Worship, Art, Spiritual Growth
Prayerful Sound Meditation
Dianne Potts
Experience the amazing connection to the ‘Oneness of Everything’ when
individuals ‘Sound as One’ in peaceful, prayerful sound meditations.
Telling Stories
Various ministers
Join the Ministers of Southern Ontario for this workshop on the dramatic and
mechanical aspects of storytelling.
Lightning & Thunder – 3rd Poetry Chapbook
Joanne Elder Gomes& Janet Vickers
This will be the launch of the next chapbook which is on the theme of the ACM -
Answering the Call. Contributors who can make the conference will read their
poems from the publication or have them read by those attending.
Taize: Model for Faith & Worship
Sean Barron & Scotia Buchan
Taize worship was developed in France as a way to connect peoples from different
faith, linguistic and regional areas in a common worship experience. Adapting
the model of sung repetitive prayer, we will add a Unitarian Universalist
context to create a shared meaning within our community.
Writing a Striking Protest Song with a Raging Granny
Leuba Franko
Using her own Granny songs, and adaptations from other Grannies, Leuba (the
Missing Link) will illustrate how to match a protest song to an unworthy cause.
Create Your Own Memorial
Maureen Farr-Eagan & Margo Rivera
This will help you be actively involved in creating the service that
memorializes your life. Includes: talking about death with our families,
creating a sample service with readings and music & discussing alternatives to
conventional funeral arrangements.
Constructive Feedback and Deep Listening as Spiritual Practices
Gail Rappolt
Using workshop format, participants will be introduced to a 3-step model for
giving feedback and several specific listening skills. Participants will have a
chance to role play as speakers, listeners and observers.
Social Justice
Called to Build
Richard Kirsh, Rev. Katie Stein Sather
In January, a computer lab was built in Honduras in memory of Edmonton UU Jack
Allen by a group of his friends and family including Unitarians. You don’t have
to go away to make a difference. You can do it closer to home, too.
Camino – Walking the Way to Santiago
Rev. Fran Dearman
During her sabbatical, Rev. Fran Dearman chose to walk the ancient pilgrim trail
across northern Spain. This is the story of that forty day journey to Santiago
de Compostela.
Canadian Contributions to the United Nations
Bruce Knotts, Elaine Harvey, Katrin Nagelschmitz
This panel will discuss Canadian contributions to the United Nations, paying
particular attention to issues, such as LGBT issues and International Criminal
Court, where Canadians and Canadian UUs have played key roles in enhancing human
rights, collective security, humanitarian relief and global justice.
Human Rights – the Next 60 Years
Bruce Knotts, Merilyn Mehr, Zoya Craig
This session will look at what still needs to be done in the area of Human
Rights over the next few years. Emphasis will be placed on what the UN system is
doing for human rights and how the UU UNO is shaping UN Human Rights policy,
especially in the area of LGBT concerns, the International Criminal Court,
Women's Rights, etc.
To India with Chalice and Camera
Six Canadian Unitarians visited Unitarian communities in Chennai and Meghalaya,
India, last September, visiting schools, participating in church services, and
making friendships. They will share their experiences and explore ways in which
we could build on-going relationships with the Unitarian Union of India.
From Small Groups to Parliament Hill: Canada, Afghanistan and the Energy Game
John Foster, Millie Morton
An introduction to small groups and how they work, highlighting the experience
of Kingston Unitarian Fellowship’s current affairs group and how their
discussions on Afghanistan led to writing, speeches, newspaper headlines, and a
press conference in Ottawa. Cancelled
Returning to Nepal: A Short Film with Bruce Cockburn
Kate Green
The renowned Canadian folk musician travelled to Nepal years ago at the
invitation of USC Canada and retraces his steps, adding several new ones, in
this enjoyable travelogue-activist piece.
Congregational Leadership
Effectively Evaluating Ministry
Rev. Ray Drennan & Elaine Roberts
The vitality of our congregations rest upon ministers and congregational leaders
being able to engage one another in honest conversations about the state of
their relationship. This workshop will explore models for such conversation.
Volunteer Lay Spiritual Care Visitors Program
Ellen Bell
An interactive workshop to introduce the concept of Spiritual Care visiting and
how volunteers can augment the visits possible by ministerial staff.
Cambridge Platform for Dummies
Cancelled
Linda Thomson
We often talk about polity and assume that 'congregational autonomy' says all we
need to know. This session will explore the responsibility side of our polity
tradition.
