UCV Events - April 2016 - Unitarian Church of Vancouver

Unitarian Church of Vancouver
UCV EVENTS
949 West 49th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1
604-261-7204 Fax: 604-261-7205
www.vancouverunitarians.ca
[email protected]
APRIL 2016
Worship Services
April 3
No Room in the Inn:
Part II – Responding to
Our Housing Crisis
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
It’s been nearly six years since the
delegates at Canadian Unitarian
Council’s Annual Meeting and
Conference unanimously passed a
resolution calling on the federal
government to legislate for a national,
affordable housing strategy.
Six years later, there’s still no strategy
and our housing needs have only become
more dire. Join us for a housing update
and a reaffirmation of housing as a
fundamental human right – a path to
finishing what Roy Romanow called a
nation “half-built.”
Music by Kerry Anne Kutz (soprano)
April 10
Building Community/
Sustaining Our Vision
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
Achieving our vision and challenge as an
independent congregation rests in our
hands individually and as a community of
faith. This Sunday, we launch our
2016/17 Pledge Drive – an opportunity to
celebrate our congregation and to
recommit ourselves and resources to
assuring its mission and future.
Ingathering Singing 10:45 – 11am.
Everyone welcome!
The Chalice Choir sings.
April 17
Worship Through Poetry
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
and UCV members
It has been said that religion is poetry.
April is national poetry month. Today, we
will be worshiping through the medium
of poetry – favourite poems selected and
read by members of the congregation.
Please send in your favourites for
selection and reading to Rev. Epperson by
April 10th at:
[email protected]
The Chalice Choir sings
April 24
Ancestors of the Future – Our Role
in a Climate – Changed World
Anneliese Schultz and the
Environment Committee
Realizing in 2007 that climate change was
bringing us to cliff-edge, Anneliese tried
to avoid despair. The only way out
seemed to be action. Beginning to see the
need to weave her concern for the planet
into both her life and her teaching, she
came up with the unlikely, but
surprisingly simple, reframing of her
Italian courses into Green Italian courses.
Personal change, she found, was
another story. Linking climate change to
homelessness, she looks at the necessity
of letting ourselves be affected by the
people affected, at the imperative of a
principled response born of compassion
and expressed through loving action, be
that planting a pocket garden or taking
beef off the menu. Sacrifice? She argues
that in this Eleventh Hour, it is more like
social justice, more like vital and
impeccable action, like a sacred trust.
A 2014 Pushcart Prize nominee and
former Bread Loaf Scholar, Anneliese has
an MA in Italian, and an MFA in Creative
Writing from UBC. Winner of the 2016
Stone Canoe Fiction Prize, the 2013
Meringoff Fiction Award, and the 2013
Enizagam Literary Award in Fiction, she
has had short stories, travel pieces and
poetry published in numerous journals
and anthologies.
Anneliese recently retired from
teaching at UBC in order to write fulltime, and has just completed the second
novel in her Young Adult climate fiction
series, Distant Dream.
Music by Arnt Antzen.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF VANCOUVER
MISSION STATEMENT
We are a community of diverse
beliefs and shared values. In fellowship with one another, we seek
spiritual growth, social justice, and
environmental sustainability through
worship, ethical action, education,
and artistic expression. We welcome
all who would join this compassionate
and visionary community.
Sunday Mornings
Schedule
10:00 am Meditation
10:45 am Musical prelude
11:00 am Worship service
Coffee & conversation in Hewett
Centre before & after.
12:00 pm Lunch served
12:30 pm Forum in Fireside room
1:00 pm Library closes
Child Care
Children’s programs begin after story
time in the Sanctuary.
Artist David Purkis in front of his painting
“Go With The Flow”
Art this Month
Developmental Disabilities
Association
Artist Reception
Fri. Apr. 15 5 – 8 pm
Sanctuary/Fireside
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UCV Committees
Forums
Sundays 12:30 – 1:30 pm in the Fireside Room
All welcome! Bring along your lunch or beverage.
April 3
Reducing Fossil Fuel
Consumption
Joe Gilling
The Environment Committee would
like to thank all those who filled out
our recent priorities survey. The
priority for the forty-eight
respondents was to focus on reduction
of fossil fuel consumption, followed
by greening the economy and supporting front-line First Nations groups.
On a very positive note, a majority of
respondents volunteered to engage in
activities to reduce fossil fuel
consumption.
