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Women and Gender Equity Manitoba (WAGE MB) Engagement with the 2SLGBTQI+ Community If you identify as gender-diverse or sexuality-diverse, and might be willing to speak with WAGE MB about your experiences with government services, we would like to hear from you. The...
Funding call for respite for Northern ministers Northern Indigenous Ministers in Manitoba and Ontario in the Keewatin Circle are dealing with an ongoing crisis in their communities. Rising numbers of addictions leading to deaths or suicides among the youth mean they...
Have you attended a Pride Festival on behalf of the UCC? Will you be? Send photos to CAbad@united-church.ca to have them added. Winnipeg Pride Parade - June 2, 2024
June is a busy month for Pride events of all kinds! Click here for our regional summary of community Pride events. Remember, June is also Indigenous History Month, so whenever you have the chance, make sure you learn from and about Two Spirit and Indigiqueer people,...
Prairie to Pine GC 45 Commissioners: nominations now open In 2025 we’ll celebrate the United Church’s 100th birthday, and see a return to an in-person General Council in Calgary. It’s going to be a big and busy year. Important preparation for the 45th meeting of the...
Opportunities to Share your Talents & Interests in 2024 – 2025 Put your passion into action! Where is God calling you to share your gifts with the wider church for the sake of Christ’s ministry in Prairie to Pine? In this PDF, which is easily shareable and...
Hold a peace pilgrimage in your own community and with national church leaders Throughout Lent, many communities of faith across Canada, and around the world, with their bodies prayerfully mapped Gaza onto their own communities through the worldwide Gaza Ceasefire...
Prairie to Pine’s monthly online meeting on climate justice and financing, 22nd of every month, 7:00 PM Your or your community of faith have received a letter from Prairie to Pine encouraging you to start a conversation with your bank or credit union about where...
The Equity and Diversity has prepared this list and welcomes updates and more communities! Please send additional listings or corrections to prairietopine@united-church.caUnited Church people are encouraged to support these festivals with our resources, open spirits,...
Pictured Above are those from our region who travelled together to Rendezvous 2017 in Montreal. Rendezvous (the 2024 Audacious Hope iteration) is happening and we're inviting your financial support in helping Prairie to Pine youth to attend. July 2nd to 6th, a group...
As we enter the hope of spring, the communities, families and loved ones of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe (Buffalo Woman) continue the exhausting work of calling for a search of the landfills near Winnipeg. What is happening...
Here's a great example of a Cluster gathering to renew connections and community! Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM at Knox United Church, Brandon (Note: 2-hour parking limit is NOT in effect May -Sept. Park freely!) Inviting anyone who would like to gather...
Sustainable Brandon is a wonderful example of what can come out of a Faithful Climate Conversation – For the Love of Creation. Our ecumenical partners at For the Love of Creation group in Brandon, Manitoba, connected to both KAIROS and Knox United Church, held three...
Rev Don Schau, Atlantic Garden City United Church in Winnipeg, offers some thoughts on choosing to get a community of faith involved in climate justice work. Even when the struggle seems daunting or too contentious, there are ways forward that all our communities of...
Remit 1: Establishing an Autonomous National Indigenous Organization has passed. All 16 Regional Councils, the National Indigenous Council, and just over 80% of pastoral charges in The United Church of Canada voted in the recent remit process. Here are the results of...