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Welcome!
Greetings from UUEstrie, a spiritual community that first gathered in the village of North Hatley back in 1886, as the First Universalist Church of North Hatley.
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How to get here:
North Hatley is a small village located around the north end of Lake Massawippi, about 15 minutes drive south from Sherbrooke, Québec, and 30 minutes drive north from the U.S. border at Derby Line, Vt.
From the west (Montreal) take autoroute 10 East to autoroute 55 South. From the south (Vermont) take I-91 north to the border where it becomes autoroute 55 North.
From autoroute 55 take the exit for St. Catherine de Hatley, route 108. Go east on route 108 until you reach North Hatley. Turn left and follow the roads around the lake (keeping the lake on your right), over the bridge and past the stores, until you reach our meeting house, standing above Main street on your left, at the corner of Gagnon. If you start going uphill again, you have missed it.
A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM
Sunday Services
Services are at 10:00 Sundays throughout the year, with a break during the last week in December and first in January. From April through November our services are held in the historic sanctuary, and during winter months in Stoddard Hall on the lower level. Members and visitors enjoy a time of fellowship with coffee, tea and refreshments following each service.
Children’s Religious and Spiritual Exploration (RE)
Our RE coordinator is Lindsay-Jane Gowman.
Children are welcomed every Sunday, from 9:45 am to 11:30 am.
Our program is based on the UU 7 principles, mainly emphasizing the inherent worth and dignity of everyone. The morning curriculum is inspired from various sources, including: We Believe: Learning and Living Our UU Principles, Ann Fields and Joan Goodwin, editors; Circle Round by Starhawk; and A Tapestry of Faith, from the UUA. Read more…
Bishops University Campus Ministry
Soulful Sundown evening gatherings are offered regularly on the Bishop’s University campus, Lennoxville, led by one of our Lay Chaplains, Keith Baxter, who is also a Bishop’s faculty member. We serve an ever changing but always searching group of openhearted and questioning young adults. With informal worship in words, silence and song, we share ideas, dreams and hopes, seeking meaning in a spirit of freedom and fellowship. See the current flyer with the schedule for Soulful Sundown or contact Keith Baxter (see “Home/Contact“)
