About Us

Find meaning. Experience wonder. Live ethically.

Honouring the wisdom and truths found in a wide range of spiritual and secular sources, Saskatoon Unitarians are a nurturing and diverse community in which people of all ages gather to search for meaning, experience wonder, and be a positive influence in the world.

We are members of the Canadian Unitarian Council and are one of more than 40 Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist congregations across Canada.

As Unitarians, we have no creed or dogma. We believe that what matters is not who or what you believe in, but how you live your life. Eight principles serve as our guide:

• The inherent worth and dignity of every person
• Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations
• Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations
• A free and responsible search for truth and meaning
• The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregation and in society at large
• The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
• Respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part
• Individual and communal action that accountably dismantles racism and systemic barriers to full inclusion in ourselves and our institutions

As Unitarians, we believe that what matters is not who or what you believe in, but how you live your life. We have no creed or dogma. You will find people who would describe themselves as humanists, atheists, agnostics, religious naturalists, Buddhists, mystics, and more, as well as many who have trouble classifying their beliefs. What we have in common are our eight principles, which we all agree to support, the desire for a faith community where we can be accepted regardless of what we believe and the commitment to make a difference in the world.

How do we worship together if we don’t all believe the same thing?  What unifies us is our desire to share our experience of life, to celebrate what is important to us, and to engage together in a search meaning. Sometimes we use different words to describe the same thing (service or worship; hall or sanctuary) and that is okay. We know that the same ritual might be experienced differently (a moment of silence can be for prayer, meditation or contemplation) and that is okay, too – it’s an expression of the diversity of life.

Some of our services are more spiritual, others more intellectual.  Some aim to inspire, and others to provoke or challenge.  But all of them are grounded in freedom, responsibility, and respect.  It is up to each individual to consider the speaker’s point of view and then to follow their conscience and come to their own conclusions about the meaning of the ideas or experiences presented.

Rather than following a holy book or scripture, we draw on a “living tradition” of wisdom and spirituality, from six diverse sources:

• Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life
• Words and deeds of prophetic people which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love
• Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life
• Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves
• Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit
• Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature