2025-26
Meditation with Horses at Soulfarm Sanctuary Spirit Quest 2025 AGM Giving Thanks Dinner Samhain Spiral Dance: A Public Ritual Honouring Our Ancestors Illuminations - A Musical Journey with The Awakeneers Annual Christmas Caroling Movie Night - GIFT Journey of the Universe - film night Spirituality of the Earth - A Sacred Universe The gift of living in alignment with impermanence
2024-25 | conversations we want to be involved in
GES Annual General Meeting Gratitude, Music and Pumpkin Pie Behold the Light! Stories of Hildegard of Bingen Annual Christmas Caroling 2024 The Awakeneers Equinox Celebration Quaker Silence, Philosophy, and Activism Tibetan Buddhist Retreat with Lama Losang Samten Ordo Virtutum - Jeff Bird Plays Hildegard von Bingen
2023-24 | Celebrating 20 Years of Spiritual Questing, Welcoming Future Growth
Forgiveness - A Workshop Annual GES Giving Thanks Dinner 2023 Annual General Meeting Afternoon Tea in honour of Eric and Sue Boulton Kirtan with Ode Howard Annual Christmas Caroling The Healing Power of Personal Ritual Book club - Embers by Richard Wagamese The Quaker Practice of Peace in Our Turbulent Times Sacred Pathways to Earth Healing - a focus on the teachings of Thomas Berry and the Great Work
2022-23 | Embracing One Truth… Many Paths
Tibetan Meditation Retreat with Lama Losang Samten
Bookclub: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Giving Thanks dinner
AGM
Exciting Meet-the-Author Pop-Up Book Club
Journey into the Chakras - A Playful Exploration
From Hawaii to Gabriola: Story and Kinship
GES Spiritual Bookclub - Spiritwalker, Messages from the Future by Hank Wesselman
Let's Go Caroling!
The Nature of Personal Reality, A Seth Book by Jane Roberts - Rescheduled
Bookclub: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Giving Thanks dinner
AGM
Exciting Meet-the-Author Pop-Up Book Club
Journey into the Chakras - A Playful Exploration
From Hawaii to Gabriola: Story and Kinship
GES Spiritual Bookclub - Spiritwalker, Messages from the Future by Hank Wesselman
Let's Go Caroling!
The Nature of Personal Reality, A Seth Book by Jane Roberts - Rescheduled
2021-22 | Nurturing Spiritual Awareness in times such as these
Cancelled - St. Francis of Assisi with Maureen Wild
Gabriola Ecumenical Society Giving Thanks Dinner
Changing the Story We Tell Ourselves
Annual General Meeting
Spiritual Book Club
GES Christmas Carolling
Book Club - Event is Postponed - Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good
'The Voice of . . .'
Book club - Reclaiming the Commons For the Common Good
Demystifying Hawaiian Spirituality
Gabriola Ecumenical Society Giving Thanks Dinner
Changing the Story We Tell Ourselves
Annual General Meeting
Spiritual Book Club
GES Christmas Carolling
Book Club - Event is Postponed - Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good
'The Voice of . . .'
Book club - Reclaiming the Commons For the Common Good
Demystifying Hawaiian Spirituality
2020-21 | Spirit in Action in times such as these
Vibrational Belonging and Wholeness Annual General Meeting Community Zoom Christmas Carolling Event World Day of Prayer Spirit in Action with Pandit Tejomaya Beginning | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis Walking | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis Coming Home | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
2019-20 | Spirit in Action: Healing Ourselves, our Community, and our Earth
Vibrational Belonging Begins Sunday
Launching Our 2019-2020 Theme!
Annual Giving Thanks Dinner
GES Annual General Meeting
Living Dances, Ancient Roots
"Becoming Nobody" - A new film on Ram Dass
A Spiritual Travelogue to the Lands of Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi
Christmas Caroling
Reclaiming Dance for our Spirit - simple, ancient dances
You've Got a Friend: A Festival of Jewish and Gabriolish Arts, Words and Music
Launching Our 2019-2020 Theme!
