United Church Centennial resources

Lots of preparations for the June 2025 Centennial of the United Church are underway, and all communities of faith and ministries in our Regional Council are invited and encouraged to make plans that suit your context and community. Read on! Bookmark this page for your home base. It has the following sections:
Regional resources; national resources; and a newsfeed with updates.

 Regional resources

Regional Archivists Leanne Templeton and Erin Acland have prepared a resource to help you get started on your community of faith’s anniversary planning. Click here to download the PDF. The resource includes a list of national monthly themes.  Thanks to historian Gayle Simonson in Edmonton, we can also offer 100-word history vignettes for use in your own community! Here are vignettes 1-8.  Here are vignettes 9- 17.  Here are vignettes 18-22.  Here are vignettes 23-30.  Here are vignettes 31-40. Here are vignettes 41-44. Here are vignettes 45-48. Here are the final 4 vignettes (49-52). (Word format; when you click, the file will save automatically to your Downloads folder.)

Meetings and workshops: The Regional Council will continue to host planning and learning events online, and welcomes your ideas for topics.

Post your event!  We invite you to use our local ministries event calendar to promote your event or invite people to your special worship service. We’ve created a 100^th anniversary tag for the occasion. Have your description, location, time, and (ideally) an image around 600 pixels wide and 400 high to include.

Communities of Faith share their centennial commemoration stories. Please check the following to learn more.

• TBJIGGN Cluster
• Reflections on 100 years of UCC. Last May, members of the former Selkirk Presbytery held a 100th Anniversary service. Jan Van Aertselaer and Gaye Boese added to a reflection/skit that Deborah Vitt wrote for the 85th. Communities of Faith are encouraged to share and edit as they seem fit.
• Treherne United Church
• South Central Winnipeg Cluster
• St. Andrew’s United Church and Westworth United Church (Winnipeg)
• Birtle United Church
• Rivers United Church
• Deloraine Area United Church

Event sign up

All local and regional events should be sent to this country-wide events posting, as well as to your Regional events calendar. We know this involves twice the work, as these are two different systems, but this allows you to share your creativity with two very different audiences.

Social media: Use these hashtags in your community’s social media Centennial posts:
#UCCan100
#DeepBoldDaring

Monthly themes are covered in the Regional resource mentioned above.

Centenary events