Hi everyone! My name is Hopelyn Butler and I use she/her pronouns. I’m a psychology student at Western University and a proud member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Last summer I started Queer Conversations in partnership with The United Church of Canada and I can’t wait to share it with you! Let’s have some queer conversations!
Click the link below to answer the questionnaire and add your voice to the project. 👇👇👇
Gather your learning team and register now for Stewardship Best Practices Module
In this four-week session, your team will learn:
How to claim your mission
Cultivate Generosity
Create a Culture of Gratitude in your Community of Faith
How to integrate stewardship into your spiritual growth programming.
You get to explore all these concepts and begin experimenting in a supportive cohort of teams from across the regions and even the country. A customized Stewardship Analysis Report and year of coaching is included for each team. There’s nothing to lose!
All of this is offered at no cost due through Mission and Service.
Learn more and register here: https://www.united-in-learning.com/index.php/ctbtc/445-ctbtc-mod-1-stewardship-best-practices
Contact Brenna Baker, your Stewardship Support staff with any questions. BBaker@united-church.ca
On January 11th2023 the tri-regions hosted a Deficit Dilemma Workshop, with over 185 people in attendance! If you missed this workshop, or would like to review the content, a link to the recording and the Powerpoint Slides are available below:
This Friday, September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and also Orange Shirt Day. Wear your orange shirt and remember. Participate in an action for Truth and Reconciliation.
For more information click: https://united-church.ca/social-action/act-now/honour-children-who-attended-residential-schools
Photo: The Regional staff wear orange shirts to remember the children who attended residential schools – those who returned and those who never made it home.
This summer, Joy Kennedy, with pictures from her own neighbourhood created not one, but two meditations on trees.
The first meditation is approximately 16 minutes long and could be used in place of a message during worship, as part of a study on climate justice, or for your own personal reflection.
The second mediation is 11 minutes long and would be great for a study and for your own personal reflection.
Thanks, Joy, for sharing your passion and talents with our Regions!
SAVE THE DATES: ANTIRACISM and the UNITED CHURCH – INTENSIVE WORKSHOP in 2023
Are you interested in furthering your engagement with anti-racism? Save the Dates for this two-session workshop: Tuesdays February 7, 2023 and March 7, 2023 @10:00-11:30 AM EST
Feb 7- Part 1: Antiracism Workshop with Selam Debs.
March 7- Part 2: Antiracism for the UCC with a UCC BIPOC theologian/racial justice educator. Facilitator TBA.
Selam Debs is a Black Ethiopian queer Anti-Racism Coach, Consultant & Trainer specializing in anti-Black racism, equity, inclusion and implicit bias awareness.
PREREQUSITE: in preparation to engage on a deep level with themes of White supremacy culture, racism and antiracism, participants are asked to first complete the UCC’s current 4-session Racial Justice Workshops. Register for Fall 2022 Racial Justice Workshops at United-in-Learning.com
To apply for funding to take the Racial Justice Workshop go to:
Leaders Fund Grants | Antler River Watershed Regional Council (arwrcucc.ca)
This Pride Month, The Right Rev. Dr. Kimberly Heath invites us to reflect on the United Church apology to 2S and LGBTQIA+ people—not as an ending, but as a beginning
As Pride Month begins this week, we offer resources for communities to reflect on the United Church’s Apology to 2S and LGBTQIA+ people and take action
The rally drawing attention to the crisis of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and members of the 2S and LGBTQIA+ community was held at Queen's Park in Toronto, with an opening event at the… continue reading
The bill has resulted in hearings denied for refugee claimants across Canada, who now face removal to countries where they may be at risk of persecution, violence, or imprisonment.
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