Annual Giving Thanks Dinner
GES Annual General Meeting
Living Dances, Ancient Roots
"Becoming Nobody" - A new film on Ram Dass
A Spiritual Travelogue to the Lands of Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi
Christmas Caroling
Reclaiming Dance for our Spirit - simple, ancient dances
You've Got a Friend: A Festival of Jewish and Gabriolish Arts, Words and Music
2018-19 | The Spirit Flows Freely
Joyful Sounds For the Spirit
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
2018 GES Annual General Meeting
Light to the World
Spirit Flows Through Poetry and Music
Season of Joy Caroling With Care
Unsung Hero of Compassion
Song of Imbolc Sacred Sound Journey
Presence through Sounding and Chanting
Community Passover Dinner - tickets have sold out
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
2018 GES Annual General Meeting
Light to the World
Spirit Flows Through Poetry and Music
Season of Joy Caroling With Care
Unsung Hero of Compassion
Song of Imbolc Sacred Sound Journey
Presence through Sounding and Chanting
Community Passover Dinner - tickets have sold out
2017-18 | Lifting Our Spirits, Living in Ceremony
Innvocations : A Community Chanting
'Giving Thanks' Potluck with Music
Lifting Our Spirits Through Ceremonies of Remembrance
Lifting our Spirits Caroling with the Home Bound
Innvocations : A Community Chanting
Invocations: Community Chanting
Lifting the Spirit: Finding the Sacred
World Day of Prayer
Invocations: Community Chanting
Community Passover Seder
'Giving Thanks' Potluck with Music
Lifting Our Spirits Through Ceremonies of Remembrance
Lifting our Spirits Caroling with the Home Bound
Innvocations : A Community Chanting
Invocations: Community Chanting
Lifting the Spirit: Finding the Sacred
World Day of Prayer
Invocations: Community Chanting
Community Passover Seder
2016-17 | Fires of Transformation ... and the greatest of these is Love
Love Manifesto For Gabriola
Music and Poetry on Love
Loving Presence During Tough Times
Caroling With Care
Mantra to Fire and Love
Music and Poetry With and For our Loved Ones
Eating as a Practice of Love and Care-for earth, seeds, animals, local farmers, community,family and self
All Beings Confluence with artist Martha Cole
Annual General Meeting
Retreat on Love
Music and Poetry on Love
Loving Presence During Tough Times
Caroling With Care
Mantra to Fire and Love
Music and Poetry With and For our Loved Ones
Eating as a Practice of Love and Care-for earth, seeds, animals, local farmers, community,family and self
All Beings Confluence with artist Martha Cole
Annual General Meeting
Retreat on Love
2015-16 | A walk on the Mystical Side
Sacred Island Walks
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Sufi Mystics: Rumi & Hafiz
The Mystics of India
Season of Joy Caroling with Care
The Life and Mysticism Of Teilhard
The Francis Effect: Is Pope Francis a game-changer?
Teilhard as Mystic Book Study
Peace Dove Creations followed by Taize Chant
Julian of Norwich
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Sufi Mystics: Rumi & Hafiz
The Mystics of India
Season of Joy Caroling with Care
The Life and Mysticism Of Teilhard
The Francis Effect: Is Pope Francis a game-changer?
