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YAAY receives grant for truth and reconciliation shared work

YAAY receives grant for truth and reconciliation shared work

Exciting news from Young Adults and Youth! Kaylee Wood (the designated young leader of a grant proposal team that met four times through the month of April) shared the exciting news that we received the grant for which we had applied. It is a $10,000 Walking Together...

Union Day Online Service

Union Day Online Service

June 10, 2021 is the 96th Anniversary of the Inauguration of The United Church of Canada. Join Moderator Richard Bott and others for a special online worship service at 6:45 pm EDT (5:45 p.m. CST). This service will be livestreamed on UCC's YouTube channel. Here are...

Introducing your General Council 44 Commissioners and alternates

Introducing your General Council 44 Commissioners and alternates

After the nominations closed, the P2P Nominating Committee met to ensure that list of proposed commissioners meets the requirements set by the General Council and where possible honors the recommend balance and diversity. The Nominating Committee was also guided by a...

Message from the Regional co-chairs on truth and reconciliation

Message from the Regional co-chairs on truth and reconciliation

Message from the Regional Co-Chairs following the announcement of the discovery of 215 children's bodies at the former Kamloops Residential School: A sense of urgency is upon us.  We work toward relationship building, reconciliation, inclusivity, a recognition that we...

Brief Report on the 2021 Regional Annual Meeting

Brief Report on the 2021 Regional Annual Meeting

The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Prairie to Pine Regional Council was held virtually from Friday, May 28 to Sunday, May 30.  Our theme was “Our Place in the Rainbow” We started off with an uplifting worship which including our “In Memoriam” folks and the business...

YAAY letter on Kamloops residential school

YAAY letter on Kamloops residential school

On behalf of the YAAY Committee, thank you for a great Regional Meeting this past weekend! It was good to see everyone come together as a community again. We are looking forward to taking on our new role as a voting member of the Executive Committee. Thank you for the...

Unmarked burials and a time of mourning: resources and support

If you are a residential school or intergenerational survivor and this content is upsetting, please call the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. With Indigenous Ministries and Justice of the United Church, we join in saying, “As news came...

Affirming celebration for our Regional Council

Affirming celebration for our Regional Council

Affirming celebration for our Regional Council! Sunday May 30, 10:00- 11:30AM All the people of the Regional Council and beyond are invited to gather for this celebration and worship on YouTube.  Our Place in the Rainbow will celebrate Prairie to Pine becoming an...

Renewals of Appointments

Renewals of Appointments

A reminder to all Pastoral Charges seeking renewals of appointments for Ministry Personnel that in addition to the submission of the Record of Appointment documents through Church Hub, the following documents must be sent directly to the Pastoral Relations Minister by...

Sacraments Elders Re-Licensing Applications

Sacraments Elders Re-Licensing Applications

Those Communities of Faith seeking to re-licensing of a Sacraments Elder for the Pastoral Year, July 01, 2021 to June 30, 2022 should complete the appropriate form and forward it to the Pastoral Relations Minister as noted on the form prior to the deadline of June 18,...

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