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Date | Sermon Title and Description | Preacher/Participant |
December 24 (Friday) |
Between the Manger and the Mall | Rev. Shawn Newton |
December 26 | The Real Meaning of Boxing Day | Rev. Shawn Newton |
December 19 | Lovely, Dark, and Deep - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
December 12 | How the Unitarians Created Christmas - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
December 5 | Prisoners of Conscience - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
November 28 | Music | Dallas Bergen, our choir, and our resident musicians |
November 21 | To Build the Beloved Community: A Celebration of First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto On this special day, we gathered together our pledges for the coming year and celebrated the community we are creating. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
November 14 | Where Faith and Justice Meet This service was followed by our second Congregational Conversation, focusing on the intersection of our faith and social justice. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
November 7 | Why We Exist - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
October 31 | Counting Love's True Cost: A Celebration of Samhain and All Souls - Read All were invited to bring photos of loved ones who have died to place on our altar for All Souls. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
October 24 | A Climate of Change | Ellen Campbell, Margaret Rao, & Eryl Court |
October 17 | Unitarianism Universalism in One Word | Fiona Heath, Student Minister |
October 10 | Living Out of Gratitude Annual Bread Communion Service - Read All were invited to bring bread baked from family and favourite recipes. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
October 3 | What Friends Are For - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
September 26 | Transition Towns and a Spiritual Sense of Place - Read | Dr. Blake Poland and Rev. Shawn Newton |
September 19 | Living in Right Relationship - Read An All-Congregational Conversation on the topic of living in "right relationship" began with lunch following the service and continued into the afternoon. All were encouraged to attend and engage. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
September 12 | Water Communion & Ingathering Many attending brought a small bit of water from their summer activities. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
September 5 | Happy New Year? | Tracey Erin Smith |
August 29 | Course Adjustments - Read Meditation by Catherine Lake - Read |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
August 22 | Dog Days: The Art of Doing Nothing Much at All - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
August 15 | Both Sides Now: the Bittersweet Blessings of Having Been Around - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
August 8 | Amazing Grace! A Field Guide for Unitarians - Read | Rev. Shawn Newton |
August 1 | Exiting Our Comfort Zones as Spiritual Practice | Carly Gaylor, Summer Minister |
July 25 | Language of Reverence: Exploring the Diversity of UU Language About That Which is Most important to Us | Carly Gaylor |
July 18 | All You Need Is Love | Carly Gaylor |
July 11 | Elephant Truth: Exploring relative and absolute truth | Carly Gaylor |
July 4 | Saving the Starfish: Community Building and Social Action | Carly Gaylor |
June 27 | Full Circle | Carly Gaylor |
June 20 | The Wheels on the Bus - Read Volunteer Appreciation Sunday |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
June 13 | Promises to Keep This moving service explored the commitments we make to each other through a ceremony for the reception of new members, a child dedication, and Margaret Kohr and Richard Kirsh's renewal of their wedding vows on their 25th anniversary. The congregational picnic followed the service. |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
June 6 | Flower Communion Everyone was asked to bring a flower. (Rev. Shawn Newton was preaching in Mississauga, while their minister is on sabbatical, to honour Toronto First's commitment to provide a minister in the pulpit.) |
Partner Church Committee and Vicky Sanderson |
May 30 | Our Whole Lives: Faith & Sexuality | Rev. Shawn Newton |
May 23 | Why I'm Not an Atheist | Michael Battenberg |
May 16 | Silver, Gold & Platinum | Rev. Shawn Newton |
May 9 | The Spiritual Practice of Sleep" Meditation by Catherine Lake - Read |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
May 2 | A Celebration of Music at Toronto First | Rev. Shawn Newton and Dallas Bergen |
April 25 | Spiritual But Not Religious... | Rev. Shawn Newton |
April 18 | Saving More Than Whales: a Unitarian Vision of 'Salvation | Rev. Shawn Newton |
April 11 | Speaking With One's Voice - Read, Listen | Cameron Linton |
April 4 | Threatened With Resurrection: An Easter Celebration - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
March 28 | Living Beyond the Breaking Point - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
March 21 | Walt Whitman, My Brother, and the Great Beyond - Read | IleneCummings |
March 14 | The Art of the Apology - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
March 7 | Telling Our Stories - Listen Family Chapel in Shaw Hall, Rev. Shawn Newton |
Women From Toronto First |
February 28 | Making Peace with Jesus - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
February 21 | Creative Conflict - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
February 14 | All Kinds of Love: a Celebration of Poetry and Music - Listen |
Rev. Shawn Newton |
February 7 | Getting Engaged - Listen Testimony by Robbie Brydon - Listen Testimony by Kelly Ferguson - Listen Testimony by Karen MacDuffee - Listen |
Beth Ann McFadden and the Member Engagement Team |
January 31 | A Celebration of the Music of UU Jim Scott Part 1 - Listen - Part 2 - Listen |
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January 24 | An Amid-Life Crisis... - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
January 17 | The Other G Word - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
January 10 | The G Word - Listen | Rev. Shawn Newton |
January 3 | Ignite!" – Fire Communion Service - Listen Reading by Mary Oliver - Listen |
Rev. Shawn Newton |