Teilhard as Mystic Book Study
Peace Dove Creations followed by Taize Chant
Julian of Norwich
2014-15
The Dalai Lama and a Commitment to Compassion; an Evening with Victor Chan
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) His Legacy Carries On
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Put Peace into Each Other's Hands
Caroling With Care
Ahimsa
Jean Vanier and L'Arche: A Special Way to Live
Contemplative Chant into the First Day of Spring
Annual General Meeting
Introduction to Sacred Island Walks
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) His Legacy Carries On
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Put Peace into Each Other's Hands
Caroling With Care
Ahimsa
Jean Vanier and L'Arche: A Special Way to Live
Contemplative Chant into the First Day of Spring
Annual General Meeting
Introduction to Sacred Island Walks
2013-14 | Bridges for the Spirit
Beyond Belief: A Direct Experience of God
Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Soup and the Spirit - Session One: Circle of Trust: A Time for Sharing
Dark Matter: A Conversation Through Dementia
Season of Joy Caroling
Christmas Season Taize Evening
Soup and the Spirit: Jesus and Buddha, Paths to Awakening
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds
Linnea Good and David Jonsson In Concert
Iona - Celtic Christianity and Connecting to all Creation
Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Soup and the Spirit - Session One: Circle of Trust: A Time for Sharing
Dark Matter: A Conversation Through Dementia
Season of Joy Caroling
Christmas Season Taize Evening
Soup and the Spirit: Jesus and Buddha, Paths to Awakening
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds
Linnea Good and David Jonsson In Concert
Iona - Celtic Christianity and Connecting to all Creation
2012-13
2012 Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Caroling with Care
The Cosmic Pilgrim A Spiritual Exploration of the New Story
World Day of Prayer
Taize: Love Notes From God
2013 Spring Forum: Hildegard of Bingen
In the Beginning was the Spirit: Science, Religion and Indigenous Spirituality
Taize at the Labyrinth on Gabriola Commons
Annual Summer Picnic Tuesday, July 23th
Caroling with Care
The Cosmic Pilgrim A Spiritual Exploration of the New Story
World Day of Prayer
Taize: Love Notes From God
2013 Spring Forum: Hildegard of Bingen
In the Beginning was the Spirit: Science, Religion and Indigenous Spirituality
Taize at the Labyrinth on Gabriola Commons
Annual Summer Picnic Tuesday, July 23th
2022-23 | Embracing One Truth… Many Paths
Tibetan Meditation Retreat with Lama Losang Samten
Bookclub: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Giving Thanks dinner
AGM
Exciting Meet-the-Author Pop-Up Book Club
Journey into the Chakras - A Playful Exploration
From Hawaii to Gabriola: Story and Kinship
GES Spiritual Bookclub - Spiritwalker, Messages from the Future by Hank Wesselman
Let's Go Caroling!
The Nature of Personal Reality, A Seth Book by Jane Roberts - Rescheduled
Bookclub: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Giving Thanks dinner
AGM
Exciting Meet-the-Author Pop-Up Book Club
Journey into the Chakras - A Playful Exploration
From Hawaii to Gabriola: Story and Kinship
GES Spiritual Bookclub - Spiritwalker, Messages from the Future by Hank Wesselman
Let's Go Caroling!
The Nature of Personal Reality, A Seth Book by Jane Roberts - Rescheduled
2021-22 | Nurturing Spiritual Awareness in times such as these
Cancelled - St. Francis of Assisi with Maureen Wild
Gabriola Ecumenical Society Giving Thanks Dinner
Changing the Story We Tell Ourselves
Annual General Meeting
Spiritual Book Club
GES Christmas Carolling
Book Club - Event is Postponed - Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good
'The Voice of . . .'
Book club - Reclaiming the Commons For the Common Good
Demystifying Hawaiian Spirituality
Gabriola Ecumenical Society Giving Thanks Dinner
Changing the Story We Tell Ourselves
Annual General Meeting
Spiritual Book Club
GES Christmas Carolling
Book Club - Event is Postponed - Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good
'The Voice of . . .'
Book club - Reclaiming the Commons For the Common Good
Demystifying Hawaiian Spirituality
2020-21 | Spirit in Action in times such as these
Vibrational Belonging and Wholeness
Annual General Meeting
Community Zoom Christmas Carolling Event
World Day of Prayer
Spirit in Action with Pandit Tejomaya
Beginning | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
Walking | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
Coming Home | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
Annual General Meeting
Community Zoom Christmas Carolling Event
World Day of Prayer
Spirit in Action with Pandit Tejomaya
Beginning | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
Walking | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
Coming Home | Personal Pilgrimage with Karen Hollis
2019-20 | Spirit in Action: Healing Ourselves, our Community, and our Earth
Vibrational Belonging Begins Sunday
Launching Our 2019-2020 Theme!
Annual Giving Thanks Dinner
GES Annual General Meeting
Living Dances, Ancient Roots
"Becoming Nobody" - A new film on Ram Dass
A Spiritual Travelogue to the Lands of Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi
Christmas Caroling
Reclaiming Dance for our Spirit - simple, ancient dances
You've Got a Friend: A Festival of Jewish and Gabriolish Arts, Words and Music
Launching Our 2019-2020 Theme!
