Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation

06/20/2026

Join us on Sunday Service, June 21 at 10:00 AM

Title: Father’s Day Service
Speaker: Sarah Weaver, John Pullyblank, Kim Dawson
Location: Friendship Hall, 1110 Hillside Ave

Sarah Weaver, John Pullyblank, and Kim Dawson speak about being a father or the father figures in their lives. Services in which congregants share personal stories, especially on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, are among the favourites at Capital. This diverse congregation open-heartedly shares personal experiences in a safe space with a supportive membership.

Forum: After the service, there will be a coffee/tea break, followed by a forum at 11:15 AM to discuss the topic. Sarah, John, and Kim will be in attendance.

Everyone is welcome.

06/13/2026

Join us on Sunday Service, June 14th at 10:00 AM
Location: Friendship Hall, 1110 Hillside Ave
Title: Saving the Hidden Ravine
Speaker: Steve Morgan

When I first slid down the bank into the ravine and looked around, I was astonished that something so beautiful, so exotic, was hidden just a few hundred metres from my backyard. I knew the land was slated for development, and I remember saying to myself, “This place is going to break my heart.” Fifteen years later, we are still fighting to protect this landform. In the process, we are learning a great deal about the power of maps, the potential of activism, and the power and limits of local government. Join me as I tell the story of the Hidden Ravine.

Bio: Steve Morgan is a biologist, map maker, and community activist. He founded Cumberland Wetlands a decade ago to gather baseline data and advocate for the protection of wetlands and other important landforms from the effects of development in Cumberland, BC.

Forum: After the service, there will be a coffee/tea break, followed by a forum at 11:15 AM to discuss the topic. Steve will be present.

Everyone is welcome.

06/06/2026

Join us on Sunday Service, June 7th at 10:00 AM
Location: Friendship Hall, 1110 Hillside Ave.
Title: Sewatié:ron Enhsatkáhtoh Ohjistoh-kwaténion (Sometimes you will see Falling Stars)
Speaker: Ashley Ohtsijah Hall

An artist talk with accompanying visuals of her practice, shaped and informed by her cultural dichotomy, history, family stories, memories, blood memory, teachings, language, matriarchy, and motherhood. She hopes to inspire the audience to reflect on their own identity and the ways and people who have influenced them. Ashley will be showing her work in the Friendship Hall during this service.

Forum: After the service, there will be a coffee/tea break, followed by a forum at 11:15 AM to discuss the topic. Ashley will be present.

Everyone is welcome.

05/28/2026

Join us on Sunday Service, May 31st at 10:00 AM

Location: Friendship Hall, 1110 Hillside Ave.
Title: Liberating Love, part of the MMiLT Series
Speaker: Rev. Samaya Oakley, Calgary Unitarians (video homily)

Liberating love is not sentimental - it is courageous. It interrupts rumour, resists polarization, slows the nervous system, and widens the circle. We can choose curiosity over certainty, compassion over gossip, truth over distortion, and presence over panic.

Bio: The Rev. Samaya Oakley is deeply committed to fostering a congregation where relationships, compassion, and curiosity guide our shared spiritual journey. She believes that Unitarian Universalism calls us to live with integrity, love, and justice in our communities and the wider world. Samaya’s ministry is grounded in supporting people of all ages as they explore their values, deepen their connections, and grow into their fullest selves.

Forum: After the service, there will be a forum, but the Reverend will not be present.

Everyone is welcome.

05/22/2026

Please join us on Sunday May 24th at 10 AM
- Location: Friendship Hall, 1110 Hillside Ave.
- Title: The Final Border
- Speaker: Dr. Peter Fenwick (TEDX Berlin - YouTube video)

Dr Fenwich provides both accounts of his research into Near-Death Experiences and a practical discussion of; “what do we really know about dying”, circumstances around near-death experiences, and how consciousness changes when the heart stops. He also relates very practically, how to prepare for death. Fenwich provides much hope for death being a good experience. Statistically, from accounts of near-death experiences, it will likely be your mother you see at the moment of death.

