Further to Part 1 (presented last April), Michael will continue to explore our collective spirituality through two more intriguing international tales and reflections from his family’s “book of life” that they’ve experienced over the years. He will then add a fresh story to illustrate … read more.
Rabbi Sherril Gilbert returns to Lakeshore for a third time. She tells us: During the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (beginning on the eve of September 23), Jews all around the world build small outdoor temporary huts. The impermanence of these structures helps us deepen our recognition … read more.
Two women talk one day and mention that their husbands need to get more exercise. Two spiritual masters talk one day and tell each other that their wives are after them to exercise. This reflection is about what happens next.
Service leader: Susan … read more.
After our Summer hiatus with picnics and BBQs, the Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation is homeward bound, returning to our regular Sunday morning services. Christopher Thomson, one of our members and a long-settled immigrant in Québec, will talk about the personal journeys we make in our lives. … read more.
A long-standing Lakeshore tradition is closing the service year with an Intergenerational service organized, scripted and led by the children and youth of our community. Again, this year we look forward to the creativity and energy which our young folks deploy in finishing the year … read more.
Michel Mpambara tells his story about immigration. He immigrated to Canada from Rwanda when he was 17 years old. He will talk about his family, their life in Rwanda before the genocide, and everything he has learned from the process of integrating into Quebec culture.
Today he … read more.
Pastoral care can be a nebulous discipline. It also involves skills that aren’t often framed as work or as a service, but which are vital in offering spiritual connection and healing – whether in professional ministry or as lay members of a congregation.
Rev. Rodrigo Emilio … read more.
After being diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis at age 33, law professor Sébastien Jodoin embarked on the greatest research project of his life.
During his talk, Sébastien will share the story of his recovery, his rigorous and comprehensive approach to optimal brain health, the ways in … read more.
With “29 Days on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland,” Canadian artist and filmmaker G. Scott MacLeod will take us through his day-to-day experiences of the Reykjanes Peninsula, a geological wonder and a UNESCO Global Geo-park, with a focus on its diversity of volcanic and geothermal activity, its … read more.
Judi Richards, singer songwriter, mother and grandmother, will speak about her childhood in the suburbs of Toronto, her family, and most of all her mother who was her very first model of “Superwoman” in the 1950s. Trained in classical ballet, Judi became a choreographer, … read more.
