Westwood's audio archive

The audio and video archive contains sermons and other elements of our services. All audio files are in mp3 format.

For printed sermons, please refer to the sermon archive.

2013

March 31, 2013 - Ilara Stephaniuk-Gaudet: Resurrection and the mother archetype

An Easter service which ties together childhood memories, Unitarian Universalism, Orthodox Christianity, feminist spirituality, motherhood, Jungian psychology, Spring, eggs, and more! ... some of the old, and some of the new!

Video of Ilara's sermon (YouTube):

Part 1 (2:02)
Part 2 (6:19)
Part 3 (14:40)

2012

March 25, 2012 - Rev. Anne Barker: The God Shaped Hole

RECORDING Sermon only (20.6 MB)

February 5, 2012 - Rev. Anne Barker: Getting to NO

RECORDING Welcoming Words and Opening Music (10.1 MB)
RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker: Getting to NO, Part 1 (19.4 MB)
RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker: Getting to NO, Part 2 (6.8 MB)

January 29, 2012 - Dean Chan: Chinese Spirituality

RECORDING FULL Service (21.9 MB)

2011

December 4, 2011 - Rev. Anne Barker: What is your Spiritual Type?

RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker's sermon (24 MB)

May 8, 2011 - Dean Chan: The Oilsands - Another Perspective

RECORDING Dean's sermon (2.9 MB)

April 24, 2011 - Kathy Lightfoot: Exploring Beginnings

RECORDING Kathy's sermon (3.7 MB)

April 17, 2011 - Rev. Fred Cappuccino: The Blessed Community

RECORDING Rev. Cappuccino's sermon (6 MB)

April 10, 2011 - Rev. Anne Barker: The Unitarian Test

RECORDING Rev. Anne's sermon (5.7 MB)

April 3, 2011 - Sarah Cashmore: Huayllaccocha, Peru

RECORDING Introduction by Elaine Roberts (800 KB)
RECORDING Sarah's sermon (5 MB)

March 27, 2011 - Susan Anderson: Evolving Spirituality

RECORDING Susan's sermon (9.4 MB)

February 20, 2011 - Spiritual Care Atheist Style

RECORDING Reading, words by Hubert Reeves (839 KB)
RECORDING Kaitlin's sermon (11.4 MB)

February 13, 2011 - Daniel Mallett: Darwin Day

RECORDING Daniel's sermon (4.5 MB)

January 23, 2011 - Rev. Anne Barker: Does Religion Poison Everything?

RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker's sermon (4.5 MB)
RECORDING Karen Mills Piano Intro (187 KB)

January 16, 2011 - Sara McEwan: Burnout Prevention: Surviving the "perils" of shared ministry and volunteer commitment at Westwood

RECORDING Sara McEwan's sermon (5.1 MB)

January 9, 2011 - Rev. Anne Barker: 10 Reasons a Congregation Might Mistake its Minister for its Mother-In-Law

RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker's sermon (8 MB)

2010

November 21, 2010 - Lisa Greenly: We CAN change the world: microbanking!

RECORDING Elaine's Opening Words (1.4 MB)
RECORDING Lisa Greenly on Microbanking (10 MB)

November 14, 2010 - Rev. Anne Barker - Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Style

November 7, 2010 - Rev. Brian Kiely on Filipino Universalism

RECORDING Brian Kiely on Filipino Universalism

October 31, 2010 - Rev. Anne Barker on Where the Wild Things Are

RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker on Where the Wild Things Are

October 10, 2010 - Giving Thanks With Both Hands

RECORDING Rev. Anne on Giving Thanks

September 26, 2010 - Compassion in Action

RECORDING Guruma Bodhi on Compassion in Action

September 19, 2010 - Nourishing Tradition

RECORDING Rev. Anne on Nourishing Tradition

September 12, 2010 - Ingathering Sunday - Water Communion

Recording

May 30, 2010 - Worship on Worship

Speakers: Rev. Anne Barker and the Worship Committee

May 16, 2010 - The GEA Hour

Speaker:

The GEA Hour Show
Sing every morning by Harmonia
Mi vida (My life is a song) by Harmonia
Joyful Noise by Harmonia

May 2, 2010 - Listen! What the case of Omar Khadr teaches Canadians

Speaker: Janice Williamson

RECORDING Janice Williamson's sermon
Welcome and prelude by the Middle Eastern and North African Music Ensemble
Testing... a pre-prelude

April 25, 2010 - Earth Based Ethics

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker
RECORDING Rev. Anne on Earth Based Ethics (10 MB)

April 18, 2010 - Principles Under Pressure: Battlestar Galactica vs. The Seven Principles

Speaker: Dean Chan
RECORDING Dean Chan's sermon (6.9 MB)

April 11, 2010 - Practicing the Absence of God

Speaker: Daniel Mallett
RECORDING Daniel Mallett's Sermon (9.5 MB)

March 28, 2010 - International Affairs

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker
RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker on International Affairs (11 MB)

March 7, 2010 - Working Together...

