UPCOMING SERVICES

The Shift is a desired state of mind connecting us to our soul, hence to the divine. It has to be achieved for oneself, but nothing can be more helpful than a supporting community, and that's the goal of "spiritual cafés". He will speak about Spiritual Cafés in different locations, including the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre, Energy Healing, mentoring and speaking.

Ramzi Cheety holds a BA in Finance and Accounting, is a director of Finance and Treasury, but also a Reiki Master IV, Therapeutic Touch Practitioner, and a Spiritual Healer. His life purpose is to help people open their hearts and see the world from there.

Sebastian Ehab Fattal, MA was educated in West Africa, the Middle East and the USA. He completed his MA in International Relations at Seton Hall University where he specialized in Cross-Cultural Negotiations. His extensive international background and interaction with various cultures worldwide have provided him with special insight into the human condition. In 2007, Mr. Fattal had an awakening, which led him to share his newly found spirituality through his book “The Big Picture Paradigm”. It chronicles his many experiences and life struggles that infused him with a commitment to aid anyone wanting to change their life.

For me, the experience of "Creator" can be likened to memory, and memory, I perceive as being fluid. Memory is not of the present, it is activated in the present. It is a bridge to the future. It is affirmation of a Divine presence, past, present and future. In the same manner, memory and hope are inseparably paired. It is the richness of memory past (not unlike Dickens's infamous character portrait) that triggers the present and gives hope for the future. This is the beauty of denominational traditions, great and beautiful buildings, magnificent works of art and the like. They are of the past but give hope for the future. In their own way hymn texts and tunes do the same thing and thus embrace a functional spirituality. They open up a richness of past experience, trigger present memory and give hope for the future. Adding to this body of material and experience is a natural human endeavour. If it were not so, great buildings, traditions, liturgy and works of art would not exist. Dr. Bruce Wheatcroft has spent most of his working career in the service of the church as a conductor, organist, teacher and administrator. He holds a D.Min. in theology from St. Stephen’s College, Edmonton, a M.Mus in Musicology from the University of Alberta, a B.Mus. in organ performance from the University of Calgary and the ARCCO diploma from The Royal Canadian College of Organists. He is a co-founder of The Abbey for the Arts, Inc., his country home, which functions as a retreat centre for the arts and other special interest groups. At The Abbey, he serves as workshop leader, facilitator, teacher, or as host for others using the facility.

Our erstwhile minister, Fred Cappuccino, will predict what is going to happen in - and to - our congregation, which has a history of greatness unmatched in Canadian Unitarianism - or in any other denomination. His predictions are accurate 74.836% of the time.