Joe Gilling will be giving a twenty
minute presentation on carbon reduction
alternatives. He is an energy economist
and has worked on fossil fuel reduction
for much of his career.
This will also be an opportunity for
all those interested to brainstorm ideas
on this topic and help us all to find
efficient ways to engage productively as
a group and individually in reducing
fossil fuel consumption. We welcome
all those interested to attend this Forum
(whether you completed the survey or
not).
Sponsor: Environment Committee
April 10
Good News and Bad News
about the TPP
Lynn Armstrong
Good news: Government is holding
public consultations on the TPP. Bad
news: Deadline for written submissions
is April 30th!
In our February 28 Forum we
learned of many reasons to reject the
Trans Pacific Partnership – the TPP.
Since then, the House of Commons
Standing Committee on International
Trade announced plans for a study to
assess the extent to which this
agreement would be in the best interests
of Canadians. This is great news! But
Canadians who wish to provide a
written submission must do so before
23:59 EDT on April 30, 2016.
Please join us for information on the
TPP and for assistance to make a written
submission to the Standing Committee.
Please bring your laptop or tablet or
device of choice as written submissions
should be emailed. We'll also have
support materials available for writing to
your MP. And let's be thinking of other
ways to respond!
Sponsor: Social Justice Committee
April 17
A New Vision and Financing
for the Canadian Unitarian
Universalist Movement
Keith Wilkinson
National and global engagement from a
UU perspective is part of what UCV
members long ago agreed to undertake.
(It is embedded in our Bylaws.) At the
CUC AGM at UBC in May, delegates
from forty-six Canadian congregations
will be discussing and voting on a
proposed new vision for Canadian
Unitarian Universalism, as well as a
proposed new method for calculating the
Annual Program Contribution paid by
each congregation.
These are important issues for
Canadian Unitarians and it will be
valuable to have feedback for CUC from
UCV members about these questions.
Keith Wilkinson is a UCV member
and CUC Vice-President.
April 24
Churches and
Low-Income Housing
Joan Seidl
Joan Seidl is President of the Board of the
127 Society for Housing, a non-profit
society founded in 1981 by Vancouver
Anglicans. The society currently houses
259 low income people, and soon will
house 75 more.
Joan's talk will discuss the challenges
and opportunities of providing such
housing, particularly under the aegis of a
church.
Sponsor: Social Justice Committee
OPEN TO ALL
http://vancouverunitarians.ca/ucv/
committees-groups/
Arts Committee
Meets 3rd Sundays 10:30 am.
Lindsey-Priestley.
Contact Caede Pungente or Chris Pearce
[email protected]
[email protected]
Environment Committee
Meets 2nd Sundays 12:30 pm
Lindsey-Priestley
Mary Lage: Administrative Chair
[email protected]
Tamiko Suzuki: Information
[email protected]
Library Committee
Meets 1st Mondays 2 pm Fireside
David Buchanan
[email protected]
Refugee Committee
Meets 4th Sunday 12:30 pm Biddle
Virginia Crabill 604-731-1730
[email protected]
Julia Myers - at Thrift Sale Table Sundays
Social Justice Committee
2nd Sunday 9:30 am Biddle
Jenny Podlecki 604-737-7794
[email protected]
Leslie Kemp 604-738-1653
[email protected]
Pagan Committee
Contact Corina Bye
[email protected]
UCV CONTACTS
Adult Religious Education
Rev. Steven Epperson
[email protected]
Children and Youth Religious
Education
Morgan Reid
[email protected]
Buildings and Grounds
[email protected]
Partner Church Committee
Alison Pearson
[email protected]
Worship Services Committee
Way Kent, Chair
[email protected]
SUNDAY COMMUNAL LUNCHES
Please join us for a delicious meal in Hewett
Hall following Sunday service.
To host a fundraising lunch or to help out
please contact Ben Hechter.
[email protected]
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UCV EVENTS • Unitarian Church of Vancouver • vancouverunitarians.ca • April 2016
New or Special Events
Art, Labyrinth & Circle Dance
Mary Bennett and Darlene Rainbow
Apr. 15 (3rd Fri.), 2 – 4 pm
Hewett Hall
Join us for a meditative and creative
Friday afternoon experience. The first
half hour we do (easy) art such as
drawing labyrinths. Then we walk one of
the outdoor labyrinths followed by an
hour of sacred circle dancing. By
donation to UCV Labyrinth Fund.