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker
Sermon

February 28, 2010 - The Power of Possibility

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker

February 21, 2010 - Give the world the best you have anyway

Speakers: Members of Harmonia

Sermon - Music sung and words spoken by Harmonia
Prelude - Bach Aria
Offertory music - Solla sollew from Seussical the Musical
Anyway - Harmonia sings the 'title' song by Linda Spevacek

February 7, 2010 - Schoolteacher Thoreau

Speaker: Trudy Grienauer

Trudy Grienauer on Schoolteacher Thoreau
Story for all ages - a Thoreau Drama
Prelude (Sheila Killoran)
Opening words
Offertory music - Mozart Sonata KV 332 Allegro Assai (Sheila Killoran)
Reading
Meditation music and hymn (Sheila Killoran)
Closing words and Postlude

January 31, 2010 - Alberta's Medicare Politics

Speaker: Keith Wiley
RECORDING Keith Wiley on Medicare

January 24, 2010 - Northern Lights

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker
RECORDING Rev. Anne Barker on Northern Lights

January 17, 2010 - Hope vs. Reality

Speaker: Wendy Edey
Sermon

2009

December 13, 2009 - Symbols of Christmas

Speaker: Westwood Kids
Sermon

December 6, 2009 - Holiday Justice

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker
Sermon

November 29, 2009 - Lotta Hitschmanova

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker

Sermon
Story for all ages

November 22, 2009 - The Complaint Free Challenge

Speakers: Gord Grant, Heather MacDonald and Colette Orieux
Sermon

November 15, 2009 - The 7 Principles of Highly Effective People

Musicians: Harmonia
Watu Wote sung by Harmonia

November 8, 2009 - Death, Dreams and the Deepening of Spiritual Life

Speaker: Dona-Kaitlin Beitel

Opening words
Poems by Mary Oliver
When death comes by Mary Oliver

November 1, 2009 - Try something new

Speaker: Dijie Ratzlaff

October 25, 2009 - From you I receive, to you I give

Speaker: Rev. Meg Roberts

Sermon - sorry, bad sound quality
Sermon - different version
Opening words
Words on Shared Ministry

October 24, 2009 - Installation Ceremony

Speaker: Rev. Meg Roberts

Complete ceremony - some parts have bad sound quality
Selection - good quality parts only

October 18, 2009 - Nobody is perfect

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker

October 11, 2009 - Thanksgiving ... or not?

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker

October 4, 2009 - Angels Among Us - Honouring Aboriginal Women

Speaker: Muriel Stanley-Venne

Story for all ages

September 27, 2009 - Completing the Circle

Speaker: Elaine Roberts

September 20, 2009 - Canadian Theology

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker

May 31, 2009 - Keeping Promises

Speaker: Rev. Anne Barker
Service Leader: Heather Macdonald
Musician: Joel Crichton

Joel Crichton - Prelude
Heather Macdonald - Welcome
Heather Macdonald & Rev. Anne Barker - Chalice lighting
Story for All Ages - read by Kathy Lightfoot
Rev. Anne Barker - sermon - Keeping Promises
Joel Crichton - Musical Mediation
Hymn 1064 - Blue Boat Home
Rev. Anne Barker - Closing Words
Joel Crichton - Postlude

May 3, 2009 - The Wonderful World of Whitman

Speakers & Service Leaders: Fabian Jennings and Robert Wiznura
Musician: Rebecca Patterson

Rebecca Patterson - Prelude
Fabian Jennings - Opening Words
Robert Wiznura & Fabian Jennings - Welcome
Rebecca Patterson - Offertory music
Reading - Song of Myself by Walt Whitman read by Fabian Jennings
Story for all ages read by Kath Oltsher
Sermon by Robert Wiznura and Fabian Jennings - The Wonderful World of Whitman
Closing Words - A Noiseless, Patient Spider by Walt Whitman read by Fabian Jennings
Rebecca Patterson - Postlude

