Our Mission
“To nurture each other, serve the community and inspire action that heals the world.”
Sunday Service: April 21st, 2024 - "The Search: Process, Progress and Transformation"
Online and in Person @ 10:30 am
On May 14, 2023 the Ministerial Search Task Force was commissioned by the
congregation to “serve the greater good and to fulfill the work of calling the next
settled minister”. It has been quite a journey for the Team and they look forward to
sharing their stories of transformation with the congregation.
Service Leading: Ministerial Search Task Force
Save the Date: Spring Festival - Sunday, June 2nd 2024
Preparations for our annual Spring Celebration have begun. So mark your calendar for Sunday June 2nd after the church service. There will be music, food, and fellowship. More details to be shared in upcoming church communications.
Would you like to participate? Volunteers are needed to help plan before the event and on the big day. Let us know how you would like to be involved.
Online Silent Auction: After a successful auction last year we will once again be hosting an online silent auction as part of our Spring Festival.
Would you like to make a contribution? We are looking for creative auction items. The most popular items are gifts of food and experiences as well as hosted events. The auction team is happy to discuss ideas with you. Please contact Catherine Schuler or Gail Rappolt.
For more information regarding the Spring Festival and Silent Auction contact festival@uuhamilton.ca
News from the Ministerial Search Committee
The Search Committee is pleased to release the themes from the five Cottage Meetings the eleven Focus Groups conducted to date and the Congregational Survey results. Search Committee is grateful for the time and effort that staff, teams, committees, and individual congregants put into these meetings.
We have found your insights and priorities helpful as we create the congregational record for the UUA Transition Team and continue our search process. We are grateful for your commitment to this process and hope you too find the themes expressed in the slide sets informative.
Please share your thoughts and responses to the material with any member of the Search Committee: Mel Rutherford, Gail Rappolt, Jen Reid, Karen Trollope Kumar, Angela Morgan, Mary Ellen Scanlon, and Beverly Horton.
Congregational Survey Results presentation can be found here.
Focus Group Results can be found here.
Cottage Meeting Results can be found here.
Visitor and Congregant Engagement - Meet 'n' Greet
The Visitor and Congregant Engagement team invites you to stay after the service on the first Sunday each month for Meet ‘n’ Greet. This is an opportunity for newcomers and seasoned attendees to be together for an hour to get to know each other and ask questions about our church. Refreshments will be available.
Land Acknowledgement
The City of Hamilton is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, which was an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
As settlers we continue to benefit from the land and its gifts. As settlers, we must ask ourselves how or if we have shared and cared for the earth and its gifts. Facing the truth is hard. Truth must come before reconciliation.
Our beliefs are diverse and inclusive. We have no shared creed. Our shared covenant (our Eight Principles) supports “the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”
We seek an outcome of respectful, responsible, life-loving kids who are both curious and questioning and know they are valued for all of who they are and are ready to show others the same deep acceptance.
Read our most recent and past Newsletters.