Bio: Neuropsychologist Dr Fenwick was born in Nairobi in 1935 and died in London England in 2024. He was a senior lecturer at King’s College, London, where he worked as a consultant in the Institute of Psychiatry. Fenwick was the President of the Horizon Research Foundation, an organization that supports research into end of life experiences. And, he was president of the British Branch of the International Association for Near-Death Experiences.

Forum: Forum will be held, this service was at the request of members to be given the opportunity to speak about shifting attitudes towards aging and end of life.

Everyone is welcome.

05/14/2026

Please join us on Sunday May 17th at 10 AM
- Location: Friendship Hall, 1110 Hillside Ave.
- Title: Capital at Thirty
- Speaker: Peter Scales

"How hard could it be to build a new congregation?" Our society was formed in 1996 when eight Unitarian-Universalists decided to re-establish a UU presence in James Bay. Through good times and bad, and a global pandemic, CUUC remains "the little congregation that could." Come and share stories of resilience and joy. There will be a birthday cake. If you are able, please contribute to a potluck lunch in the hall.

Forum: There will most definitely be a forum to celebrate this anniversary, Peter will be in attendance.

Everyone is welcome.

05/07/2026

Please join us on Sunday May 10th at 10 AM
- Location: Friendship Hall (formerly Norway House), 1110 Hillside Ave.
- Title: The Great Unravelling and the Great Turning - Seeing the World through the Eyes of Joanna Macy
- Speaker: Sarah Weaver

Buddhist scholar, systems thinker, environmental activist and passionate teacher Joanna Macy died in the summer of 2025, at the age of 96. Through the practices of her seminal “Work that Reconnects”, she helped people transform their grief for the world into “active hope” by experiencing their innate connection with the wonder of life. Macy showed that to love the world is not a passive thing; in fact, in her words, gratitude “loosens the grip of the industrial growth society.” On this Mother’s Day, Sarah will offer a snapshot into some of Macy’s ideas and her work for our common mother, the earth.

Forum: After the service, there will be a coffee/tea break, and at 11:15 AM there will be a forum to discuss the topic. Sarah will be present.

Everyone is welcome.

05/01/2026

Please join us on Sunday May 3rd at 10 AM
Location: Friendship Hall (formerly Norway House), 1110 Hillside Ave.
Title: How ‘Race’ is Made Historically
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Vibert

This illustrated talk explores the contested concept of ‘race,’ examples of its historical making across the British empire, and its ongoing power into the present day.

Bio: Elizabeth Vibert is a historian at the University of Victoria. Her research, writing, and filmmaking focus on colonial understandings and misunderstandings of Indigenous and other colonized peoples. Most recently she is the director of Aisha’s Story, an award-winning documentary film about a Palestinian grain miller keeping her food culture alive in exile. aishasstory.com/

Forum: After the service, there will be a coffee/tea break, and at 11:15 AM there will be a forum to discuss the topic. Elizabeth will be present.

Everyone is welcome.

04/23/2026

Please join us on Sunday April 26th at 10 AM

Location: Friendship Hall (formerly Norway House), 1110 Hillside Ave.
Title: Earth Blessings – video service, part of the MMiLT series
Speaker: Rev Fiona Heath

Nourishing Nature- the practice of nourishing nature while being nourished by the natural world: How do we align with the rhythms of earth? With the light of the chalice guiding the way, we explore our aspiration to be theologically alive: seeking to be ever-evolving in our understanding, open to new knowledge. How does our theology respond to the present moment and where might it go in the future?

Bio: Rev. Fiona Heath spent nine years as the settled minister at the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga, as well as two years as the part time minister of the UU Congregation of Durham. Now retired, she lives in the countryside north of Kingston, focusing on fiction and poetry writing, local climate crisis response, and how to be a UU at home.

Note: Following the service, a Special General Meeting will be held.

04/16/2026