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Freezing Rain – Service Canceled

Due to a major storm hitting Southwest Québec bringing freezing rain, sleet and high winds, Saturday night and Sunday morning, Lakeshore has regretfully been obliged to cancel this Sunday’s service.

Our planned speaker Myrlande Myrand of Dans la rue will be rescheduled in February. … read more.

From Chef to Political Activist

Marlene Hale, also known as Maluh, her childhood nickname in Wet’suwet’en, the northern Athabaskan language of her people, was born in Smithers, British Columbia, at the foot of the Hudson Bay Mountains. She learned to cook at a young age, and as it developed into … read more.

Our Traditional Youth Service

This multi-generational service will be created and presented by our Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist youth and children. There will be readings, singing, and many delightful surprises.

Youth Service in 2015 !

We hope to see everyone there to celebrate and welcome in the holiday spirit!

Service leader – Erin BerryMusician – Kerry-Anne … read more.

Sacredness of Tears

Our beloved Minister Emeritus, Fred Cappuccino, age 93, will speak on the “Sacredness of Tears.”  As Washington Irving said, “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.”

And Fred has said that if the people are good he will … read more.

The Death & Life of Griffintown: 21 Stories

We welcome filmmaker and art educator G. Scott Macleod back to our UU congregation, this time to take us on a walking tour of 21 of the most fascinating historic sites in Montreal’s iconic Griffintown neighbourhood, including the New City Gas, Griffintown Horse Palace and the former Dow … read more.

A Sense of Others

Jean Vanier, who died recently, was the founder of l’Arche homes, and Clifford’s late son Peter – severely afflicted by Down’s syndrome – spent twenty years of his life in one of those homes. Clifford will reflect on these words from Vanier’s book, Wisdom of … read more.

Our essential – unlabeled – self

Timothy will present an exploration of racism beyond the superficial labeling of others – to first understanding the mislabeling of ourselves. He puts forth the hypothesis that it the very labeling of ourselves that is standing in the way of making a fundamental progress in … read more.