The 2021 edition of the Manual of the United Church of Canada is now available online. It comes into effect March 01, 2021.The changes from the previous 2019 edition can be spotted with the year “2021” in the margin. As with the 2019 edition, there...
Click here for a PDF version of this letter. For further background on the situation facing Rev Lee, please click here. Dear Rev. Lee Dong Hwan, May the peace of Christ be with you. We are writing on behalf of the Equity and Diversity Committee...
February 23, 7:30 p.m. EST, with authors Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and Tammy Allan Thriving Churches identifies characteristics shared by successful churches and common spiritual attributes that connect to the early churches, as described in...
Following discussions with the National Indigenous Council and the Elders Council, the United Church of Canada has not signed on to the ecumenical campaign supporting the federal Bill C-15 on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....
Voting by ‘ballot’ on Zoom or Email Many people are asking about voting by secret ballot at congregational annual meetings. There’s a very good resource library on this question and others on the Shining Waters Regional Council website. Executive...
The national church is pleased to share with us the 2021 Minutes for Mission in three formats in addition to the basic print booklet, which has already been mailed to all congregations. PDF booklet: Click here. Videos: These are under their own...
The United Church of Canada has many rich and long-standing partnerships with Christian denominations in South Korea. We are blessed by many Korean and Korean-Canadian ministers, lay leaders, and congregations. The ties between Korea and Canada are...
Christmas blessings to all, from the staff of Prairie to Pine Regional Council!
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December 9, 2020 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT Christmas can often be a difficult time for many of us. Usually, the world is in a grand celebratory mode, and doesn't make much space for people who are grieving, or are feeling sadness, anxiety,...