On June 9th, 2018, Vancouver Monthly Meeting gathered with the Vancouver Unitarian community on unceded Musqueam and Coast Salish territory in a beautiful intergenerational Blanket Exercise. The Blanket Exercise is a teaching tool developed by KAIROS, a network of representatives from ten churches focused on ecological justice and human rights. The exercise was created in… Continue reading →
June 9 KBE poster The Reconciliation Committee would like to invite you to join in a Blanket Exercise on Saturday June 9th, 2018. The event will be held at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver on W 49th avenue at 9:45am, and will be followed by a potluck lunch. All are welcome! We are asking for… Continue reading →
Local Friends might be interested in the offerings of the Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California! Coming up this summer: Ben Lomond Quaker Center is offering a $50 discount to both campers who register as friends (or siblings) for Quaker and Service Camp from Saturday, June 24th- Saturday, July 1st. We welcome all kids,… Continue reading →
by Beth Lopez I was raised Catholic. I remember kneeling beside my mother reciting a decade of the rosary before bed every night. At 14 I thought of becoming a nun. When I was 16, I realized that the church claimed to have answers to all the important questions but I didn’t believe their answers… Continue reading →
by Margot Overington I was raised in a Catholic family with a Mom who was severely mentally and physically ill. It was a tough upbringing, and I learned survival techniques at an early age. I spent 17 years with an abusive mother, a disciplinarian father, and I was badly damaged by the experience. My mother… Continue reading →
An excerpt from Al’s Buildings and Grounds report: From the yellow shrub rose at the back corner of the lane, just beyond a simple rustic bench, there is a straight line to the meeting house door – but in reality it is a way, a path, past a tangle of ivy, blackberry and bedstraw… Continue reading →
