In a time when spiritual individualism is celebrated, we are invited to rediscover the deeper meaning of collective religious practice. This sermon examines the transformative power of witnessing life’s beauty and pain together, bound by a shared purpose and the sacred call to belong. This Sunday we’ll be joined by the Yellow Door Choir.

À l’heure où l’individualisme spirituel est célébré, nous sommes invités à redécouvrir le sens profond de la pratique religieuse collective. Ce sermon examine le pouvoir transformateur du témoignage, ensemble, de la beauté et de la douleur de la vie, liés par un objectif commun et l’appel sacré de l’appartenance. Ce dimanche, la chorale Yellow Door sera présente.

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Lot’s wife stands as a symbol of humanity’s refusal to look away. What does her story teach us about belonging? This sermon will explore how embracing our vulnerability and standing firm in the face of suffering can anchor us to each other and to the world we long to create.

La femme de Lot symbolise le refus de l’humanité de détourner son regard. Que nous apprend son histoire sur l’appartenance? Ce sermon explorera comment le fait d’accepter notre vulnérabilité et demeurer ferme face à la souffrance nous permet de nous ancrer les uns aux autres ainsi qu’au monde que nous aspirons à créer.

Please join us for coffee hour after the service. Feel free to bring a nut free dessert to share.

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Rev. Ian White Maher and the Worship Team

In these fragile times, we reflect on human vulnerability in the face of war. All of our veterans who were members of “The Greatest Generation,” and who carried our Remembrance Day wreath for years, are gone now. This day of remembrance had great meaning for them, and we have promised to continue the tradition in their memory. We take this day to mourn and to honour all whose lives have been lost or derailed by war.

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Rev. Ian White Maher and the Worship Team

On this Sunday closest to All Souls, we celebrate our annual bread communion and light candles for those who have died in our lives. We remember our many ancestors and how they entrusted the future for us.

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Rev. Ian White Maher and the Worship Team

How does the story of Thanksgiving create a national identity? What are we creating when we recognize or don't recognize holidays?

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What do we mean when we say welcome? Are people welcome to join us if they adhere to our way of doing things? Or do we allow people to contribute their ideas and talents even if it means that might change the way we've done things in the past?

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Join us for our first worship service with Rev. Ian.

Rev. Ian White Maher and the Worship Team

Unitarian Universalism is more than an alternative to other faiths. It is a unique spiritual identity rooted in a "yearning for good" that has guided seekers throughout history. If we are willing, our faith can be life-changing and even life-saving for those who need its message.

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UCM members Charles and Julia reflect on the relationship between these two concepts.

With music by Basil Vandervort-Charbonneau.

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Service led by former UCM RE teacher and Summer Services Coordinator Emma Chothani.

With music by Basil Vandervort-Charbonneau.

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UCM members Marlo Turner-Ritchie and Gilles D'Astous lead a bilingual reflection on the new changes to the ethics curriculum, and its intersections with UU values.

Musical guest to be announced.

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Caite talks about the relationship between geography and identity. With music by the Leising family.

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A reflection from a friend of the congregation Dr. Daniel Leising.

With music by the Leising family.

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Melissa Titze will be sharing a service on enchantment and finding radical joy in small things.

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Join Melissa and Caite as they share a service with artist Chris Lau, who will speak about their work.

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Join us for Poetry Sunday! Hosted by Caite Clark and Camellia Jahanshahi with music by Wayne Johnson.

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Join us this Sunday for a service guided by the one and only Abram Friedland as he shares his perspectives on war and change.

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Worship Leaders: Rev. Diane Rollert, Katharine Childs, Sandra Hunt, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, with support from Miles Carey and Dany Brown

This is Rev. Diane Rollert’s final Sunday worship service with us before she retires. “I want to offer you my deepest gratitude for all that I’ve learned and all that I’ve gained by serving as your minister for 18 years.”

The service will be followed by lunch and our Annual General Meeting.

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Worship Leaders: Rev. Diane Rollert, Katharine Childs, Sandra Hunt, Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, with support from Miles Carey and Dany Brown

Join us for our traditional flower communion service, as we celebrate the diversity and beauty of our community in a multigenerational service. Don't forget to bring a flower to exchange with someone else.

This is the last Sunday of our children's religious explorations program. 

WE HAVE A NEW ZOOM LINK
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Please note: Sunday, June 2 is the Tour de l'île, a cycling event that begins in the morning. This year, there will be access from Vendôme Station to the church. The highways will be open, and access from the Sherbrooke exit on Route 15 should be open, but plan accordingly. You can find more information here about how to plan your route: https://www.velo.qc.ca/en/go-bike-mtl-festival/tour-ile-montreal-participantinfos/

Led by the worship team

This Sunday, Rev. Diane Rollert, leads us in a commemoration of the church fire that burned down the Church of the Messiah (as the Unitarian Church of Montreal was formerly known) on Simpson and Sherbrooke Streets, on May 28, 1987. We take this time to remember the lives of the two firemen who died, and to lift up the generosity of spirit that saw the congregation through a very challenging time 37 years ago.

