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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...