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This is your invitation to a video project for Pride Month, June 2022! Rev Laura Fouhse at McClure United, Saskatoon, Treaty Six, writes, “I would love for all of the Affirming Ministries across Canada to send me a short and simple video clip! I will use these clips...
Hello from the Equity and Diversity Committee! We are a standing committee of the Prairie to Pine Regional Council, created after our Regional Council became officially Two Spirit and LGBTQIA Affirming a year ago. Part of our Action Plan, as agreed to by the Regional...
Anti-racism action planning for communities of faith weekly in June: register now! Northern Spirit, Living Skies, and Prairie to Pine Regional Councils invite at least one lay member and one ministry personnel from up to 24 communities of faith within our bounds to...
Last weekend the Prairie to Pine YAAY committee held a youth leadership event, to give youth and young adults a chance to connect and practice their leadership skills.
Of course, you want to share inspiring stories of the transformational work of Mission & Service! Of course, you have enjoyed the booklets that used to be mailed to communities of faith. Some people are understandably looking for the original print format. Times...
Thank you to all who joined the 4th Regional Council Meeting held on May 6-7, 2022. Please check the Regional meeting web page for the post-meeting resources. Plans are being made for the Celebration of Ministry Service for Prairie to Pine Regional Council to be held...
Past Executive co-chairperson Rev Kwang Beom Cho offers this personal appeal to United Church members to participate in the current Korea Peace Appeal petition campaign offered by our global partners in Korea, as they seek to end over 70 years of war. Currently, the...
The YAAY Committee is hosting a weekend training, recruitment and bonding event. While this event will be targeted to youth and young adults of “leadership age” (grade 9+), we are pairing it with events for a wider audience. These events will give participants a...
Your Nominations Committee has been hard at work, and so have a number of people who have expressed interest in a wide range of opportunities. Now there are two key opportunities left: the Regional Council Executive, and the planning committee for the 2023 annual...
In the past, United Churches ministries have supported Right to Housing's calls for safe, affordable housing as a human right. Please take action before April 12 so that our voices will be heard in the province's budget process. And scroll down for details on a...
How to get hold of General Council 44 working documents when you have not signed up as a visitor: what we hope is the definitive answer. Step 1: go to https://generalcouncil44.ca/about/connect-gc44 Step 2: Scroll down to the header Proposals, Reports, and Other...
Talia Pelletier, a youth from Meadowood, responded to the call in November from the Walking Together Youth Grant team to walk with the Thunderbirdz. She was eager to do it again, but when highway closures kept her family from attending the Feb walk, she was inspired...
Manitoba: Various Public Health Orders have been terminated as of March 15, 2022. Province of Manitoba | State of Emergency and Public Health Orders (gov.mb.ca). Public Health Orders for the Province of Ontario: Changes to public health and workplace safety...
PDF version of this letter. This letter was emailed directly to all Regional Council delegates on 11 March 2022. Greetings to all delegates to Prairie to Pine Regional Council from your Nominating Committee, and all in the wider Regional Council community, Prairie to...
The invasion of Ukraine is costing precious lives and creating a humanitarian crisis as people flee to safety. The United Church has joined with partners who witness and work for peace and justice in the world, issuing a statement condemning the invasion of Ukraine....