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Update: Brandon Residential School and unmarked burials

Update: Brandon Residential School and unmarked burials

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...

Fun at ALF Regional Youth Retreat

Fun at ALF Regional Youth Retreat

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...

Update on local events and the Regional newsletter

Update on local events and the Regional newsletter

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...

Host a Rural Travelling Youth Group

Host a Rural Travelling Youth Group

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...

Unique Event for BIPOC Youth – a Great Success!

Unique Event for BIPOC Youth – a Great Success!

  Sharing Across Cultures: food, fun, and faith on Saturday, Sept 24th was attended by about 35 people including many resource people who shared about their cultures.             The smudge was a highlight for many, especially when...

Sharing Across Cultures: Food, Fun and Faith

Sharing Across Cultures: Food, Fun and Faith

Knox United Church in Winnipeg invites youth from across the region, who self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour) to explore foods, arts, sports and worship that represent some of the diversity of our United Church family.   Pariticipants...

ALF Youth Retreat 2022- Theme: We All Dream Big

ALF Youth Retreat 2022- Theme: We All Dream Big

If you are a grade 7 to 12 youth, we welcome you to register for the upcoming region-wide youth retreat, being held at Carman United Church, in Carman, MB, Friday Oct 21st at 6:30 pm to Sunday, Oct 23rd at 1:00 pm. A great opportunity to make friends with other youth...

Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022

Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022

Honouring Orange Shirt Day/ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Friday September 30, 2022 “When you wear an orange shirt it’s like a little bit of justice for us Survivors in our lifetime, and recognition of a system we can never allow again.” -Phyllis Webstad...

Your invitation: Regional meeting planning committee 2023

Your invitation: Regional meeting planning committee 2023

You’re invited to consider whether you or someone you know would welcome the challenge of helping plan the in-person (yes! So we pray!) Regional Council meeting, June 1-4 2023, likely in Winnipeg. Are your gifts, skills, experience, and interest a good fit for this...

Westminster United in The Pas becomes Affirming

Westminster United in The Pas becomes Affirming

‘There is a time that we must rise . . . we must stand’ (More Voices, #165) By Linda Buchanan On Sunday, June 19, Westminster United Church in The Pas, MB became a publicly Affirming Ministry of the United Church of Canada. As a community of faith, we did the work of...

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