Antler River Watershed Regional Council

Wesley United to host Dr. Carol Kilby
2021-11-14 10:00 (America/Toronto) | In-person & Online via Zoom
What Time Is It — Advent or Advent’ure?
“In this climate emergency, our traditional stories from the Hebrew-Christian Bible and the new story from modern science make for powerful dance partners, stronger and more relevant together than apart.” Carol Kilby, Evolutionary Dancer, Out, In, and On the Fringe of the Church
It is with great excitement that Wesley United in Welland announces that they are hosting Rev. Dr. Carol Kilby!
She will share with us her wisdom gleaned from writing her book Evolutionary Dancer; Out, In, and On the Fringe of the Church.
Rev. Kilby will lead us in worship and in a learning circle just before Advent begins, inviting us among other things, to engage in this celebration of anticipation, in the context of 21stC cosmology, as an evolutionary moment for humanity and Christianity. There is no denying that we are experiencing an ecological crisis and there is no better time to turn to our faith for wisdom on next steps. Carol’s book is available for purchase through Amazon.

Evolutionary Dancer: Out, In, and on the Fringe of the Church
The event is called What time is it? Advent or Advent’ure? and it will take place on November 14th, just prior to the beginning of Advent. The worship will begin at 10am and will be broadcast on YouTube Wesley United Church Welland. The afternoon learning circle has limited space but is planned to fully include participants through Zoom. Registration is required for both in-person and zoom participants. Please register by contacting Dan Barrett at barrettdan@cogeco.ca or 905-732-7449.
BIO: Rev. Dr. Carol Kilby, author, retired United Church of Canada clergy, founder of the Gaia Centre for Eco-Spirituality and Sustainable Work, ritualist, storyteller, grandma, quilter and evolutionary, is a student of life. Our guest for Advent and Epiphany, she is passionate that we recognize the planetary emergency for what it can be. A call for the evolution of religion, rituals, and mission and an opportunity to ground our faith in the newest science and oldest wisdom of creation itself. “In this climate emergency, our traditional stories from the Hebrew-Christian Bible and the new story from modern science make for powerful dance partners, stronger and more relevant together than apart.” www.carolkilby.com

A Step Toward Affirming
2021-11-06 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom
Poster for Nov tri-region event v4

What does it mean to be Treaty People?
2021-11-04 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom

Love and Justice Ministries of The United Church of Canada
2021-11-03 08:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
An invitation to the Antler River Watershed Regional Council, Horseshoe Falls Regional Council and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Council to participate
in an online gathering November 3rd – 7th, 2021
to celebrate the
Love and Justice Ministries of The United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada’s Church in Mission Unit is planning an online gathering to lift up opportunities for United Church people and communities to ENGAGE! in the many and diverse ministries of love and justice of the church. It’s essential that the event foreground the life, work, witness and discipleship of United Church of Canada global partners.
The ENGAGE! Love and Justice gathering will move through 5 daily themes, with worship, keynote speakers, workshops, and interactive booths. The event will use the Whova online event platform accessible by desktop, laptop, or mobile device. The daily themes are:
Engage deep spirituality
Engage daring justice
Engage courageous community
Engage bold discipleship
Engage hope
To participate:

Register and receive information:

Register at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-united-church-of-canada/events/engage-love-and-justice-ministries-of-the-united-church-of-canada/

Set up a Whova “booth”.

ALL United Church global partners and Regional councils are invited to set up Whova virtual booth. A “booth” is an online space that can hold a brief description of your organization’s mission and ministry, and share photos, video, presentations, or handouts that event participants can access when they “enter” the online booth.
Whova booths will be visible to all attendees throughout the event, and look like the image below. Attendees will have the opportunity to leave chat messages with your organization at the booth. We recommend that someone from your organization checks in to the booth once per day during the event to see what chats have happened and respond, if able.
To set up a booth, please input your information into the form linked here: https://unitedchurch.formstack.com/forms/boothenglish
If you have any questions about setting up a booth, please email edge@united-church.ca. A United Church staff person will be in contact to guide you through the process to become a Whova “Exhibitor.”

Join us!

