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As a member of MCIC, the United Church is eligible to nominate someone who has an interest and experience in international development: http://mcic.ca/members/ If you know of someone who might be a good candidate, please let them know that this is a great volunteer...
As we discuss opening our buildings to various gatherings and needs, we know that complex discernment and planning that will be necessary before any doors can be opened. Lay leadership and ministry personnel alike need to be part of these conversations. To assist,...
Greetings everyone in P2P Region from your annual meeting planning committee and chairperson Betty Kelly. Yes, the Annual Meeting is still going to happen! Before the pandemic paused everything, we were to gather together for the P2P region annual meeting in...
Universal Basic Income: Westworth United Church invites you to add your support Our kin in the Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran Churches recently sent a Bishops’ letter to the government of Canada, expressing grave concern that COVID and its social impacts will only...
From the national church: An important three-part resource on “re-opening” considerations and practices. Thank you to the many people involved in thinking carefully about the many practical, spiritual, and ethical complexities of these decisions. As always, we are...
Executive Minister Shannon McCarthy has written a letter with general recommendations about re-opening. Please read and share it here. A comprehensive resource from General Council will likely be available next week and we will discuss it together in detail at an open...
DRAFT Affirming vision statement in support of the LGBTQI2S+ community Prairie to Pine Regional Council of The United Church of Canada April 2020 PDF version Prairie to Pine, a Regional Council of The United Church of Canada, is called to offer an open door, an open...
The Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre is a place of spirit where both Indigenous and Christian spiritual beliefs are respected, shared and understood. Learn more about the Centre through this welcome video
Update: The national United Church is continuing to offer free webinars on congregational finances and aid options. Please see the United in Learning site for full information. On March 25 and 26 the national church offered several webinars on the many financial...
St. Matthew's Maryland Coronavirus Update We are now in the second week of this new reality. Community members are nervous about their health and their future, as many of us are these days; but with your help we are making sure that they don't have to worry about...
PDF version available A word about Zoom from your friendly Regional Council Zoom, Zoom, Zoom all the time! Zoom is software that lets groups of people meet with video and audio, or only audio. The United Church is using it non stop during this coronavirus pandemic....
Many communities of faith are gathering data from members and adherents to facilitate connections for worship, pastoral care, stewardship requests or governance matters. Please think through your approach carefully, because (predictably) coronavirus scammers are also...
A prayer of gratitude and intercession in a time of pandemic (Credit: many writers and inspirations. Shared by Earl Reaburn, Northern Spirit pastoral relations minister, during our regional checks in during Week One in Northern Spirit, Living Skies, and Prairie to...
T'BJIGGN is a cluster of churches composed of Transcona Memorial United Church, Birds Hill United Church, John Black Memorial United, Immanuel United Church, Grey Street United Church, Gordon-King Memorial United and North Kildonan United Church. To know more about...
St. Andrew's United Church in Keewatin needs 3 dozen of More Voices hymn books (large print preferred). Please email Lee Sander at lsander@kmts.ca