April 26, 2009 - The Mystery of Westwood's Youth: Solved

Speakers, Service Leaders & Musicians: the Westwood yUUth Group

Welcome
Offertory music Aaron on saxophone
Opening words - What is youth? Josephine
Story for all ages read by Kyle
Sermon - Kyle
Sermon - Ainsly
Musical Meditation Casey on guitar

April 19, 2009 - Pews, Food, Housing and Citizenship

Speaker: Debbie Hubbard from the Greater Edmonton Alliance (GEA)
Service Leader: Kevin Fitzgerald
Musicians: Harmonia lead by Rebecca Patterson &
accompanied by Sheila Killoran

Introduction by Kevin Fitzgerald & sermon by Debbie Hubbard
Rebecca Patterson - postlude introduction & dedication to The Reverend Anne Barker the occasion of her Ordination.
Harmonia - Postlude - "Circle of Song"

Westwood's Social Justice Committee hosted a workshop, lead by Michael Walters of GEA (the Greater Edmonton Alliance. See more about this including an audio recording of the workshop.

April 12, 2009 - Easter for Atheists

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Myra Bielby
Musicians: Terry McDade (harp) and Cherilyn Michaels (piano)

Terry McDade - Prelude
Myra Bielby - Welcome
Anne Barker - Opening Words
Terry McDade - Offertory music
Story for all ages - Max's Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells Read by Kath Oltsher
Myra Bielby - Reading - The Woman With Red Leggings
Minister Anne Barker - sermon - Easter for Atheists
Anne Barker - Closing Words
Terry McDade - Postlude

April 5, 2009 - A Journey of Service

Speaker: Deidra Helmig
Service Leader: Anne Barker
Musician: Donna French

Anne Barker - Welcome
Deidra Helmig - Opening Words
Hymn 354 - We Laugh We Cry
Story for all ages - How Smudge Came Read by Kath Oltsher
Deidra Helmig - sermon - A Journey of Service
Deidra Helmig - Closing Words

March 29, 2009 - Losing Faith

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Linnie Chamberlin
Musician: Beth McColl

Linnie Chamberlin - Welcome
Anne Barker - Opening Words
Story for all ages - Are You My Mother? read by Kath Oltsher
Hymn #118 - This Little Light of Mine
Minister Anne Barker - sermon - Losing Faith

March 8, 2009 - Food For Thought

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Gord Grant
Musician: Steven Bell

Steven Bell - Prelude
Gord Grant - Welcome to Stewardship Sunday
Anne Barker - International Women's Day - Bread and Roses
Anne Barker - A Stewardship Moment
Gord Grant & Steven Bell - Offertory & Music
Story for all ages - Frog and the Stranger read by Kath Oltsher
Minister Anne Barker - sermon - Food For Thought plus musical meditation
Anne Barker - Closing Words
Steven Bell - Postlude

March 1, 2009 - Credo Sunday

Speakers: Owen Brierley & Josephine
Service Leader: Deidra Helmig
Musicians: Cherilyn Michaels, Jacob Ridgway, Amelia Chan

Deidra Helmig - Welcome & Opening words
Deidra Helmig - Chalice lighting
A Stewardship Moment intro
A Stewardship Moment - Terry Anderson
Story for all ages - Tiko & the Golden Wings read by Kathy Lightfoot
Sermon - Credo Sunday - Owen Brierley and Josephine
Musical meditation
Reading 594

February 22, 2009 - Seeking Peace

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Virginia Gillese
Musician: Joel Crichton

Virginia Gillese - Welcome
Joel Crichton - prelude
Minister Anne Barker - Opening Words
Elaine Roberts - A Stewardship Moment
Joel Crichton - Offertory music
Story for all ages - Ping Read by Kath Oltsher
Virginia Gillese - Where I find some of my peace
Minister Anne Barker - Sermon - Seeking Peace
Joel Crichton - musical meditation
Anne Barker - Closing Words
Joel Crichton - Postlude

February 8, 2009 - Who are we as UU?

Speakers: Terry Anderson, Janice Williamson, and Ainsly
Service Leader: Pamela Brierley
Musicians: Marj Foth & Toot Ensemble

Story for all ages - The Wise Quail Read by Kathy Lightfoot
Pam, Terry, Janice & Ainsly - Who are we as UU?

