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 … read more.
Energetic Love. The Energy of Love
It can be as difficult to define
As it is easy to feel
The moment now
Where it can feel, even surreal
It is this love we all wish to capture and keep
but energetic love, like … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
Near the end of February 2018, I went on a two-week visit to my sister Carole who lives in New Smyrna Beach in Florida. It is nice to visit family and also enjoy some respite from the tough winter we had this year. I … read more.
Last night the Canadian Senate passed a private-member’s bill making the National Anthem gender neutral.
Words will change from “in all thy son’s command” to “in all of us command” after royal assent.
Personally, I find this a great step forward for inclusiveness. When singing O Canada, … read more.
OVERVIEW
I am going to talk about a Near Death Experience, that is to say, memories from a coma. This is based on Anita Moorjani‘s Dying To Be Me, published in 2012. In my talk, I’ll broach the following points: 1) the life … read more.
We honour the soldiers who battled on the front lines
Who sacrificed for a cause and their country
Even ending their time
War is filled with stories of great heroism and valour … but in itself is a shame
All sides claim to be righteous
Often even pray to … read more.
Spirituality without Religious Identity?
In our Lakeshore community, there is a near constant discussion on the role of spirituality and regular ceremonial celebrations. We even debate what to call our “services.”
Avoiding all ceremonial aspects could make the event seem too sterile. Alternatively, too much ceremony … read more.
After a very successful evening at a fund raising dinner for Child Haven International last Saturday, our congregation took the opportunity during our Sunday service to honour the close relationship we have had over the years with Bonnie and Fred Cappuccino.
Various members of the congregation … read more.
