hell-bent on a road leading to self-destruction. His journey was interrupted due to his own unexpected courage in a crisis. His transformation began with this event, and later due to the courage of a white man that he would have seen as an enemy, Reggie's road changed direction dramatically.

Growing Up In a Gay Family

Presenter: Suzanne Huggins

According to a recent study in Australia, the children of gay parents are doing equally well or better than the children of straight parents on a number of key health and well-being indicators. What is it like to grow up in gay family? Today we hear one person’s story.

Beloved Community--Put your hard hats on and pass out the lifejackets

Rev Karen Fraser Gitlitz talks about Beloved Community and how we get there.  Rev Karen starts a term as part time developmental minister with the Unitarian Fellowship of Regina on September 1, 2015.