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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.

The Injustice of War

Presenter: Joe Thauberger
In all wars, each side believes the other to be the aggressor. Each side is fighting a war of defence. We are always in the right, and the other side is always in the wrong. We are always the good guys, and those on the other side are the monsters. Yet, in all wars, governments lie and deceive in many ways. There are no “good wars”. And, it is often the justification of previous wars that leads us to engage in new wars.

INTERSPIRITUAL COMPETENCE

Presenter: Andrew Quackenbush


What is interspiritual competence? We will consider the usefulness of spiritual self-assessment and the value and pitfalls of adapting our spirituality to the practices of others.

Famous Unitarians - Susan B. Anthony

Presenter: Heather Lau

Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906) was an American social reformer and feminist who played an important role in the women’s suffrage movement. She was raised a Quaker, but after her family began attending the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York in the mid-1800s, Anthony joined them, and remained a Unitarian for the rest of her life.

Prairie Spruce Commons – Regina’s First Cohousing Community

Presenter: Dave Lareau

Cohousing is a concept that came to North America from Denmark where it emerged over 40 years ago. It describes neighborhoods that combine the autonomy of private dwellings with the advantages of shared resources and community living. Some people call cohousing neighborhoods a return to the best of small-town communities. Others say they are like the close-knit neighborhood where they grew up, while futurists call them an altogether new response to social, economic and environmental challenges.

Sanctuary

Presenter: Carol Porter

The original meaning of sanctuary is a sacred place such as a shrine. As these places became used as safe havens, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety, a shelter from danger or hardship. What (or perhaps who) has provided sanctuary for you? This was a participatory service introduced and facilitated by Carol Porter.

Famous Unitarian Series: Kurt Vonnegut

Presenter: Joanne Green

Kurt Vonnegut was a writer first and Unitarian second. Although his father and grandfather were Unitarians, he himself participated infrequently in Unitarian congregations. Vonnegut is best known for his novel Slaughterhouse Five, based on his experiences in Dresden during WWII. According to one biographer, Vonnegut was a genuinely religious man who believed that morality can exist without traditional religion. Many of Vonnegut's beliefs and practices were very much in tune with Unitarian Universalists and he spoke at many Unitarian gatherings, including the General Assembly in 1986.