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.
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 a passion, she became a chef, and later, taught cooking … Continue reading From Chef to Political Activist
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. We hope to see everyone there to celebrate and welcome in the holiday spirit! Service leader – Erin Berry Musician – Kerry-Anne Kutz Hospitality – Dori & Peter Abbott
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 NOT sing an old Irish song. Service leader – Heather Falconer Musician … Continue reading Sacredness of Tears
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 Brewery. With only a handful of residential and industrial buildings … Continue reading The Death & Life of Griffintown: 21 Stories
We have the pleasure of welcoming Rabbi Sherril Gilbert as she returns to Lakeshore for the fourth time. This time, she will explore the systems thinking principle of emergence, and apply it to moral ways of being in the world, termite architecture, and Hasidic mystical teachings. Service leader – Christopher Thomson Musician – Kerry-Anne Kutz … Continue reading On Religious Sensibilities, Termites and the Dot of Goodness
Dolores Meade is one of the founders of the Hudson Grandmothers group called Grannies Aid for Africa. This group is part of the Grandmother’s Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. She will speak about the impact of the AIDS pandemic on African communities and about the role of both African and Canadian grandmothers in rebuilding … Continue reading Caring Across Continents
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 Life. “I long for a world which gives itself the … Continue reading A Sense of Others
Yoga is a very familiar word currently, but not when an orange clad monk from India first spoke at the World Parliament of Religions in 1892. What did he have to say? Is it relevant now? Milda has practiced Yoga for many years, and is currently studying Asian Religions at McGill University. Service leader – … Continue reading Roots of North American Yoga…. A Unitarian Connection
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 dealing with systemic racism. Before realizing the inherent worth and … Continue reading Our essential – unlabeled – self
