In February, Kim Turner who grew up in the Lakeshore Unitarian Church (LUC) and is now a member of the Universalist Unitarian Church of Halifax (UUCH) wrote to Lakeshore to tell us she had discovered a box of wooden tokens in going through her deceased parents’ belongings. She explained that her mother Bunny Turner was … Continue reading Visiting Lakeshore’s Past via Halifax

Leonardo da Vinci believed that water was to the world as our blood is to our body. It is a vehicle of nature and connects all to all. Streams, rivers, seas and oceans all speak to the flows of energy and connection through our lives as Unitarian Universalists, as people, and as living beings inhabiting … Continue reading Water: As Life Streams On

The Canadian Unitarian Council’s National Social Justice Team has launched a new two-year initiative called The Ripple Effect, focusing on that key resource which is water.  It is also an issue which intersects with First Nation concerns and rights.  The Sharing Our Faith service we held in February on the theme of Water was also … Continue reading The Ripple Effect

A short (9 minute) documentary about hunger in the apparently affluent West Island was written, directed and produced by Concordia University students, Akshay Grover, Max Duguay, and Luca Brown, with coordination by the West Island Community Resource Centre (WICRC). WICRC comments: The West Island Community Sector came together to look at the key issues regarding … Continue reading Hidden Hunger

McGill University Senior Faculty Lecturer George McCourt spoke to Lakeshore UU Congregation on Sunday 27 January 2019. His talk follows. Good morning. I thought I would tell you a little about the recent work that McGill University has been involved in in terms of trying to create a more sustainable institution and to talk a little … Continue reading Education for a Sustainable University

Creating Theology Together – CUC 2018 Eastern Regional Gathering Our Board President Susan and I attended the Canadian Unitarian Council’s Eastern Regional Gathering under the theme of Creating Theology Together.  This three-quarter day workshop was held on Saturday 17 November 2018 in Kingston, ON., with about 20 participants from Eastern Ontario and Québec, under the … Continue reading Creating Theology Together

This year, the Canadian Unitarian Council National Gathering was held in Hamilton. Ontario – and the most impressive aspect of the meetings was the Hamilton Congregation itself. You may remember Curtis Murphy and Carly Gaylor, both of whom spent time in Montreal and spoke to us here at Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation. They were married … Continue reading Hamilton 2018 — a memorable CUC National Gathering