Gathered Here (September and November 2020)

Gathered Here is a monthly online check-in for Canadian Unitarian Universalist young adults. 

Join other UU 18-35-year-olds on Zoom (a video-conferencing platform) for sharing of joys and sorrows, deeper check-ins, prayerful reflections, and an opportunity to process the events of our lives with a spiritually grounded community. Each month we are joined by a member of the Young Adult Pastoral Care Team. 

The global pandemic has made this virtual gathering place more valuable than ever. While so much in our lives is unknown and unknowable, we can find comfort in familiar rituals and faces. By sharing our joys, our concerns, our sorrows and our gratitudes, we know ourselves to be held in a loving community. Exploring the themes and spiritual practices helps us each remember our own creativity and resilience. We are all in this together, a part of a larger story.  

These are drop-in style gatherings, so you don’t need to sign up in advance and there is no fee. On the days you want to attend, just settle into a comfortable spot with your computer or smartphone, sign in to Zoom at the scheduled time, and bring your whole self for the hour and a quarter. 

Here is the schedule for the 2020-21 programming year: 

September – Monday 14, 8 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHMonday 

October – Thursday 8, 2 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHThursdays 

November – Monday 9, 8 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHMonday 

December – Thursday 10, 2 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHThursdays 

January – Monday 11, 8 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHMonday 

February – Thursday 11, 2 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHThursdays 

March – Monday 8, 8 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHMonday 

April – Thursday 8, 2 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHThursdays 

May – Break for CUC National Conferences 

June – Monday 14, 8 pm ET – https://bit.ly/GHMonday 

July/August – Break for summer 

Check the Facebook event for the most recent themes and outlines of upcoming calls. You can also sign up to receive a reminder via text message the day of each Gathered Here by texting  @cucya to (502) 694-1142.

Questions can be directed to Casey Stainsby at casey@cuc.ca.