Canadian Unitarian Council
Annual  Conference
  and Meeting

Saint John New Brunswick
May 19 to 22, 2006.
Plan Now and Be There!

Hosted by the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Saint John

CUC Annual Conference and Meeting
Schedule

This schedule is subject to change.

The conference goes from Friday to Monday. There are also pre-conference events and post-conference tours of the area where the conference is.

Details on events and final times will be posted as they come available..

 

 

SHARED MINISTRY DAYS/ PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS

Thursday

9:30-5pm          Canadian Unitarian Universalist Lay Chaplains Association. (See www.cuulca.org  for details as they become available)

6-9pm                CUC Board meets 

Friday

9-5pm                 Leadership Workshop (separate registration fee)

9:30-5pm          CUC Lay Chaplaincy Training (registration required; no charge  to those involved in Lay Chaplaincy program) 

7-7:45               ACM Orientation – especially for first-timers – a “walk through” the weekend by Linda Thomson, Director of Regional Services - East

7:30-8:00          Banner Carriers Gather

8-9:00               Ingathering and Banner Parade

Saturday

7:30-8:15          Physical Spiritual Practice

7:30-8:30          Session leaders and ACM Program Planning Committee Breakfast (By invitation and RSVP)

8:30-8:55          Morning Worship – no one will be admitted after 8:30 until 8:55 am

9-10:15

Keynote Speaker

10:15-10:30     break

10:30-12:00     Annual Meeting – Part I

                           (Introductions; Rules of Procedure; Announcements; Annual Report, etc.)

10:30-12:00     Concurrent Sessions A (workshops, worship, lectures, networking sessions) – for those not attending the meeting

12-2                   Lunch break

12:15-1:45       Optional lunch program – tickets $20

Or: Mini-plenary for Gender & Sexual Diversity Resolutions

Or: lunch on your own – lots to choose from

1:45                   MULTIGENERATIONAL DAY BEGINS

1:45-2:00          Icebreakers and Energizers to Get to Know UU

2:00-3:00         Youth and adults together for interactive plenary workshop

3-3:15               Break

3:15-4:45          Concurrent Sessions B

5:00-7:00          Multi-generational Dinner (tickets $20)

7:15-8:45          Concurrent Sessions C

                           Including Confluence Lecture sponsored by the UU Ministers of Canada

9-10pm              Youth-led Multigenerational Worship Service 

Sunday

7:30-8:15          Physical Spiritual Practice

7:30-8:30          CUC Friends Breakfast (By invitation and RSVP)

9-10:30             Concurrent Sessions D

                           Including Mark Mosher de Wolfe Lecture sponsored by the Canadian UU Historical Society

10:30-10:45     Break

11-12 Sunday Worship Service  Rev. Kitsy Winthrop and Many Others

Music Ministry: Canadian Unitarian Council’s Massed Choir

12:15-1:45 – Beyond our Borders International Lunch and panel presentation

Our religious community is not limited by the borders of North America. Many Canadian U/Us have been enriched and challenged by the experiences they have had abroad. Come and hear their stories, and perhaps be inspired to seek an adventure of your own. More details from international@cuc.ca  Sunday Lunch (extra fee: $20)

2:00-3:30          Annual Meeting continues

                           Gender & Sexual Diversity Social Responsibility Resolution

2:00-3:30          Concurrent Sessions E

4:00-5:15          Regional Networking Sessions

5:30-6:45          Book signing and sales

5:30-7:00     Hosted Reception

7-8:30        Dinner and Knight Award Presentation

8:30-10    Entertainment

10:00 pm           Soulful Sundown Worship Service – Young Adults Network

Monday

7:30-8:15          Physical Spiritual Practice

9:00-10:30       Concurrent Sessions F

                           Including “Singing Your Way Home” workshop

10:30-10:45     Break

10:45-11:15 – Transitions Ceremony – from youth to young adult; from junior youth to youth

11:15- 12:00 – Closing Ceremony and Worship – CUC Board
Installation of CUC Board
Passing of the Soil from Saint John to Vancouver

1:00-6:00          Post-Conference Tours

2:00-5:00          Concurrent Sessions G

                           Including Gender & Sexual Diversity Social Responsibility Resolution: What’s Next?

7:00-                  Optional dinner in hotel restaurant for those who are staying over.