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.
Our principles
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
Our sources
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