Category: News

2022-2023 Board Election

Lakeshore held its annual Board of Directors election in person and on-line via Zoom. This year, it took place after the end of the 24 April 2021 Sunday Service. Were elected unanimously: President (for a two-year term) – Sheila Laursen Secretary (for a two-year term) – Milda Graham Director B (for a two-year term) – … Continue reading 2022-2023 Board Election

Lakeshore Bulletin 2020-03-22

Cross-congregational check-up – Susan Czarnocki Wow!  Just 10 days ago, the lurking curse of Friday-13th came roaring in to change our lives.  Late on Thursday the 12th, the pillars of normalcy came crashing down around us, as school boards, universities, CEGEPS – announced cancellations.  This was followed by the cancellation of most public social activities. The … Continue reading Lakeshore Bulletin 2020-03-22

Pact for Transition

A Pact for the Transition – from Words to Action At the end of 2018, our Québec artistic community has announced le Pacte pour la Transition which combines a personal commitment to reducing our ecological footprint and slowing global warming with a vigorous lobby to press the Legault government to act collectively to meet our … Continue reading Pact for Transition

2019 Stewardship Report

Summary: Investments, income & expenditures ALL DOWN. Last year, investments were up markedly although income and expenditures were both on a continuing downward trend. So this year is the first recent year where our investments have declined over the year, due to stock market drops in the last half of 2018. We went from 338 … Continue reading 2019 Stewardship Report

Non-Denominational Christmas Celebration

We have updated this blog to announce this year’s non-denominational Christmas celebration. The 2017 service was incredible and we are even more excited about this year’s service! A Non-Denominational Christmas Celebration for all Montrealers will take place in Lachine on Christmas Eve 2018. NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE December 24, 2018 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM LAKESHORE … Continue reading Non-Denominational Christmas Celebration

2018 Stewardship Report

2018 Stewardship Report Summary: Investments UP, Income and Expenditures DOWN Major factors influencing our investment results: – shorter reference period (to February) this year due to earlier date of this presentation – slower growth in LAM investment fund 3,5% this year vs. 7% last year (BLUE bars) – both years had identical withdrawal of 5000 $ … Continue reading 2018 Stewardship Report

Long-range Planning Meeting

As part of our community’s on-going reflections on stewardship, we need to think not only about fundraising but also about how we spend our money. To this end, the Annual General Meeting in June 2017 adopted the following resolution: To strike a committee to reflect on the uses to which our investment fund could be put to sustain … Continue reading Long-range Planning Meeting

Communications Committee updates new Website

During a Membership and Communications Committee brainstorming session at Lakeshore on 31 March 2017, Timothy Byrnes suggested that building a new blog-compatible website could be the most cost-effective way of making what we offer as an inclusive spiritual community better known to the larger Montreal community. Nowadays, with so much information available on-line, talking up … Continue reading Communications Committee updates new Website