Is your church or ministry doing something new or exciting to grow your faith, reach out to the community, or seek justice for people or creation? Don’t just be quiet about it! Let us know, so we can share the good news with others in the regional council. Click to fill in the form: Story Sharing of Faith Formation, Justice and Outreach Activities - https://forms.office.com/r/cb4c1PR8Q3 God is doing so much in and through our churches. Let us celebrate and encourage one another by sharing...
Category: Orange Shirt Day
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
Regional Staff wearing our orange to show Every Child Matters, and to remember the children who never made it home from Residential School.
Living into Right Relations (LIRR) This monthly bulletin offers a listing of events, actions and resources for people interested in right relations and supporting Indigenous initiatives. It is curated by Nancy Dykstra, a first generation Canadian of Dutch descent and a member of Parkminster United Church in Waterloo. Nancy was inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Report of 2015 to become active in working toward right relations. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Thursday,...
RIGHT RELATIONS EVENTS 2021 The following Right Relations events are all being offered by Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls, Western Ontario Waterways regions of the United Church of Canada. Please note that you are able to call into the Zoom meetings with a regular phone call if you do not have access to video calls. For more information contact Thérèse Samuel, Minister, Right Relations and Social Justice at TSamuel@united-church.ca. WORKING TOGETHER FOR RIGHT RELATIONS: Networking and...
