Photos from the
CUC Annual General Meeting
2001, Montreal

(Click on the thumbnail photo to get a large, print-quality version; right-click to save photo to your disk on a PC; click and hold to save photo to your disk on a Mac)

Opening Banner Parade and Worship

Delegates watch the opening banner procession	Rev. Katie Stein Sather carries the CUC banner	Montreal theme banner reads: "Growing Together in Strength and Diversity"	Banner of the International Council of Unitarians and Univesalists	Rev. Charles Eddis and Rev. Phillip Hewit cut the CUC 40th birthday cake (both were at the founding of the CUC in 1961)	Singing at the opening worship

Debate on the autonomy and chaplain's resolutions

Barb Bowmar introduces the autonomy resolution	Audrey O'Callaghan of Ottwaw speaks against the resolution	Michael Cassidy of Ottawa speaks in favour of the resolution	Voting on the autonomy resolution amendment	Delegates vote on the autonomy resolution amendment

A secret ballot was held to vote on the final autonomy resolution	The credentials committee counts the ballots for the autonomy resolution -- result: 105-22 in favour	Speaking against the resolution on chaplaincy	Speaking for the resolution on chaplaincy

Conference workshops (Religious Education / Singing / Spirituality & social justice)

A sacred circle dance at the Religious Education all-day workshop. held just before the CUC annual meeting	Morning RE workshop on "Using Earth-Centred Traditions in Children's Worship and RE Classes"	Morning RE workshop	Morning RE workshop

Participants at the hymn singing workshop on Monday morning	Participants at the hymn singing workshop on Monday morning	Participants at the Spirituality and Social Justice workshop, Sunday	Participant at the Spirituality and Social Justice workshop, Sunday

International Council of Unitarians and Universalists / UU Ministers of Canada

Delegates to the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists	Unitarian ministers from across the country met in the week before the CUC annual meeting	Dena Ellery of Vancouver has finished her ministerial training and will become an intern minister in Toronto this year	Rev. Vann Knight of Victoria was given a present, since he will soon leave Canada for a ministerial posting in the northeastern U.S.	Rev. Gretchen Thomas works on her crafts during the meetings of the UU Ministers of Canada

Youth conference (held at the Unitarian Church of Montreal)

Participants horsing around at the Youth Conference	Lunch time at the Youth Conference	Ms. Ganiat Olanrewaju of Nigeria, a delegate to the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists conference, held just before the CUC meeting, talks to youth conference delegates	Mr. Pekun Martins of Nigeria talks to youth conference delegates

Preparing lunch at the Youth Conference	Listening to the speakers from the ICUU, at the Youth Conference	Youth conference sleeping quarters in the basement of the Unitarian Church of Montreal

Worships and other conference events

Kerry-Anne Kutz of Montreal's Lakeshore Unitarian Church leads singing at the annual meeting	Wendy Luella Perkins, Growth Coordinator for the CUC, leads singing at a break in the proceedings	Kerry-Anne Kutz leads the CUC choir at the Sunday morning worship in the Erskine-American United Church in downtown Montreal	Leaving the Erskine-American United Church

Youth Conference participants light their chalice at the closing worship of the annual meeting	Kim Turner presents a special award to long-time CUC leader Herman Boerma of Saskatoon	Julia Vargas of Ottawa and Joop Schuyff of Victoria met at last year's CUC annual meeting, and married in April 2001

Portraits of CUC leaders

The newly-elected board of trustees of the Canadian Unitarian Council	Mary Bennett, CUC executive director, and Mark Morrison-Reed, CUC president	Jill McAllister, president of the International Council of Unitarians and Univesalists, gives a keynote address on Saturday	The implementation taskforce is charged with planning the structure and finance of the newly-autonomous CUC	Nine CUC past-presidents were in attendance at this year's annual meeting

Photos by Art Kilgour and Nichola Martin for the Canadian Unitarian Council

Copyright © 2001 CUC