Annual Giving Thanks Dinner
GES Annual General Meeting
Living Dances, Ancient Roots
"Becoming Nobody" - A new film on Ram Dass
A Spiritual Travelogue to the Lands of Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi
Christmas Caroling
Reclaiming Dance for our Spirit - simple, ancient dances
You've Got a Friend: A Festival of Jewish and Gabriolish Arts, Words and Music
2018-19 | The Spirit Flows Freely
Joyful Sounds For the Spirit
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
2018 GES Annual General Meeting
Light to the World
Spirit Flows Through Poetry and Music
Season of Joy Caroling With Care
Unsung Hero of Compassion
Song of Imbolc Sacred Sound Journey
Presence through Sounding and Chanting
Community Passover Dinner - tickets have sold out
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
2018 GES Annual General Meeting
Light to the World
Spirit Flows Through Poetry and Music
Season of Joy Caroling With Care
Unsung Hero of Compassion
Song of Imbolc Sacred Sound Journey
Presence through Sounding and Chanting
Community Passover Dinner - tickets have sold out
2017-18 | Lifting Our Spirits, Living in Ceremony
Innvocations : A Community Chanting
'Giving Thanks' Potluck with Music
Lifting Our Spirits Through Ceremonies of Remembrance
Lifting our Spirits Caroling with the Home Bound
Innvocations : A Community Chanting
Invocations: Community Chanting
Lifting the Spirit: Finding the Sacred
World Day of Prayer
Invocations: Community Chanting
Community Passover Seder
'Giving Thanks' Potluck with Music
Lifting Our Spirits Through Ceremonies of Remembrance
Lifting our Spirits Caroling with the Home Bound
Innvocations : A Community Chanting
Invocations: Community Chanting
Lifting the Spirit: Finding the Sacred
World Day of Prayer
Invocations: Community Chanting
Community Passover Seder
2016-17 | Fires of Transformation ... and the greatest of these is Love
Love Manifesto For Gabriola
Music and Poetry on Love
Loving Presence During Tough Times
Caroling With Care
Mantra to Fire and Love
Music and Poetry With and For our Loved Ones
Eating as a Practice of Love and Care-for earth, seeds, animals, local farmers, community,family and self
All Beings Confluence with artist Martha Cole
Annual General Meeting
Retreat on Love
Music and Poetry on Love
Loving Presence During Tough Times
Caroling With Care
Mantra to Fire and Love
Music and Poetry With and For our Loved Ones
Eating as a Practice of Love and Care-for earth, seeds, animals, local farmers, community,family and self
All Beings Confluence with artist Martha Cole
Annual General Meeting
Retreat on Love
2015-16 | A walk on the Mystical Side
Sacred Island Walks
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Sufi Mystics: Rumi & Hafiz
The Mystics of India
Season of Joy Caroling with Care
The Life and Mysticism Of Teilhard
The Francis Effect: Is Pope Francis a game-changer?
Teilhard as Mystic Book Study
Peace Dove Creations followed by Taize Chant
Julian of Norwich
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Sufi Mystics: Rumi & Hafiz
The Mystics of India
Season of Joy Caroling with Care
The Life and Mysticism Of Teilhard
The Francis Effect: Is Pope Francis a game-changer?