To ENGAGE! Love and Justice worship, keynotes, workshops and to visit other booths.
Follow-up and Timelines
This communication will be followed up shortly with another contact from a colleague in the UCCanada’s Global Partnership staff team. Please let them know by October 8 if you would like to set up a booth. Organizers ask that the material for booths be uploaded by October 20.
We look forward to gathering to worship, learn, build community, and recognize who and
whose we are. Let us celebrate and ENGAGE Love and Justice!
Peace,
Japhet Ndhlovu
Executive Minister – Church in Mission
We sing of God’s good news lived out,
a church with purpose:
faith nurtured and hearts comforted,
gifts shared for the good of all,
resistance to the forces that exploit and marginalize,
fierce love in the face of violence,
human dignity defended,
members of a community held and inspired by God,
corrected and comforted,
instrument of the loving Spirit of Christ,
creation’s mending.
We sing of God’s mission.
From a “Song of Faith”, The United Church of Canada 2006

Together in Song
2021-11-01 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom
2021-11-01 Publicity for Together in Song

Fall Regional Council Meeting
2021-10-29 - 2021-10-30

Black Experiences in the Canadian Church
2021-10-26 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom

Virtual Speaker Series with Sara Stratton
2021-10-20 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom
Guest Speaker Sara Stratton,
Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Administrator from the United Church of Canada

Description:

Sara Stratton, Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Administrator from the United Church of Canada
Topic:
Work of the United Church on Indigenous People Issues and Its Response to Findings on Residential Schools

Date and Time:

Oct 20, 2021 at 7:30 PM

United Fresh Start: Transitions
2021-10-19 19:00 - 2021-10-23 09:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom
The Human Resources Commissions of our regional councils want to help new (or continuing) pastoral relationships get off to a healthy beginning by inviting you and your minister to take part in the United Fresh Start program.
There are over 20 modules of resources to support learning together. In October, we will be offering the module “Transitions” on two different dates for you to choose from:

Tuesday, October 19 from 7-9PM
Saturday, October 23 from 9-11AM

We invite you to register a group from your community of faith, including your minister, for these modules.
Register Now
Watch for more sessions and United Fresh Start Peer Groups when Diane Blanchard returns from her sabbatical in November.
Facilitators are prepared to offer modules of United Fresh Start to individual congregations as well. If you are interested in this, please contact Micol Cottrell, Acting Minister, Pastoral Relations (September – October), for a list of UFS facilitators. The schedule above is offered without charge. Engaging a facilitator for your community of faith alone has a suggested fee of $221 per module, negotiated with and payable to the facilitator.

Youth Mental Health
2021-10-19 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Livestream

TUCC Heart & Vision
2021-10-18 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Toronto) | Online via Livestream

Kaleidoscope Institute Continuing Education Opportunity: October, 2021
2021-10-18 13:00 - 2021-10-28 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom
Online Facilitator Accreditation Training

In an increasingly polarized and violent world, there is a need for persons to facilitate reasonable and constructive dialogue about important issues. Imagine being one of those persons who is able to provide gracious time and place for truth seeking dialogue that can achieve non-violent mutual understanding.
This training will provide resources
• to coordinate and facilitate inclusive small group dialogue using the KI gracious leadership tools, skills, and processes.
• to prepare you to practice and use KI resources for your work and ministries while being mentored by a KI Associate.
• to learn how to invite people to come to an initial dialogue, designed to achieve mutual understanding through deep listening
• to better understand the relationship of KI resources and the Developmental Model for Intercultural Sensitivity to explain the reactions to cultural differences
Using Zoom technology, the four sessions will meet from 1pm-4pm (Pacific), 4pm – 7pm (Eastern)

October 18, 2021
October 20
October 22
October 26
October 28

It is necessary to attend all five sessions.
Participants will take the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) before the training sessions begin. The cost of this on-line inventory is included in the registration fee.
At KI, we use a sliding scale called GracEconomics. We ask that you pay as close to the upper number as your financial resources allow. The GracEconomic registration fee for this training is $75 – $300. To register, please visit www.kscopeinstitute.org/facilitator-accreditation-training. Future individual coaching will also be available for additional fees after the training is complete.
The Zoom information will be provided closer to the first session of the training.Any questions? Contact kscope@kscopeinstitute.org
We hope you can join us!

Caring for the Caregiver
2021-09-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Port Nelson United Church, 3132 South Drive, Burlington, Ontario, L7N 1H7, Canada
2021.09 OCO Caring for the Caregiver flyer Aug31

Skylight Festival
2021-08-28 - 2021-08-29 | Five Oaks Education and Retreat Centre, 1 Bethel Road, Paris, Ontario, N3L 3E3, Canada

Celebration of Ministry Service
2020-11-01 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Online by Zoom link
Please Register Online for November 1.

Fall Regional Council Meeting
2020-10-29 18:00 - 2020-11-01 13:00 UTC | Online by Zoom link
Please Register Online for the week of October 29 – November 1.
