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We have a Regional Council directory! It’s a password-protected PDF designed to connect Regional Council members with: Regional governance; ministry personnel on call or appointment, retired ministry personnel and lay delegates who attended the 2022 Regional Council...
Community of Faith treasurers and administrators will have received today information regarding the outcome from the review of cost of living group assignments. This information is important for communities of faith with called or appointed ministry personnel, or for...
The Executive of Prairie to Pine Regional Council has written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police Danny Smyth to express very strong concern about the decision that there would be no effort made to search for the bodies of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran. Communities of...
PDF version of this letter. Link to action invitation for Prairie to Pine members. Link to General Council letter. To: Winnipeg Chief of Police Danny Smyth, cc to: Coun. Markus Chambers, Chair, Winnipeg Police Service Board; Mayor Scott Gillingham, City of Winnipeg;...
For the love for your neighbour, get your COVID booster and your flu vaccination: a message to United Church Community of Faith leaders in Prairie to Pine Regional Council PDF version of this letter Dear friends, In a webinar on December 7 members of the Regional...
Beloved Communities of Faith in Prairie to Pine, The planning committee for our annual meeting has begun meeting. It is early days and very little has been decided. Saying that, as the daughter of a church treasurer, I know this is budgeting season and we wanted to...
At General Council 43, the Executive was mandated to explore ways of supporting rural churches through the use of technology. This led to the creation of the Rural Connect Project. The Rural Connect initiative uses a hub/satellite model (or a Host/Partner model)...
The United Church Rural Ministry Network was established in 2020 through a grant from Embracing the Spirit. There was a strong feeling that after the meeting of General Council 43 in 2018, which had committed to support rural ministries throughout the country, there...
On the weekend of Friday November 11th to Sunday November 13th a Confirmation Exploration Retreat was held at the United Church in Meadowood. Eleven youth and young adults from six different faith communities participated in the event to explore faith, the history of...
What would it mean for you to raise more money for your camp, chaplaincy or outreach ministry? More money means more ministry, right? More lives changed? More impact? Absolutely. Then don’t miss this chance to learn the Stewardship Best Practices that can increase...
We welcome Chantal Winslow as the new Executive Assistant. She will work with Northern Spirit, Living Skies, and Prairie to Pine, as well as areas of work that include all three Regional Councils. Chantal will work closely with Executive Minister Shannon McCarthy, and...
Continuing journey with Sioux Valley Dakota Nation and the United Church, which ran the Brandon Indian Residential School: by Rev Craig Miller PDF copy of this update. In June 2022, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation met with representatives from the UCC, including Moderator...
47 young people met at Carman United Church for a weekend, Oct 21 to 23, 2022, for the region wide ALF youth retreat. ALF which stands for Adolescents Learning About Faith, has run for 36 years straight with ALF 2020 being held online and ALF 2021 being a one-day...
Dear Prairie to Pine newsletter readers and sharers, We know we send you a lot of material every single week through our Regional newsletter. The newsletters team has appreciated your ideas for improvement that have been shared in our survey and in personal...
Call to Rural Youth & their Support Circle Faith based fun is sometimes hard to come by in the Prairies. Canada is a vast country and our church neighbours tend to be far away. Luckily the United Church of Canada has lots of possibilities to help the youth in your...