[email protected]
Bridge Group
Apr. 5 (1st Tues.) 7 – 9:30 pm
Fireside
Friendly bridge for UCV members. All
levels welcome, but you should know the
basics of play. Donna Brown.
[email protected]
Seven Major Faith Traditions
Stanley Tromp
Tuesdays 7 – 8:30 pm
Hitschmanova
March was on Judaism, April is on
Catholicism, May on Protestantism, and
June on Islam. Autumn will resume with
Eastern faiths. For now, attendance is
limited to Unitarian members and
students enrolled in academic courses of
religious studies. Please contact before
attending as schedule may change.
604-733-7595 or [email protected].
Next ‘New U’ Session
Sat., Apr. 16
9 am – 2:15 pm
Fireside Room
If you are interested in becoming a
member or even just curious about
Unitarianism in general, then this is the
meeting for you! A light breakfast and
lunch will be served.
Dianne Crosbie
[email protected]
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Regular Events
Meditation
Sundays 10 – 10:45 am
A brief meditation guidance followed by
silent exploration.
Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Meditation, followed by discussion of a
Buddhist text. Contact Victoria Oginski
[email protected]
Third Sunday Book Group
Apr. 17 12:30 – 1:30pm
Lindsey-Priestley
The group discusses a wide range of
fiction and non-fiction books. Group
members choose selections and facilitate
discussion. This month: Too Close to the
Falls by Catherine Gildiner will be
facilitated by Patricia Dawn
Judy Villett, [email protected]
Sacred Circle Dance
Apr. 5 (1st Tues.), 7 – 9 pm, Hall
Barbara Herring will be leading us in
some wonderful dances. She comes from
Ontario and is considered one of the
“grandmothers” of Canadian Circle
Dance. (Also in Ladner Sun. Apr. 3)
Apr. 11 (2nd Mon.), 7 – 9 pm Hall
Led by Corinne Chepil, facilitator
No partner or experience needed. Dances
are taught and reviewed each time.
Denise Nereida, [email protected]
Seven UU Principles
Wednesdays 10 – 11:30 am,
Fireside
Registration required. We learn from each
other about how Unitarian principles help
us in everyday life. George Atherton
[email protected]
Theatre for Living Practice
Interactive Workshop
Rev. Meg Roberts
Apr. 9 (2nd Sat.) 10 am – 1 pm
Hitschmanova
We practice techniques in interactive,
improvisational theatre. Wear
comfortable clothes. RSVP please.
Meg Roberts, 778-870-9015 or
[email protected].
Moveable Feast
Apr. 30 (Last Sat.) 6 pm
Dinner out in a restaurant.
Dianne Crosbie [email protected]
Unitarian Pagan Group
Apr. 6 (1st Wed.) 7 – 9 pm
Fireside
We affirm earth-centred spiritual
traditions as one of our six sources.
Corina Bye, [email protected]
Jung and Film
Apr. 27 (Last Wed.), 6:30 — 9 pm
Lindsey-Priestley
We watch a Jungian film together and
then discuss it afterward. Soup is
provided! This month: Lucy.
Suggested donation $10.
Karen Bartlett [email protected]
Messy ChUrch
MAKE Dinner
Fri. Apr. 8 (2nd Fri.),
6 – 9 pm
Hewett Hall
Very Participatory! Food! Low-tech
activities. All welcome! Suggested
donation:$5. Morgan Reid
[email protected]
Potluck Circle Dinner
Apr. 16 (3rd Sat.) 6 pm
Hosted in members' homes with 6 – 8
people attending. Share food and
conversation. Theresa Marion,
604-687-4864 or [email protected].
Writing Our Way
Apr. 16 (3rd Sat.) 1 – 4 pm
Hitschmanova
Come and write in a small, supportive
group and talk about writing. Lois
Peterson [email protected]
Last Friday Café
Fri. Apr. 29, Fireside Rm.
5 – 7 pm Fast Food for Thought
Bring your ideas, recent readings and
curiosity and food if you wish.
