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.
Join us online via zoom for congregational reflection on the new year.
Rev. Mead Baldwin will lead us in an online service.
How a teenage pregnancy, a stable, and some simple shepherds experienced the divine, through an ordinary childbirth…. Where do we fit in? In the Bethlehem story, so we see ourselves as shepherds, a dad, a teenage Mom, an innkeeper? … Perhaps wise sages… looking for signs in the stars… or angels, messengers of comfort, love and hope.
Dimanche19 décembre, 10 h 30 : Trouver le saint dans l’ordinaire, avec le révérend Mead Baldwin (en anglais)
Comment une grossesse d’adolescente, une écurie, et quelques simples bergers ont vécu le divin, à travers un accouchement ordinaire… Où nous situons-nous ? Dans l’histoire de Bethléem, nous nous voyons donc comme des bergers, un papa, une maman adolescente, un aubergiste ? … Peut-être des sages… à la recherche de signes dans les étoiles… ou des anges, messagers de réconfort, d’amour et d’espoir.
An invitation to participate in Amnesty International Advocacy for social justice. We will learn about selected cases where human rights are being denied, and write letters advocating for justice. Drafts of letters are provided.
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Une invitation à participer à l’événement d’Amnesty International pour plaider pour la justice sociale. Pour certains cas de violation des droits de l’homme, nous rédigerons des lettres en faveur de la justice. Des brouillons de lettres sont fournis.
Crystle will share a Ted Talk and lead congregational discussion
In place of the service, we will gather to clean up and discard items that were damaged from a recent hot water heater break in the church.
The board of directors are working to get the damage repaired and the hot water heater replaced. In the meantime we need to go through the items and discard those that are permanently damaged. Anyone who is willing and able to join us to help in the cleanup is welcome.
Please note our Covid-19 guidelines for in-person services at https://uuestrie.ca/covid-19-guidelines/
On November 27, delegates will vote at a Special Meeting of CUC members on the adoption of a new 8th Principle.
“We, the member congregations of the Canadian Unitarian Council, covenant to affirm and promote:
Individual and communal action that accountably dismantles racism and systemic barriers to full inclusion in ourselves and our institutions”
We are holding a congregational discussion at our Sunday Service so that delegates from UUEstrie can better vote on behalf or our community and to share the work of the Dismantling Racism Study group that led to it’s creation.
YOU ARE INVITED TO A VERY SPECIAL EVENT !
MONTREAL’s 26th CHILD HAVEN FUNDRAISER
DATE – Saturday Nov. 20, 2021, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
This year, incorporating all of Quebec and the Maritimes !
WHERE? ON ZOOM!
• We will have a live dance performance by our Kaliyampoondi
Child Haven children
• We will have a virtual tour of the
Child Haven Homes with Tour Guide Robin
• We will have an
online auction of treasures from India, Nepal, Tibet and Bangladesh
www.32auctions.com/ChildHavenHolidayAuction
opens at 10 a.m. Nov 11th and closes at 10 p.m. on Nov 20th
Great way to support our
Child Haven children and find gifts for yourself – and others!
HOW TO ATTEND?
Buy an event “ticket” ($45 per person, or as much as you wish to donate) at the link on the
Child Haven website
https://childhaven.ca/fundraiser_montreal_2021.html and then on the Donate button.
You will receive a tax receipt for 100% of your donation and you will get an email or telephone call with the Zoom invitation link a few days before the event.
