Bring a dish to share with your NSU friends. There will be no service — just a lovely opportunity to share food and fellowship following the Christmas rush.
January Outreach Report: Congregational Support Fund
During January 2025, we raised a total of $1,728.38 for the Congregational Support Fund, which is used to help congregants with a variety of life needs including groceries and utilities.
Applications for support should be made to Leslie Whyte (whyteleslie326@gmail.com).
Use of this fund is kept in strict confidence, so applicants are not discussed with the Board or other members.
If you or anyone you know might benefit from this assistance, please contact Leslie Whyte (whyteleslie326@gmail.com).
November Outreach Report
During the month of November, 100% of our Sunday morning collection (unless otherwise noted) was donated to Food Stash Foundation, whose main purpose is to rescue food that would otherwise be wasted and get it to families and organizations who can really use it. Learn more about their work at their website: www.foodstash.ca.
We raised a total of $2,053.07 for Food Stash during November of 2024. Thank you to all who gave generously.
Beginning Singing Classes
Noon - 12:30pm on six Sundays: January 26th through March 2nd
Do you have a hard time singing the hymns? Do you feel that you shouldn't sing? Have you been told NOT to sing . . . ever? Have you stopped singing? If you answered YES to any of those questions, then — this is the class for you!
Our Music Director, Alison Nixon, is offering a 6-week class for absolutely beginning singers. Emotional safety and building your confidence is paramount.
Sessions will be held from noon to 12:30pm on Sundays after church beginning January 26th and continuing weekly through March 2nd. Contact Alison Nixon or the Church Office to sign up.
Deepening Connections: A guided Exploratory Ramble for the Unitarian-Curious
two sessions:
Winter session 2025:
7-8:30pm
January 15th & 29th & February 12th & 26th
The Winter Session of Deepening Connections is now closed to new participants, but if you’re interested in receiving an invite to the Fall Session, please let us know HERE and we’ll send you the dates & details as that time gets closer.
Fall Session 2025:
Dates and Times to be determined
Newcomers, recent-ish members and those warily orbiting our North Shore Unitarian community… this one’s for you.
This Fall, the Sunday Services Team will offer a series of meet-and-greets that are also a crash course in UU principles. Loosely based on the UU orientation program ‘Starting Point’, these four evenings will primarily be a forum for folks to get to know each other better, and air out whatever questions you may have about this unique faith of ours.
The course will likely include four evening sessions offered on a weeknight, every other week. . All are welcome, though the course is designed mostly for newcomers. There will be snacks but not a full meal. Questions? Please reach out to Hosts Bruce Grierson & Rebecca Lindley or to the Main Office.
Let us know HERE if you’d like to be notified when the Fall session dates & times have been confirmed.
Coming Soon: Foyer Beautification
Foyer Beautification Coming Soon: Your Ideas are Welcome!
The outside of the building is being beautified, now let’s work on the foyer!
We want a meaningful, colorful foyer that shows all who come through the doors that we are a welcoming community: vibrant, active , thoughtful and joyful. Your input and ideas are important, needed and welcomed. Please contact Leslie (whyteleslie326@gmail.com).
December's Outreach Recipient: Lookout Housing & Health Society
Each month, we collect donations for a different non-profit organization whose mission is in line with our values. 100% of our Sunday morning offering plate, unless otherwise noted, is given to that charitable organization. We call this “Outreach”.
During December, our Outreach Recipient was Lookout Housing and Health Society. We raised a total of $1,793 for Lookout.
Lookout provides non-judgmental, non-sectarian services to low or no-income adults who cope with a wide variety of challenges. Lookout prides itself on a positive flow of tenants through the housing continuum that includes a 45-bed emergency shelter, and 25 supportive transitional housing units on the North Shore.
Christmas Eve: 6pm Tues. December 24th
Join us for a warm, inspiring one-hour service centred on the universal message of Christmas Eve that will leave you energized for Christmas Day celebrations!
(Light food and drink will be provided after this service).
Blue Christmas: 1pm Wed. December 18th
Please join Kerry Burke assisted by Liz Moffitt and friends in a one-hour gathering to share fellowship with those of us experiencing less holiday joy. There might be many reasons for this: the Christmas season generally might be a difficult time of year, or a loss of a loved one, ecological grief, the recent election… the reasons can be many. With music and a little fun, may the warmth of sharing bring us peace at this dark time of the year.
Christmas Hampers: Nonperishable food items for the Lookout Shelter
This winter, we collected non-perishable food packages that will be distributed to 25 people living in transitional housing at the Lookout Housing and Health Society’s shelter.
Special thanks to all who brought tins of soup, pasta, sauces, tea bags, coffee, cookies or treats, and other non-perishable food items. Elain Duvall arranged for them to be packaged and dropped off at the Lookout Shelter.
