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2024 Pride Festivals in Prairie to Pine Regional Council

2024 Pride Festivals in Prairie to Pine Regional Council

The Equity and Diversity has prepared this list and welcomes updates and more communities! Please send additional listings or corrections to prairietopine@united-church.caUnited Church people are encouraged to support these festivals with our resources, open spirits,...

Please Help Youth to attend National Rendezvous Retreat

Please Help Youth to attend National Rendezvous Retreat

Pictured Above are those from our region who travelled together to Rendezvous 2017 in Montreal. Rendezvous (the 2024 Audacious Hope iteration) is happening and we're inviting your financial support in helping Prairie to Pine youth to attend.  July 2nd to 6th, a group...

Continued support for Search the Landfill and the families

Continued support for Search the Landfill and the families

As we enter the hope of spring, the communities, families and loved ones of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe (Buffalo Woman) continue the exhausting work of calling for a search of the landfills near Winnipeg. What is happening...

Talking With Our Neighbours: Assiniboine Area Cluster Gathering

Talking With Our Neighbours: Assiniboine Area Cluster Gathering

Here's a great example of a Cluster gathering to renew connections and community! Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM at Knox United Church, Brandon (Note: 2-hour parking limit is NOT in effect May -Sept. Park freely!) Inviting anyone who would like to gather...

Climate crisis: What can congregations do?

Climate crisis: What can congregations do?

Rev Don Schau, Atlantic Garden City United Church in Winnipeg, offers some thoughts on choosing to get a community of faith involved in climate justice work. Even when the struggle seems daunting or too contentious, there are ways forward that all our communities of...

Remit 1 has passed

Remit 1 has passed

Remit 1: Establishing an Autonomous National Indigenous Organization has passed. All 16 Regional Councils, the National Indigenous Council, and just over 80% of pastoral charges in The United Church of Canada voted in the recent remit process. Here are the results of...

Engaging your financial institutions: divesting from fossil fuel

Engaging your financial institutions: divesting from fossil fuel

Regional Invitation: Engaging your financial institutions on divesting from fossil fuel PDF version of this letter, which was sent 2 April 2024 to all Prairie to Pine communities of faith by email. Dear friends, The past year was declared by scientists to be the...

Invitation: Worldwide Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage

Invitation: Worldwide Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage

Worldwide Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage, in Lent and beyond, in your community In this season of Lent, and beyond, pilgrims in 125 countries are mapping the 41 km length of the Gaza Strip, by walking in prayerful solidarity with the people of Gaza, with all hostages and...

Open meetings on Regional climate justice and financing

Open meetings on Regional climate justice and financing

Your or your community of faith will soon receive a letter from Prairie to Pine encouraging  you to start a conversation with your bank or credit union  about where your money is invested.  The concern has to do with the billions of dollars that Canadian banks are...

Regional meeting 2024 update and invitation to renew connections

Regional meeting 2024 update and invitation to renew connections

Prairie to Pine regional meeting 2024 update, and invitations to help our Region renew connections and support Click here for the PDF version of this letter. 18 March 2024 Dear members of Prairie to Pine Regional Council, In this letter you will find an update on our...

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