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Registration for the 2024 Prairie to Pine Regional Council Online Meeting is now open! The meeting will be held on October 10 and 17 at 7:00 PM (CDT) via Zoom. Please join by 6:50 PM. All are welcome and Regional Council delegates are expected! We will open the room...
The “hands off our kids” transphobic and homophobic marches marches we dealt with last September are making a comeback Friday September 20, 2024. Their locations can be viewed here, and if anyone in your ministry wants to know what the concern is, please ask them to...
Honouring Orange Shirt Day/ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Monday September 30, 2024 “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...
Prairie to Pine General Council 45 Commissioners: nominations deadline Sept 27 In 2025 we’ll celebrate the United Church’s 100th birthday, and see a return to an in-person General Council in Calgary. It’s going to be a big and busy year. Important preparation for the...
Women and Gender Equity Manitoba (WAGE MB) Engagement with the 2SLGBTQI+ Community If you identify as gender-diverse or sexuality-diverse, and might be willing to speak with WAGE MB about your experiences with government services, we would like to hear from you. The...
Funding call for respite for Northern ministers Northern Indigenous Ministers in Manitoba and Ontario in the Keewatin Circle are dealing with an ongoing crisis in their communities. Rising numbers of addictions leading to deaths or suicides among the youth mean they...
Have you attended a Pride Festival on behalf of the UCC? Will you be? Send photos to CAbad@united-church.ca to have them added. Winnipeg Pride Parade - June 2, 2024
June is a busy month for Pride events of all kinds! Click here for our regional summary of community Pride events. Remember, June is also Indigenous History Month, so whenever you have the chance, make sure you learn from and about Two Spirit and Indigiqueer people,...
Opportunities to Share your Talents & Interests in 2024 – 2025 Put your passion into action! Where is God calling you to share your gifts with the wider church for the sake of Christ’s ministry in Prairie to Pine? In this PDF, which is easily shareable and...
Hold a peace pilgrimage in your own community and with national church leaders Throughout Lent, many communities of faith across Canada, and around the world, with their bodies prayerfully mapped Gaza onto their own communities through the worldwide Gaza Ceasefire...