Welcome, bienvenue!
Greetings from UUEstrie, a liberal spiritual community that first gathered in the village of North Hatley back in 1886, as the First Universalist Church of North Hatley.
Salutations de l'UUEstrie, une communauté spirituelle libérale qui s'est rassemblée pour la première fois dans le village de North Hatley en 1886, sous le nom de Première Église Universaliste de North Hatley.
Join us Sundays at 10:30am for our weekly service.
Rejoignez-nous le dimanche à 10h30 pour notre service.
Dear UUEstrie Friends and Members,
We will be hosting an Amnesty International WRITE FOR RIGHTS event on Sunday at UUEstrie.
We will have information about the persons whose right we are defending, and sample letters for you to use if you wish.
UUEstrie’s board of trustees has decided to support the postage expenses. Please come and take part!
10:30 a.m., Sunday, December 5, 2023
Join us for a Write for Rights event. Come write letters that support the human rights of a few people selected by Amnesty International. We CAN make a difference!
Chers amis et membres de l’UUEstrie,
Nous organiserons un événement ÉCRIRE POUR LES DROITS d’Amnistie Internationale dimanche à l’UUEstrie.
Nous aurons des informations sur les personnes dont nous défendons les droits et des exemples de lettres que vous pourrez utiliser si vous le souhaitez.
Le conseil d’administration de l’UUEstrie a décidé de prendre en charge les frais de port. S’il vous plaît venez participer!
10 h 30, dimanche 5 décembre 2023
Rejoignez-nous pour un événement Écrire pour les droits. Venez écrire des lettres qui soutiennent les droits humains de quelques personnes sélectionnées par Amnesty International. Nous POUVONS faire une différence!
Join us for a very special service. Yoga for everyone. Bring your mat, other accessories will be available. The course will be accessible for anyone, and can be done on a chair.
Rejoignez-nous pour un service très spécial. Yoga pour tous. Apportez votre tapis, d’autres accessoires seront disponibles. Le cours sera accessible à tous, et pourra se faire sur une chaise.
As the title states, we will gather together to clean up the Church. After a long absence, the Church needs some tender love and care. (version française suit)
Comme le titre l’indique, nous nous rassemblerons pour nettoyer l’Église. Après une longue absence, l’Église a besoin d’un peu d’amour et de soins.
![[Via Zoom] Joining the Unitarian Church of Montreal – Remembrance day](https://uuestrie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rg2-rufjr-0-1200x800.jpg)
All of our veterans who were members of “The Greatest Generation,” and who carried our Remembrance Day wreath for years, are gone now. They were among the generation that had a vision of the United Nations and who wrote and ratified the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. As members of subsequent generations, we are called to carry forward their legacy in a time when we are challenged by our own fears of a potential Third World War looming before us. We take this day to mourn what was and what is, and to find sustenance to uphold our dreams of the basic human right to live in peace.
Worship team: Rev. Diane Rollert, Katharine Childs, Sandra Hunt, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, Shoshanna Green, Indigo Micciche.
Tech Team Coordinator: Annalise Peterson-Perry.
Join online here:
http://bit.ly/ucmtlsunday
Meeting ID: 824 8169 5864
Password: 317122
or by phone: 438 809 7799 Canada or 855 703 8985 Canada Toll-free.
![[In person] Connection, Genealogy, and the Interdependent Web, with Amy Panetta](https://uuestrie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0ragdalrppk-1200x800.jpg)
Join us for a reflection on the interdependent web of all things as it relates to genealogy.
An ancient Celtic tradition describes this time of year as when “the veil between the two worlds is thinnest”. In this service we encourage everyone to share a personal testimony about someone important to them who has passed away in the recent past.
Join us for a very special service. Yoga for everyone. Bring your mat, other accessories will be available. The course will be accessible for anyone, and can be done on a chair.
Rejoignez-nous pour un service très spécial. Yoga pour tous. Apportez votre tapis, d’autres accessoires seront disponibles. Le cours sera accessible à tous, et pourra se faire sur une chaise.
Make Your Life an Adventure of Love
Guest speaker Stephen Sims
Musical guests: Back Alley Roots (Jane Critchlow, Roger Haughey and Larry Cassini)
Worship team: Rev. Diane Rollert, Katharine Childs, Sandra Hunt, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, Shoshanna Green, Indigo Micciche.
Tech Team Coordinator: Annalise Peterson-Perry.
Each of our lives is a silent promise … discovering your hidden self … making our lives into a work of art … listening to stories of transformation.
Author Stephen Sims served as program director of a drug rehabilitation center in his native Montreal, and later, as director of a hospitality house for the homeless. Growing out of this experience, Steve set up an awareness education foundation to foster personal transformation – to encourage physical wellness, emotional literacy, and spiritual realization. Steve also initiated dialogues with educators and community development workers throughout the Eastern Himalayas. This cross-cultural experience was the catalyst for him to begin writing, and to establish an interdisciplinary wisdom forum to study diverse healing arts, transformational sciences, and the teachings of different spiritual traditions.
There is no need to register in advance to join us in person.
Join online here:
http://bit.ly/ucmtlsunday
Meeting ID: 824 8169 5864
Password: 317122
or by phone: 438 809 7799 Canada or 855 703 8985 Canada Toll-free.
Join us for our annual Thanksgiving service led by Reverend Carole Martignacco.
This service is BOTH In Person AND via Zoom. Come to the church building, OR join by Zoom (email info@uuestrie.ca for the link)
10 juillet, le service du dimanche, 10 h 30.
Responsable du service : Camille Bouskéla; Musique : Mike Matheson
Ce service est À LA FOIS en personne ET via Zoom. Venez au bâtiment de l’église, ou rejoignez par Zoom (contacter info@uuestrie.ca pour le lien)
In several amendments to the Indian Act, the federal government reinforced the assimilation of Indigenous people by forbidding their cultural and spiritual ceremonies. Activities we see today at Native gatherings like smudging, Pipe ceremonies, sweats lodges, etc. were legally forbidden until 1951 when the federal restrictions were finally lifted. This PowerPoint presentation reviews these spiritual practices and questions why this attempt at cultural genocide was allowed to happen. (Service Leader: Gudrun Brand. Musician: Kevin Jensen.
Paul-Conrad Carignan is a federally-recognized metis of Anishnabe (Algonquin) and Huron-Wendat heritage. He has been on the Red Road of learning and sharing his Indigenous heritage for over 25 years. A Franco-Ontarian by birth, he presently lives in the Eastern Townships.
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Dans plusieurs amendements à la Loi sur les Indiens, le gouvernement fédéral a renforcé l’assimilation des peuples autochtones en interdisant leurs cérémonies culturelles et spirituelles. Les activités que nous voyons aujourd’hui lors de rassemblements amérindiens, comme la purification, les cérémonies du calumet, les pavillons de sueurs, etc., étaient interdites par la loi jusqu’en 1951, date à laquelle les restrictions fédérales ont finalement été levées. Cette présentation PowerPoint examine ces pratiques spirituelles et s’interroge sur les raisons pour lesquelles cette tentative de génocide culturel a été autorisée. (en anglais)(Responsable du service : Gudrun Brand. Musicien : Kevin Jensen.
Paul-Conrad Carignan est un métis reconnu par le gouvernement fédéral, du patrimoine anishnabe (Algonquin) et huron-wendat. Il est sur le sentier rouge de l’apprentissage et du partage de son héritage autochtone depuis plus de 25 ans. Franco-ontarien de naissance, il vit actuellement dans les Cantons de l’Est.
