May 4, 2025
Topic: Finding Joy in Resistance: Resilient Hearts, Bold Actions
As Canadian Unitarian Universalists, one of our aspirations is to ‘strive to work joyfully for a just and compassionate society, experimenting with new forms of community.’ In this service we will explore what our active engagement with joy can teach us and how we can cultivate joy that will guide and fuel us in creating the communities and world we seek.
This pre-recorded sermon is part of the Meaning Making series.
Speaker Rev. Arran Morton (he/they): currently lives in Saint John, New Brunswick, though he is from Scotland and moved from the West Coast (Victoria, BC) to the East Coast this summer via a cross-country road trip with his family. His work has focused on love-based community building as well as training and facilitation on issues related to healthy relationships, sexuality, conflict resolution and restorative justice/practices.
Before moving to Saint John, Arran was the Minister at Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship for two years and before that the Director of Spiritual Exploration at First Unitarian Church of Victoria. He is currently a Spiritual Director and part-time Executive Director of a small non-profit that supports trans and non-binary youth and their families.
This recorded sermon is part of the “Meaning Making” series. We are one of 15 Canadian Unitarian Universalist congregations who are sharing resources to create an 8-part series on the Roots of Resilience.
This month’s theme is Cultivating Joy.
Guest Speaker: Reverend Arran Morton
Service Leader: Rebecca Patterson
Musician: Carrie Day
Service Techs: Bill Lee, Hannah Dixon & Lorian Kennedy
We hope you enjoy this recording of our in-person and Zoom service.
Please feel free to share this recording link with your friends and on social media.
We hope to see you live and online, every Sunday, 10:30 AM MT. (Zoom “doors” open at 10 AM.)