7 – 9 pm Karaoke Sing-Along
CHASING our Memories
Come sing, clap and tap. We will be
honouring lover of life and music, the late
Kevan Chase. The song list will include
many of his favourites. Marlene and Gary
are coming back from their California
Dreamin' to sing along. Randall
MacKinnon 604-263-4332
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UCV EVENTS • Unitarian Church of Vancouver • vancouverunitarians.ca • April 2016
CALENDAR
Weekly
10:00 – 10:45 am
10:45 – 11:00 am
11:00 – 12:00 pm
12:00 – 1:00 pm
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SUNDAYS
Meditation, Meditation Room
Musical prelude, Sanctuary
Worship Services, Sanctuary
Coffee and Conversation, Hewett Centre
Forum, Fireside
7 – 8:30 pm
TUESDAY
ARE: 7 World Faith Traditions, Hitschmanova
W EDNESDAYS
ARE: Seven UU Principles, Fireside
ARE: Meditation Class, Meditation Room
April
7 – 9 pm ARE: Sacred Circle Dance, Hall
7 – 9:30 pm Bridge Club, Fireside
7 – 9 pm ARE: Pagan Group, Hitschmanova
6 – 9 pm Messy Church + MAKE Dinner, Hall
1 – 2:30 pm ARE: 2nd Sunday Covenant Group, Family Room
7 – 9 pm Sacred Circle Dance, Hall
7 – 9 pm ARE: Coming Off Meds Support Group, Hitschmanova
2 – 4 pm Art, Labyrinth and Sacred Circle Dance, Hall
5 – 8 pm DDA Artist Reception, Sanctuary/Fireside
9:30 – 2 pm New U in a Day, Fireside
1 – 4 pm Writing Our Way Hitschmanova
12:30 – 2 pm UCV Book Group, Lindsey/Priestley
5:30 – 6:30 pm ARE: Meet, Eat, Write, Fireside
12:30 – 3 pm ARE: 4th Sunday Covenant Group, Family Room
6:30 – 9 pm ARE: Jung & Film Series, Lindsey/Priestley
5 – 9 pm Last Friday Focus, Fireside
10 – 11:30 am
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Tues. 5
Tues. 5
Wed. 6
Fri. 8
Sun. 10
Mon. 11
Wed. 13
Fri. 15
Fri. 15
Sat. 16
Sat. 16
Sun. 17
Thur. 21
Sun. 24
Wed. 27
Fri. 29
Healing Voices: Healing Our Fear
A One-Night, Global Documentary Film Event
Fri. Apr. 29 6:30 p.m.
Alice MacKay Room, VPL Central Library
Healing Voices follows Oryx, Jen, and Dan – all previously diagnosed with serious
"mental illness" – who describe their journeys from extreme states of consciousness to
satisfying human relationships and meaningful work. Award-winning author of
Anatomy of an Epidemic, Robert Whitaker will introduce the film.
A discussion will follow the screening. Sponsors: VPL and UCV.
604-261-7204 or [email protected].
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UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
VANCOUVER
OFFICE MON – THU 9:30 AM – 2 PM
Parish Minister
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
Minister Emeritus
Rev. Dr. Phillip Hewett
Community Minister
Rev. Laura Imayoshi
Lay Chaplains: Nan Gregory,
Nicola Hamilton, Sherry King
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President: Diane Brown
[email protected]
Vice-President: Margaret Fletcher
Secretary: Karen Bartlett
Treasurer: Patrick Dubois
Members-at-Large: Cindy Cashin,
Julia Myers, Jennifer Podlecki, Paul
Prescod, Kathy Sayers. Nom.: Olivia Hall
STAFF
Office Assistant/Bookings
Hunter MacNiven
[email protected]
Congregational Administrator
Ravina Sangara
[email protected]
Director of Religious Education
Morgan Reid
[email protected]
Youth Coordinator: Olivia Hall
Choir Director: Donna Brown
[email protected]
Music Assistant: Elliott Dainow
[email protected]
Caretakers: James Wilson, Matt Yeung,
Ben Yeung, Mark Klassen, Marcus Hynes.
VOLUNTEER ROLES
Sunday Office Reception 10 am – 1pm
Virginia Crabill, John Omielan,
Robert Schultz, Randall MacKinnon.
If you can volunteer one Sunday a month,
please contact Hunter MacNiven.
[email protected]
Forum Coordinator
Mary Bennett
[email protected]
Program Coordinating Council
Randall MacKinnon 604-263-4332
[email protected]
Coffee & Tea Service Coordinator
Adele 604-603-8593
[email protected]
Lunch Coordinator
Ben Hechter 604-435-0255
[email protected]
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