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Special guest: Rev. Tet Gallardo from the Philippines

with Sarah Kennedy as our musician

Rev. Tet Gallardo from the Unitarian Universalists of the Philippines, joins us live, via the magic of Zoom, to reflect on the Filipino approach to generosity. She will be joined by Sarah Kennedy, live in the sanctuary. Sarah stepped in this past fall as our temporary choir director and song leader. It will be wonderful to have her back!

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Join us to reflect on the generosity of our ancestors, with many options for connection.

Special guest Floydd Ricketts joins the whole worship team bringing the gift of his musical talent.

Floydd Ricketts is an award-winning conductor, musical director, and educator. He is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Choral Activities at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY) and the Artistic Director of Ensemble Noir, a Montreal chamber choir that specializes in the music of underrepresented communities. Floydd is also the associate chorusmaster of L'orchestre Philarmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes (Montreal). As a theatrical music director, he most recently music directed "Beautiful" at the Segal Centre in Montreal and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. He has been described by his peers as a highly skilled conductor and orchestrator, and has written several chamber works for choir and orchestra.

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with special musical guests the OK Chorale

BidSunday is here! As we prepare to share in the generous abundance of our community (and raise some much needed funds for the church through our annual service auction), we'll meet for worship as usual at 10:30 a.m.. The worship team will be joined by the OK Chorale for a joyous gathering of song, and story and, of course, time to share our joys and sorrows.

Directed by Sonya Olthof and our own Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert, the OK Chorale is built around the simple philosophy that music is for everyone! Their goal is to offer a fun, non-judgemental space to be free, silly and soulful. It meets at UCM on Mondays.

Then join us for food, fun and lots of bidding at BidSunday!


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Special Guest Chief Carole McGregor, with Rev. Diane, Mx Katharine and the Worship Team

We are joined this week by longtime friend and collaborator Chief Carole Mcgregor, female chief of the Bear Clan in Kanawake. On this Sunday before Earth Day we’ll share in an all-ages celebration of our 7th UU principle “to affirm and promote the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part.”

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Rev. Diane, the worship team and musical guests Jean Seguin and Jane Critchlow

On the 9th of March 2008, Montreal had a huge snowstorm. A small group of no more than 30 of us trudged into church that morning. That was the service that brought together Jane Critchlow and Jean Séguin for the first time as singer and pianist to celebrate the music of Joni Mitchell. Rev. Diane, Jean and Jane had the joy of finally repeating the service for a larger crowd in 2013. They loved the collaboration so much that, this Sunday, they are bringing us an updated version.

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Join Rev. Diane, the worship team and a troupe of clowns — yes clowns! — to reflect on what nature and our relationship to anxiety in our own family systems can teach us about being part of a congregational family system.

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"This is my last Easter with you," Rev. Diane writes, "and although this holiday was never part of my own spiritual upbringing, I love the challenge of this day. Each year it has called me to explore our Unitarian Universalist Christian roots in new ways. I hope you'll join me to sing, reflect and perhaps even share in communion."

12:00 noon - Communion Service

For the past 181 years, this congregation has observed communion at least twice a year. It is a tradition that was so important to past generations that it was written into our by-laws to be observed on the Sunday closest to All Souls Day and on Easter Sunday. Today we celebrate a simple bread and wine communion to honour our roots. The communion service begins immediately following the regular service and is entirely optional. Everyone is welcome.

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In her 1993 book, Parable of the Sower, African American science fiction writer Octavia Butler offered a compelling vision of the future that rings true in many ways today. In order to survive in a post-apocalyptic North America, her protagonist creates her own religion, Earthseed, founded on the idea that God is change. Join Rev. Diane and the worship team as they reflect on the power of change and transformation.

Musical Guest: Yellow Door Choir directed by Roxanne Martel.

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Our community was profoundly transformed when we made the commitment to sponsor two Syrian refugee families in 2016. The sponsorships were both a joyful success and a learning experience for everyone involved. The process to sponsor other refugees has been slow and frustrating, but now there's hope on the horizon that we may be welcoming new refugees in the next year or so. Looking back and looking forward, where are we now and what have we learned as a spiritual community about sponsorship? On this day when Ramadan begins at sundown, we will be joined by members of the Al Mohammad family, one of the two families we sponsored. Musical guest: pianist Chad Lindsay.

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Special Guest: Gail Marlene Schwartz

For this worship service, we welcome author and former UCM member Gail Marlene Schwartz, whose novel, Falling Through the Night (Demeter Press), just launched. Gail will join our worship team in exploring what happens when we bring presence and attention to our deepest losses and the beauty and healing that become possible when we do. Through excerpts from the book, music, and prayer, we hope you will be uplifted and inspired to do the transformative work that your life is calling you to do in the best possible setting: in community.

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