{"id":786,"date":"2015-08-14T20:39:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T20:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/23.235.208.12\/~beacon38\/?page_id=786"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:54:06","slug":"sundays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/sundays\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"http:\/\/23.235.208.12\/~beacon38\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-754\" src=\"http:\/\/23.235.208.12\/~beacon38\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"2014-04-20 10.37.35\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35-701x1030.jpg 701w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35-1020x1500.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35-480x705.jpg 480w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35-450x662.jpg 450w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2014-04-20-10.37.35.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Sundays: General Information<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p>Our services are multi-platform: in-person at Sapperton Community Hall in New Westminster (318 Keary St.) plus online over Zoom. Sapperton Hall is wheelchair accessible with ramps and an elevator.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to join online, please register to receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/kbGuJ4EkTYmDgEMzvJeerg#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom link<\/a>. Enter your name and email address, and the Zoom link will be emailed directly to you. (We are using the same Zoom link from week to week, so you only have to register once to be able to attend all the Sunday morning services.)<\/p>\n<p>Between September and June, our congregation meets on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am for service. Services last for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes (see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/service-descriptions-upcoming-and-recent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/service-descriptions-upcoming-and-recent\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708648114681000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2I5Kz2-qrC8SSzvKsJ7MOJ\">Service Description<\/a>\u00a0page for upcoming service topics).<\/p>\n<p>After the service, there is a coffee hour as well as time for conversation online\u2014all are invited to attend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Families<\/h5>\n<p>There will be quiet activities set out on a table at the back of the hall. Children and youth are invited to sit together while doing these activities. Also, these activities can be taken back to where families are sitting if preferred.<\/p>\n<p><!--Children and youth begin the service upstairs with their families. Early in the service there is a children\u2019s story, called the \u201cStory for all Ages\u201d.  After this, children and youth leave the service to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/religious-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Religious Exploration<\/a> program downstairs. --->For infants and young children (up to age 5), there is a nursery area available for parents to use as needed during the service. <!---child care is provided in the nursery by staff who have been screened under our Safe Congregation Policy. For more child related information, please see the \u201cFamilies\u201d section below.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n\n\n\n\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \t\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>If your child(ren) remains with you in the service, there are quiet-activity supplies available if needed\u2014check with the greeters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \t\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>A nursery area is available for parents to use as needed during the service.<!---If you would like care for children aged five and under, there is a supervised nursery to the left of the stage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \t\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>During the \u2018story for all ages,\u2019 all children are invited (but not required) to sit as a group at the front, for the duration of the story.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \t\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Immediately following the story, children aged five and up are invited to join us downstairs for multi-aged programming.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \t\n\n\n\n\n\n<li>Parents and guardians are welcome to accompany their children at any time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---><\/p>\n<h5>Parking<\/h5>\n<p>Parking for the Sunday services, and for any Saturday Beacon event, is available in the parking lot at the back of Sapperton Hall, and in the lane behind the Hall. Parking in the lane, next to the Professional Building, is available to us also, including the spaces that say they are reserved for staff.<\/p>\n<p>If parking in the limited spots on Keary St., one must be sure to obey the city parking signs. There are metered spaces close to the Hall, and free spaces further up the hill. Do not park in the spaces reserved for residents. There is similar street parking on Simpson.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_three_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Google Maps: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/318+Keary+St,+New+Westminster,+BC+V3L+3L2\/@49.2253631,-122.8962117,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x548677ff329e94d7:0xa4c963e6840a9b18!8m2!3d49.2253596!4d-122.894023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">318 Keary St. New Westminster, BC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/318+Keary+St,+New+Westminster,+BC+V3L+3L2\/@49.2253631,-122.8962117,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x548677ff329e94d7:0xa4c963e6840a9b18!8m2!3d49.2253596!4d-122.894023http:\/\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3617\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/318-Keary-St-map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/318-Keary-St-map.png 966w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/318-Keary-St-map-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/318-Keary-St-map-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/318-Keary-St-map-705x531.png 705w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/318-Keary-St-map-450x339.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8527,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions\/8527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}