Thursday, January 15, 2026 – 4:30 pm 

Facing the Future with Gratitude, Imagination, Courage & Action

Sharing Our Faith is an annual opportunity for Canadian Unitarian Universalists to explore a shared spiritual theme, deepen our connections with one another, and support congregational growth across the country. Each year, the Canadian Unitarian Council offers a worship packet and conversation guide that congregations can use to shape a Sunday service, a discussion group, or a community gathering.

The 2026 theme—Practicing Hope: Facing the Future with Gratitude, Imagination, Courage & Action—was developed collaboratively by more than 50 UUs from across Canada who participated in Canadian UUs Read this fall. Their wisdom, insights, and shared longings helped shape a national conversation about how we live our values in rapidly changing times.

What’s Inside the 2026 Packet

This year’s packet includes:

• A full, ready-to-use worship service, written by Rev. Karen Fraser Gitlitz
• A readers’ theatre script exploring themes of grief, imagination, courage, and collective action
• Song recordings by Wendy Luella Perkins
• A children’s story suggestion, readings, and reflection prompts
• A congregational conversation guide for follow-up dialogue
• Publicity tools to help you share the service with your community

Everything is designed so congregations of any size—professional or lay-led—can easily create a meaningful, beautifully cohesive service.

Why Sharing Our Faith Matters

Sharing Our Faith is more than a packet—it is a national spiritual practice.

Each year, congregations across Canada explore the same theme, reflecting together on the world we live in and the future we hope to build. This shared focus strengthens our sense of national UU identity and nurtures the bonds between us.

It is also an opportunity to support one another financially.
Congregations that take a Sharing Our Faith special collection become eligible to apply for Sharing Our Faith grants—small grants that have a big impact on UU communities. Past grants have supported outreach projects, youth programming, Indigenous solidarity work, music ministries, newcomer welcome initiatives, and more.

When your congregation participates, you help another community thrive.

How to Use the Packet

You can use the packet in whatever way best suits your congregation:

1. Lead the full worship service
   • Perfect for a Sunday morning, with all elements provided—music, readings, and a script requiring four readers.
2. Incorporate only the pieces that fit your context
   • Use the readers’ theatre as a sermon, choose one of the songs, or weave the reflection questions into your own service.
3. Host a congregational conversation
   • Facilitated prompts help communities explore grief, change, resilience, imagination, and the hope we create together.
4. Offer a Sharing Our Faith collection
   • Support the national movement while strengthening our ability to nurture spiritual life, justice work, and innovation in UU communities.

Registration here