February 1, 2009 - Pride and Prejudice

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Heather MacDonald
Musician: Steven Bell

Heather MacDonald - Welcome
Minister Anne Barker - Opening Words
Heather MacDonald - Offertory introduction
Steven Bell - Offertory music
Story for all ages - Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff read by Kath Oltsher
Minister Anne Barker - Sermon: Pride and Prejudice
Steven Bell - Meditation music
Responsive Reading #576 The Litany of Restoration
Steven Bell - Postlude

January 25, 2009 - Ritual

Speaker: Dean Chan
Musicians: Sheila Killoran & Jennifer Froese

Prelude Canon in D by J. Pachelbel
Welcome
Opening Words
Affirmation for today
Celebrating Chinese New Year - The year of the Ox
Offertory music - Hark for the Sun is Returning by Carolyn McDade
Story for all ages - Goodnight Moon read by Kath Oltsher
Sheila Killoran shares a personal story about ritual
Dean Chan sermon: Dean vs Ritual
Musical Meditation - Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Closing words
Postlude XVII by J.S. Bach

January 18, 2009 - Building Community

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Sara McEwan
Musician: Joel Crichton

Building Community

January 11, 2009 - Consumer or Citizen? How our spending habits shape our city.

Speaker: Jessie Radies
Service Leader: Kevin Fitzgerald

Sermon: Consumer or Citizen? How our spending habits shape our city.

2008

December 21, 2008 - Winter Solstice Celebrations at City Hall

November 23, 2008 - Radical Honesty

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: David Deephouse
Musician: Joel Crichton

Sermon - Radical Honesty

November 16, 2008 - UU Family Values

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Lorian Kennedy
Musicians: Harmonia lead by Rebecca Patterson
& accompanied by Sheila Killoran

Prelude
Welcome
Opening Words
Hymn - #360 - Here We Have Gathered
Offertory request
Offertory music - We Are One
Story for All Ages - A Mother For Choco by Keiko Kasza read by Kath Oltsher
Minister Anne Barker on UU Family Values - When I hear the words "Family Values"...
Musical meditation - Pacem - music by Lee Dengler - Harmonia with Mary Wood on violin
Postlude - Harmonia singing Lift Up Your Voice by Brian Tate
Closing Words

November 9, 2008 - The Athabasca Tar Sands: threats & opportunities

Guest Speaker: Mike Hudema
Service Leader: Keith Wiley
Musicians: Jakalin MacGregor, Nora and Robert Wiznura

Prelude
Welcome & comments on Remembrance Day
Story for All Ages - I See a Song by Eric Carle read by Kath Oltsher
Introduction of Mike Hudema
Sermon by Mike Hudema - The Athabasca Tar Sands: threats & opportunities
Closing words from Wendell Berry read by Keith Wiley

November 2, 2008 - Why It Matters: Tuesday's US Election

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service Leader: Dennis Foth
Musician: Sheila Killoran

Reading by Minister Anne Barker - from Our Covenant by Alice Blair Wesley
Sermon by Anne Barker - "Why It Matters: Tuesday's US Election"
Story for All Ages - Maybell The Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton read by Kath Oltsher

October 19, 2008 - A Different Kind of Justice

Guest Speaker Alan Edwards: A Different Kind of Justice

October 12, 2008 - Thanksgiving

Sermon by Minister Anne Barker: Thanksgiving

October 5, 2008 - Walking Together

Speaker: Minister Anne Barker
Service leader: Wendy Proudfoot
Musicians: Harmonia, led by Rebecca Patterson & accompanied by Sheila Killoran

Prelude - Pachelbel's Welcome, sung by Harmonia
Welcome & Opening Words - Reading #434
Hymn #188 - Come, Come, Whoever You Are (sung as a round)
Offertory music - When Our Heart is in a Holy Place - sung by Harmonia
Story for all ages by Anne Barker - Our Puritan predecessors & decision making
Reading #580 - The Task of the Religious Community by Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed
Hymn #145 - As Tranquil Streams
Sermon by Minister Anne Barker - Walking Together
Musical meditation - Woyaya - sung by Harmonia
Hymn - #300 - With Heart And Mind
Closing words - #684
Postlude - Carriers of the Light - sung by Harmonia

September 28, 2008 - An Understanding For Desirable Interactions (aka: Convenant of Right Relations)

