Mobilizing Faith and Spirit for the Climate Crisis, featuring Dr. Carmen Lansdowne

January 12, 7 p.m. | Mobilizing Faith and Spirit for the Climate Crisis: Challenging Times, Inspiring Speakers

Featured speaker: Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, First United Church

January 12, 7pm at the Sanctuary on UCV Campus (949 W. 49th Ave at Oak St)

The Vancouver Unitarians are hosting a series of talks by prominent Canadians from faith, spiritual and secular backgrounds to support us in answering that question. They will educate, nourish, and inspire us, drawing on diverse faith and spiritual traditions including those of Indigenous peoples. They will delve into how these traditions and practices, and the values they represent, help them contend with the climate emergency and the actions they are taking. And, in this way, they will help us engage more effectively with the crisis and create our way forward to a sustainable future – for ourselves and our families, our communities, our nation, and for the health of our loved ones and our planet.

The speaker series will be live-streamed from the campus of the Vancouver Unitarians before a small audience. The speakers will appear in person or virtually. Two Vancouver Unitarians will moderate the series – introducing the speakers, leading discussions after each talk, and providing continuity over the course of the full program. The series will include occasional panel discussions of key themes and learnings from what we heard.

We also will be inaugurating the recently refurbished and technologically up-graded Sanctuary of the Unitarian Church. It is recognized as a remarkable mid-twentieth century architectural legacy – a well-received spiritual gathering place and a civic gathering place for events in the arts, public affairs, and discourse on the issues of the day.

Each event will be recorded and posted on the Vancouver Unitarians website for viewing afterwards.
Join us for this special event, the first in a new series on faith and climate

Mobilizing Faith and Spirit for the Climate Crisis


Challenging Times, Inspiring Speakers


The first special event in this speaking series features:

Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, Minister at First United Church


Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 in the Sanctuary at UCV Campus (949 W. 49th Avenue) 


Note: This special event will also be available for viewing online via livestream at: https://ucv.im/FaithAndClimate 

For in-person attendance, registration is required and spaces will be limited as we are strictly following public health guidelines for indoor gatherings. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. on January 12.



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Vision and Purpose of the Series


Every day we are reminded that we are in a climate emergency.  Unprecedented heat waves, droughts, fires, extreme weather events, floods, refugees – the list goes on. Taken together with the current pandemic, it’s understandable that many of us feel frightened, overwhelmed, powerless.  Where can we find the individual and collective strength to clearly face the truth of the emergency, mourn the damage being done to our blue planet, and inspire ourselves and others to action?


The Vancouver Unitarians are hosting a series of talks by prominent Canadians from faith, spiritual and secular backgrounds to support us in answering that question.  They will educate, nourish, and inspire us, drawing on diverse faith and spiritual traditions including those of Indigenous peoples. They will delve into how these traditions and practices, and the values they represent, help them contend with the climate emergency and the actions they are taking.  And, in this way, they will help us engage more effectively with the crisis and create our way forward to a sustainable future – for ourselves and our families, our communities, our nation, and for the health of our loved ones and our planet.


 
We are required that participants who plan to attend in-person be fully vaccinated. We require masks indoors until they are no longer recommended by BC public health.

For those who wish to participate online, we will be livestreaming all the events in this speakers' series and making videos available on our YouTube channel. 
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Please email Derrick (moc@vancouverunitarians.ca) with any questions about this event. 
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If you are able to help us recoup some of the costs of this special UCV Forum Series on Faith and Climate, please do contribute as generously as possible for you. Any proceeds after costs are covered will be allocated to The Green Fund of the UCV Environment Team. 

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Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1


 
 
 
 
 

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January 12, 7 p.m.
Mobilizing Faith and Spirit for the Climate Crisis: Challenging Times, Inspiring Speakers

Featured speaker: Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, First United Church

January 12, 7pm at the Sanctuary on UCV Campus (949 W. 49th Ave at Oak St)

The Vancouver Unitarians are hosting a series of talks by prominent Canadians from faith, spiritual and secular backgrounds to support us in answering that question. They will educate, nourish, and inspire us, drawing on diverse faith and spiritual traditions including those of Indigenous peoples. They will delve into how these traditions and practices, and the values they represent, help them contend with the climate emergency and the actions they are taking. And, in this way, they will help us engage more effectively with the crisis and create our way forward to a sustainable future – for ourselves and our families, our communities, our nation, and for the health of our loved ones and our planet.

The speaker series will be live-streamed from the campus of the Vancouver Unitarians before a small audience. The speakers will appear in person or virtually. Two Vancouver Unitarians will moderate the series – introducing the speakers, leading discussions after each talk, and providing continuity over the course of the full program. The series will include occasional panel discussions of key themes and learnings from what we heard.

We also will be inaugurating the recently refurbished and technologically up-graded Sanctuary of the Unitarian Church. It is recognized as a remarkable mid-twentieth century architectural legacy – a well-received spiritual gathering place and a civic gathering place for events in the arts, public affairs, and discourse on the issues of the day.

Each event will be recorded and posted on the Vancouver Unitarians website for viewing afterwards.