unitarianfellowshipregina

Honouring My Friend Thom Bartram

Presenter: Jim Harding
--

Jim Harding honours Thom's memory by intimately discussing their 50-year friendship, as well as the ups and downs of Thom's peace and mental health activism. Jim brings meaning to Thom's endless struggle to remain independent, while dealing with the medical and disability income systems. This challenging and deeply valued relationship became transformative for Jim as well.

Talking about Money with Rev. Karen Fraser Gitlitz

What did you learn about money as a child? What is your relationship with money as an Adult? There is an old joke about Unitarians, that we are the religion that is more comfortable talking about sex than money. But just like sex, talking about money is an opportunity to explore how we live out our values in relationship with others.

Building a Community

Presenter: Glenna Ottenbreit-Born & Sheri Adams-Selinger

--
Goldenrod Land Co-op (GLC) is a group of families that desire to build a better future for their children and the earth. Their hope is to be stewards of land that will provide for themselves and the greater community. By creating a more sustainable lifestyle for themselves, they strive to pave a way for others to find a more sustainable path.

Commitment

Presenter: Joanne Green
--
What does it mean to be committed and dedicated to a cause? Why do we make a promise to support and nurture our beloved community in the Unitarian Fellowship of Regina? What do we receive or gain by making a commitment? What inspires you to be loyal to a faith or a cause? Joanne Green, our current president, will talk about her reasons for her devotion and commitment.

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
--
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

---
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 

--

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
 --- 
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