Are You Ready to Blossom? / Êtes-vous prêt à vous épanouir? – avec la rév. Carole Martignacco

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  This is the season of seeds. Rebirth, renewal and regeneration. What can we learn from the earth about coming alive in due time? Please don’t forget to bring a small snack ( cracker or cookie) and a wee sip of something for our very UU earthy communion. (This Sunday, we will be joined by … Continue reading "Are You Ready to Blossom? / Êtes-vous prêt à vous épanouir? – avec la rév. Carole Martignacco"

The Mae Sot Education Project: Supporting Burmese Migrant Education in Covid times / Le projet éducatif Mae Sot: Soutenir l’éducation des migrants birmans à l’époque de Covid – with Mary Purkey

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  Sustaining education for marginalized migrant youth in Covid times has been an exhausting task for the dedicated Burmese educators who make up the migrant education community in Mae Sot, Thailand on the border with Myanmar. Providing support for their efforts during this time has also proved challenging for the Mae Sot Education Project, a community-based … Continue reading "The Mae Sot Education Project: Supporting Burmese Migrant Education in Covid times / Le projet éducatif Mae Sot: Soutenir l’éducation des migrants birmans à l’époque de Covid – with Mary Purkey"

Resolutions for Earth. / Résolutions pour la Terre – Mary Ann McCarron

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  What can you do as an individual to save the planet? As a participatory service, we ask you to think of actions that you can do to reduce your environmental imprint. (la version française suit) Que pouvez-vous faire en tant qu'individu pour sauver la planète? En tant que service participatif, nous vous demandons de … Continue reading "Resolutions for Earth. / Résolutions pour la Terre – Mary Ann McCarron"

Water Communion / Communion de l’eau – in person at the church

UUEstrie - Sanctuary (Upstairs) 201 Rue Main, North Hatley, QC, Canada

Our first in-person service since March 15, 2020 is sure to be a special one. To mark this occasion we will be holding our annual water communion service. Please see the Covid-19 guidelines at the bottom of this post to learn about the precautions we are taking to protect our community. Everyone is invited to … Continue reading "Water Communion / Communion de l’eau – in person at the church"

Online via Zoom – Ted Talk entitled, “How Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas” – Crystle Reid

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A Ted Talk video shared over Zoom: Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas and solve problems. Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out … Continue reading "Online via Zoom – Ted Talk entitled, “How Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas” – Crystle Reid"

Soundwalk – outdoor service at the church – with Ryan Frizzell

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A Sound Walk is... a listening exercise that helps us become aware of our immediate acoustic environment. It is also about the aesthetic pleasures of listening. Listening to sounds we might otherwise have missed; listening to the rhythm of sounds; listening for the unique 'voice' of a city. It's about enjoying the sensual beauty and … Continue reading "Soundwalk – outdoor service at the church – with Ryan Frizzell"

Book Launch: A Bowl of Orange Suns by Carole Martignacco

UUEstrie - Sanctuary (Upstairs) 201 Rue Main, North Hatley, QC, Canada

Book Launch: Carole Martignacco and Shoreline Press launch her new book of poetry, A Bowl of Orange Suns, on Saturday, October 9, at 2 p.m. Martignacco is author of the award-winning book, The Everything Seed. She will read from her new book, offer music by cellist Catherine Walker and a musician friend, and take-home orange … Continue reading "Book Launch: A Bowl of Orange Suns by Carole Martignacco"

Thanksgiving with Rev. Carole Martignacco

UUEstrie - Sanctuary (Upstairs) 201 Rue Main, North Hatley, QC, Canada

Join, us in person at the church,  for a special celebration of Thanksgiving with Rev. Carole Martignacco, visiting from St. Andrews by the Sea. Please be sure to note our Covid-19 guidelines for in-person services.