Teilhard as Mystic Book Study
Peace Dove Creations followed by Taize Chant
Julian of Norwich
2014-15
The Dalai Lama and a Commitment to Compassion; an Evening with Victor Chan
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) His Legacy Carries On
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Put Peace into Each Other's Hands
Caroling With Care
Ahimsa
Jean Vanier and L'Arche: A Special Way to Live
Contemplative Chant into the First Day of Spring
Annual General Meeting
Introduction to Sacred Island Walks
Thomas Berry (1914-2009) His Legacy Carries On
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Put Peace into Each Other's Hands
Caroling With Care
Ahimsa
Jean Vanier and L'Arche: A Special Way to Live
Contemplative Chant into the First Day of Spring
Annual General Meeting
Introduction to Sacred Island Walks
2013-14 | Bridges for the Spirit
Beyond Belief: A Direct Experience of God
Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Soup and the Spirit - Session One: Circle of Trust: A Time for Sharing
Dark Matter: A Conversation Through Dementia
Season of Joy Caroling
Christmas Season Taize Evening
Soup and the Spirit: Jesus and Buddha, Paths to Awakening
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds
Linnea Good and David Jonsson In Concert
Iona - Celtic Christianity and Connecting to all Creation
Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Soup and the Spirit - Session One: Circle of Trust: A Time for Sharing
Dark Matter: A Conversation Through Dementia
Season of Joy Caroling
Christmas Season Taize Evening
Soup and the Spirit: Jesus and Buddha, Paths to Awakening
Inner Worlds Outer Worlds
Linnea Good and David Jonsson In Concert
Iona - Celtic Christianity and Connecting to all Creation
2012-13
2012 Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Caroling with Care
The Cosmic Pilgrim A Spiritual Exploration of the New Story
World Day of Prayer
Taize: Love Notes From God
2013 Spring Forum: Hildegard of Bingen
In the Beginning was the Spirit: Science, Religion and Indigenous Spirituality
Taize at the Labyrinth on Gabriola Commons
Annual Summer Picnic Tuesday, July 23th
Caroling with Care
The Cosmic Pilgrim A Spiritual Exploration of the New Story
World Day of Prayer
Taize: Love Notes From God
2013 Spring Forum: Hildegard of Bingen
In the Beginning was the Spirit: Science, Religion and Indigenous Spirituality
Taize at the Labyrinth on Gabriola Commons
Annual Summer Picnic Tuesday, July 23th
2011-12 | Spirituality without Borders
The Sixth Annual Summer Picnic
What the Buddha Teaches
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Journey to the universe
Living A Jewish Life
Christmas caroling
Journey of the Universe
Journey to the heart: Practices for Deepening
Path to Your Door: Approaches to Christian
Coping With Loss and Change
2010-11
Summer picnic at the home of Anne Sims
An Evening of Taize music and Gregorian Chant
Reflections on Nurturing an Ecological Christianity
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
What is Unitarianism?
Christmas caroling
Thomas Merton, Hermit on Main Street
Journeying with Jesus
Pilgrimages and Sacred Spaces Forum
AGM and Carol Singing
Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita
An Evening of Taize
2009-10 | Spiritual Adventures
Cantical to the Cosmos and to Consciousness Evolving. (6 sessions)
6th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Visit to a Sikh Temple in Nanaimo
Taize evening at the United Church
Director for a Ugandan Aid Organization visits Gabriola
Forum: Forgiveness Retreat
7th Annual Summer Picnic
2008-09
Spiritual Homecoming to Earth and Cosmos
Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
Introduction to Various Meditation Practices: Christian, Vipassana, Zen and Yoga
Christmas caroling to various homes
What it Means to Be a Sikh | Kay Manhas
What is Baha’i | Iolanda Khaza & Robert Mortimer
Spirituality Through The Arts | Forum
AGM
Spiritual Adventures of Rev. Rohanna Laing
Summer BQ Picnic and Sing-A-Long
2007-08
Islam Faith
Thanksgiving Dinner
Living a Jewish Life
Christmas caroling to Shut-Ins
Plays: Glass Bottle & Moon People
Inner Peace To World Peace Forum
Instruments of Peace
Summer Picnic and Sing-A-Long
2006-07
Living and Working in a Muslim Country
Wisdom of the Heart: Introduction to Cynthia Bourgeault
Women in the Bible: A Heritage Renewed
A Generation without AIDS
Christmas caroling to Shut-Ins
Christians and Climate Change
Meeting Jesus - Do we dare? Forum
AGM
Salish Spirituality
Instruments of Peace
Summer picnic and Sing-a-Long
2005-06 | Searching Spirituality
Open House: What We Are all About
Thanksgiving Dinner and Auction
History of the Church at the Time of the Reformation | Sr Pat Brady, Theologian and Benedictine Sister
Ageing and Saging - New Vision of Growing Older | Fran McIninch
Christmas caroling to Shut-Ins
Presentation and Discussion on Matthew Fox | Ted Brydges
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Mardi Gras | David and Shelagh
A Generation without AIDS | DVD and Discussion
Zen in Everyday Life : A Conversation w Buddhists | Robbie Huston and Mary Wilson
A Life Helping Prisoners, Poor and Marginalized People | Trefor Williamson
AGM
An Evening Discussing Relevant Spiritual Questions of the Day
Gabriola Churches discuss their stand on Ecumenism
Nicene Creed | Dr. Bill Crockett
Summer picnic and Sing-a-Long