Service leaders & speakers: Pamela Brierley & Owen Brierley
Musician: Joel Crichton

Prelude
Opening words
Hymn #360 "Here We Have Gathered"
Introduction on Banned Book Week - Kath Oltsher
Story for all ages "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; read by Kath Oltsher
Offertory - music - Joel Crichton
Sermon: An Understanding For Desirable Interactions - Pam & Owen Brierley
Hymn #131 "Love Will Guide Us"
Closing words
Postlude

September 21, 2008 - "Our Doors And Our Hearts Will Remain Open"

Service Leader: Carl Ulrich
Speakers: Kathy Lightfoot, Dawn N., Marc MacKenzie & Anne Barker
Musician: Steven Bell

Prelude - "Tomorrow"
Kath Oltsher, Director, Children's Religious Education: You are safe.
Carl Ulrich - Welcome
Opening words & Chalice Lighting by Rev. Carole Martignacco; read by Carl Ulrich
Hymn #1 - May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
Affirmation
Carl Ulrich - Background on the Knoxville, TN Relief Fund
Offertory music - "Neolis" composed and performed by Steven Bell
Story for all ages "I'll Always Love You" by Hans Wilhelm and read by Kath Oltsher
Anne Barker basement rededication
Hymn #121 We'll Build A Land
Carl Ulrich - background on the shooting at TVUUC, Knoxville, TN
Presentations by:

Meditation - Anne Barker and instrumental music We Would Be One - hymn 318
Closing Words reading #688
Postlude Blue Boat Home #1064 (instrumental)

September 14, 2008 - Beginning Again

Speaker: Anne Barker
Service Leader: Hannah Barrington
Musicians: Westwood's choir - Harmonia - led by Rebecca Patterson

Meditation
Sermon - Beginning Again
Prelude & welcome
Opening words & hymn Life That Maketh All Things New
Offertory & music Flying Free
Story for all ages: Giant (or waiting for the Thursday boat) by Robert Munsch; read by Kath Oltsher
Responsive reading #558
hymn #318 - We Would Be One
Closing words & postlude - Circle Of Our Song

September 7, 2008 - Ingathering

Service Leaders: the Westwood Board of Trustees
Musician: Jakalin McGregor

Anne Barker, Story for all ages - A true story - the lake & Uncle Johnny

July 6, 2008 - Lessons of Siddhartha

Kevin Fitzgerald and Anastasia Sydor

Part 1 (25 minutes)
Part 2 (22 minutes)

June 15, 2008 - Pride and Prejudice

Rev. Wendy McNiven

Sermon "Pride and Prejudice"

June 8, 2008 - "...the moment when it seems most plain..."

a.k.a. The Next 25 Years
Speaker: Rev. Jane Bramadat
Service Leader: Christine Lesiak
Musician: Steven Bell

Gwendolyn MacEwen's poem The Discovery
A quote from Dr. Horace Westwood with Spoken, silent & musical meditations (approx. 4 mins)
Rev. Jane Bramadat's sermon "...the moment when it seems most plain..."
Closing Words
Offertory
#1009 - Meditation on Breathing
#1064 - Blue Boat Home
Closing song
Postlude

June 1, 2008 - "Kids are Great"

Reader: Linda Jennings
Service Leader: Allison Akgungor
Musician: Gail Olmstead

Allison Akgungor shared her poem "No Grammy NO"
Linda Jennings read from Rev. Cheryl Jack's sermon "Kids are Great"

May 18, 2008 - "Pieces of Sacred"

Speaker & Service Leader: Kathy Lightfoot
Musician: Rebecca Patterson

Kath Oltsher's Story for all ages: Hogula, Dread Pig of Night by Jean Gralley
Kathy Lightfoot's sermon: Pieces of Sacred

May 4, 2008 - "Everybody Goes to Heaven"

Speaker: Rev. Wendy McNiven
Service Leader: Marc MacKenzie
Musician: Gail Olmstead

Sermon "Everybody Goes To Heaven"

April 20, 2008 - Riding the Waves of Change

Speaker: Rev. Wendy McNiven
Service Leader: Marj Foth
Musicians: Harmonia

Sermon "Riding The Waves of Change"

February 3, 2008 - On Time

Speaker: Rev. Wendy McNiven
Service Leader: Carl Ulrich
Musician: Gail Olmstead

Sermon "On Time"