May 5th Labour’s Legacy
Rev. Victoria
Service Leader: Lyla Miklos
Musician: Jeff Druery
May 1st is the International Day of the Worker, and this Sunday, we look at the contributions people who work have made to our lives – from weekends to the eight hour workday, from benefits to vacations, from on-the-job safety to child labour laws. Much we take for granted was earned the hard way, and forgetting this legacy put us in danger of losing much we hold dear. Jeff Druery is a Spiritual Director, musician, and co-founder of Student Open Circles campus ministry (www.StudentOpenCircles.com), working with students from diverse spiritual backgrounds at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada since 1995, engaging them in service, discussion about spirituality, social justice.

May 12th Our Czech Heritage: Flower Communion
Rev. Victoria
Service Leader: Jennifer Askey
Musicians: Choir
Norbert Capek, a Czech national, came to Unitarianism while living in the United States. Returning to Prague in 1921, he pledged to spread the faith in their homeland. He founded the Liberal Religious Fellowship, where the minister wore no robe, the sanctuary was cleared of decoration, and the congregation sang no hymns. To express their spirituality, Capek created the Flower Communion, where members shared flowers as a symbol of the uniqueness of each individual and their coming together in communion to share their uniqueness. Please bring flowers to church to day as we recreate this ritual in our faith community.

May 19th Living From Sunday to Sunday: Money
Rev. Victoria
Service Leader: Paul Hawkins
Musicians: Susan Gudgeon and students
At its core, money is about options – the more you have, the better your choices. But it isn’t always that easy, since money can become so inextricably bound up with our sense of self-esteem, self-worth, and success. Whether you have too much or too little, money takes up a lot of our time, getting it or keeping it or trying to figure out what to do with it. This week we talk about the role of money in our lives.

May 26th Celebrating Grandmothers to Grandmothers
Speaker Dorothy Johns
Service Leaders: Members of Blooms for Africa
Musicians: Members of First Congregation
Seven years after being inspired by the gathering of African and Canadian grandmothers at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto , Blooms for Africa (BFA) has raised well over $100,000 in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s “Grandmothers to Grandmothers” Campaign. Members of Blooms for Africa, along with Dorothy Johns from Grandmothers of Steel, will share this remarkable Grandmothers to Grandmother story. Two additional Hamilton Grandmother’s groups with members from First Unitarian will join us for this service: Grandmothers of Steel and Grandmothers of Hope (Mabibi wa Tamma)