“International Women’s Day,” Rev. Audrey Brooks with Yvonne Mireau & Ruth Patrick, 8 Mar 2020 - a podcast by Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

We invite all to celebrate International Women’s Day at UCE. We recognize the achievements within Unitarianism as well as the many gains in the wider world, and we recommit ourselves to protecting equality for all women.

Welcome and Opening Words 0:00
Prelude “Warrior” sung by the Wyrd Sisters 3:41
Lighting the Chalice by Audrey Brooks, in unison 6:15
Lighting the Children’s Chalice and Recessional 7:22
Hymn 1026 “If Every Woman in the World” 8:08
Reading: “Women’s Liberation Because…”, taken from a leaflet produced in the 1970s by the National Union of Students, London, UK 10:39
Hymn of the Month “Here Together” with Andrew Mills 12:24
Canvass Month by Andrew Mills 14:48
Sharing Our Abundance: International Council of Unitarian Universalists 15:11
“Change Something” by Robyn Walters 16:45
“From You I Receive to You I Give” 19:21
Hymn 109 “As We Come Marching” (Bread and Roses) 19:51
Presentation on the Canadian Unitarian Universalist Women's Association by Ruth Patrick 22:32
Presentation to Ruth by Rev. Audrey 34:46
Sermon “Why We Still Need Feminism” by Yvonne Mireau 36:23
Meditation in Words 51:33
Meditation in Music “When I was A Boy” by Dar Williams 52:17
Closing Words 57:15
“Carry the Flame of Peace and Love” 58:26

The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community. We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action. We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics. We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives.

The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community. We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action. We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics. We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives.

We gather with gratitude on traditional Cree lands that are now a part of Treaty Six and shared by many nations. A treaty is an inheritance, a responsibility and a relationship. May we be good neighbours to one another, good stewards to our planet and good ancestors to our children.

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