Not Alone – An Introduction to Services Offered by the CUC
Liz James
Designed for congregations in the BC and Western regions, this presentation will
provide an overview of the resources available through the CUC to meet the daily
challenges of congregational life.
Answering the Doorbell: Growth Resources for Small Congregations
Liz James
Come to hear about resources geared to smaller congregations looking to grow.
Ethical Investing for Unitarians
Ahti Tolvanen, Alan Harman
Presentation and discussion of the Report of the CUC Study on Socially
Responsible Investing and CUC Joint Study on Socially Responsible Investing.
Multigenerational, Youth and Lifespan Learning
Revise to Revive II – Making Patton’s Work Gender-Neutral
Cancelled
Don Fraser
In 1957, Rev. Ken Patton published Readings for the Celebration of Life to use
in Universal Religion. At the 2005 CUC ACM Don Fraser led a workshop to make
such phrases as the Church of Man gender-neutral. This workshop heeds the call
to make Patton's tarnished literary gems shine in service again.
Counter Oppression & Our Faith
Robbie Brydon, Chris Michell, Saille Bishop-Legowski
A workshop to examine and energize the counter-oppression in Unitarian
Universalism, answering the call of injustice with the tools we are given.
Taking the Heat; Food Justice, Fuel Issues and Future
Kate Green
Climate Change and a convergence of crises, push us all to get active. This
workshop will focus on steps to take from the personal to the possibly
political.
Digging In: A Youth/Young Adult Approach to Food Justice Action & Workshop
Kate
Green
Designed by young people, and ready for further adaptation, this workshop will
equip young people to tackle food, hunger and justice issues at home, school and
on their own plates.
History and Theology
Calling Our Faith Forth Globally
Rev. Brian Kiely
Unitarianism is not a global faith, but a collection of faiths arising. Brian
will explore the essential unity in our worldwide call to faith.
Historical Society
Phillip Hewett
The C.U. U.H.S. presents the annual Mark DeWolfe Memorial Lecture, featuring
Mary Lu MacDonald on Canada's First Unitarian Periodical.
The Intersect Between Religion & Philosophy
Wilf Innerd
Attend this session to explore such questions as - How do Religion and
Philosophy relate to each other? Do they inform, support, contradict each other?
Are they incompatible? Do they inhabit quite different spheres? Anyway, what is
Religion? What is Philosophy?
IARF Annual Meeting
Ellen Campbell
Come and hear about the North American Interfaith Network Conference, a report
on Religious Freedom Young Adult Network meeting in Jordan last summer, and the
latest information available on the upcoming Congress to be held in September in
Cochin, India.
Principles and Persons
Rev. Phillip Hewett
Religions have normally taken their rise, and often their name, from persons,
not principles. Unitarianism in most places has the same focus, as it did here
not so many decades ago. How viable is our current alternative, and can the two
approaches be effectively combined?
UUs and Interfaith Relationships
Felicia Urbanski, Ed Prinselaar
A panel, consisting of members of five Thunder Bay faith groups of different
world religions, will engage in facilitated presentations and conversations
about the scope and possibility of interfaith relationships in our home
communities. Audience participation encouraged.
A Highly Unorthodox Trinitarian – Does Michael Servetus Still Matter? Jean
Morrison
Jean will lead a discussion on the historical context of Servetus and how
relevant he is to today’s UUs and should greater awareness of Servetus be
promoted in our congregations?
Our National Identity:
Where Do We Go From Here?
Over the past few months, our communities have had a chance to participate in
workshops to explore our sense of identity. Who are we? How are we different?
So? Do we have one clear and distinct identity? If so, is this something we can
easily articulate and use for promotion and growth?
The National Identity Task Force will lead us in reviewing what we've learned so
far regarding our National Identity and to answer the question "Where do we go
from here?".
Who Are We? An Intergenerational Workshop Experience on National Identity
What defines a UU? How are we unique as a religious movement in Canada?
Come join in this lively and interactive session as we explore our identity in
true multigenerational fashion!
Streams
Source Infused Worship – Workshop I & II
Rev. Julie Stoneberg, Ann Orfald, & Debra Faulk
Part I: Do all of our sources speak to all of us? In what ways can an
understanding of our sources inform, deepen, diversify, and energize our Sunday
Services? We will explore our connections with our sources and look at how to
incorporate them into our service planning, including for multi-generational
services.
Part II: Let's get creative with our sources! In what ways can our sources be
tactilely, kinetically, and visually present in our Sunday services? In this
'hands on' workshop, we will create something together that will be used in the
Sunday morning service at the ACM.
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