Salt Spring Island United Church

06/16/2026

We join our communities across Turtle Island in celebrating Indigenous History Month while we join our Le***an, Q***r, Trans and Two-Spirit kin in celebrating the beginning of Pride Month. Both auspicious commemorations are represented in a powerfully, gorgeous way by ❤️☀️🪶🌺

Chief LadyBird also shares these words “Happy Pride and Indigenous History Month! We are here, we are q***r, we are decolonizing everything; we are anything but history- and I’m glad we are continuing to edcuate, acknowledge and fight for our rights. Love to you all.”

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06/16/2026

What better way to spend an early summer Thursday evening than to enjoy a concert of SHOW TUNES with Ron Klusmeier and special guests!!

Here's the deal. Admission is by donation. "Pay as you leave"according to what you feel it was worth!

Check the poster for pertinent details. See you Thursday June 25, 2026 at 7PM at 111 Hereford Ave. The perfect intersection of a fundraiser for our new state of the art AV and streaming system, a Pride Month celebration, and ELEVEN (plus !) musicals for Shakin" the Blues Away!

06/11/2026

It was a brilliant conference and AGM. Thanks PMRC!

05/28/2026

Join us.
All are welcome. We are more than Sunday.
Join us in person at 111 Hereford in Ganges when Helen provides a reflection on SSIUC history on the island. Celebrate 100 years ( wth cake!) as we move forward in technology, community outreach, and social justice. Sunday May 31 at 10AM.
Or join on the new YouTube stream https://www.youtube.com//streams

05/23/2026

"Dazzled, Bewildered, Taken Aback!"
Join us. All are welcome. We are more than Sunday.
Join us in person at 111 Hereford in Ganges when Faye returns on Sunday May 24 with this reflection at 10AM.
Or join on the new YouTube stream https://www.youtube.com//streams

05/15/2026

Join us. All are welcome. We are more than Sunday.

05/12/2026

SSIUC Social Justice Committee, in collaboration with Affirming Connections of the United Church of Canada, presents Q***r & Faithful Friday Night Cinema.

Take part in four monthly film screenings, featuring and celebrating real-life stories of people who have navigated q***rness in the context of church, community and family.

Screenings will be from 6:30 - 8:30 pm Pacific Time on Fridays over the summer (May 15, June 26, July 17 & August 7).

Join us for any one or all four monthly film screenings, enjoy the popcorn and refreshments, and stick around for discussion if you want to. By Donation.

The schedule:
Friday May 15 – “Proper Pronouns” follows four transgender ministers in North Carolina as they fight intolerance and discrimination in the Bible Belt and battle narrow-mindedness within the religious community, fellow state natives, and their families.

Friday June 26 – At General Council 42 in 2015 the United Church voted to have a national project of story-sharing and dialogue with people affected by the Church’s 1988 decision declaring sexual orientation was not a barrier to participation in the life and work of the Church, including eligibility for ordination. These stories would then help the church to discern if, and how, it might live into an apology to the church’s LGBTQ and Two-Spirit people. “The Iridesce Theatre Presentation” is a play in three acts. All the words of the script have emerged from the Iridesce Project, and are the memories and words of Iridesce participants.

Friday July 17 – “Wonderfully Made — LGBTQ+R(eligion)” is a combined fine art project and feature-length documentary that together strike at the root of anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics. The message, however, applies to any religious tradition that does not fully embrace our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters.

Friday August 7 – “A Q***r’s Guide to Spiritual Living” Blending zine-inspired animation, spoken word, and poetry with insightful interview footage, this lo-fi documentary collage follows four q***r people from different religious backgrounds as they explore the intersections of faith and q***rness.

Disclaimer** As documentaries, these films may contain occasional language profanity

05/12/2026

Saturday May 16 at 2 PM. Doors open at 1:30

Photographing Birds and Bees with Pierre Mineau

Pierre Mineau is both a passionate nature photographer and a biologist with nearly 50 years of experience studying the impacts of pesticides on birds and the environment.

Trained at McGill University and Queen’s University, he spent most
of his career with the Canadian government, while remaining closely connected to academic research.

Over the years, Pierre has advised on pesticide issues and contributed to regulatory and legal proceedings in Canada, the United States, the European Union, and beyond.

At the same time, photography has been a lifelong pursuit. Since the age of 12, Pierre has used the camera as a way to observe and celebrate the natural world. Since moving to Salt Spring Island in
2013 with his wife Ruth Waldick, he has exhibited his work locally and shared his images through cards and prints across the island.
In this presentation, Pierre brings these two sides together for the first time, blending art and science to explore both the beauty of the natural world and the growing threats faced by birds and their insect prey.

Through striking images and personal insights, he offers a perspective that is at once visually captivating and deeply informed.
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04/28/2026