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For the love of neighbour: vaccinations

For the love of neighbour: vaccinations

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...

Annual meeting 2023 planning and budgeting info

Annual meeting 2023 planning and budgeting info

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...

Introducing Rural Connect interactive shared worship online!

Introducing Rural Connect interactive shared worship online!

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)...

Introducing: United Church Rural Ministry Network

Introducing: United Church Rural Ministry Network

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...

Youth Confirmation Retreat

Youth Confirmation Retreat

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...

Stewardship Best Practices workshop opportunities

Stewardship Best Practices workshop opportunities

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...

Welcome to our new Executive Assistant

Welcome to our new Executive Assistant

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...

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...

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