Special Guest at the Pacific Mountain Regional Council’s September 29, 2021 Town Hall Meeting to Help with Reflecting on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Elder Alberta Billy attended the 1981 General Council Meeting at which she asked the … Continue reading →
A Reflection by Moderator Richard Bott When I wear an orange shirt, that can’t be all that I do – I need to understand what happened when Phyllis Webstad went to the Mission school and her new orange shirt was … Continue reading →
Inviting donations for relief work in Haiti ~ posted to The United Church of Canada’s website on August 18, 2021 The United Church of Canada has launched a fundraising campaign to support the people of Haiti in recovering from a … Continue reading →
United Church of Canada Writes Minister of Foreign Affairs ~ from The United Church of Canada’s website The United Church of Canada has written a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon. Marc Garneau calling on him to take … Continue reading →
Presented by the Black Clergy Network of the United Church of Canada There will be a special Emancipation Day panel discussion presented by the Black Clergy Network of The United Church of Canada. “Challenging Colonial Legacies through the Commemoration of … Continue reading →
The United Church Makes Funds Available ~ published on July 22, 2021 on The United Church of Canada’s website The United Church of Canada is making funds available to support the work of Indigenous communities for the identification of unmarked … Continue reading →
Our Three Denominations Sign Letter to Federal Government On July 13, 2021, a coalition of concerned Canadian churches and organizations (including our three denominations) wrote Foreign Affairs minister the Hon. Marc Garneau about the escalating violence and human rights violations … Continue reading →
Bringing these children the honour we denied them in life ~ published on July 19, 2021 on The United Church of Canada’s website To Residential School Survivors, Families, and Communities: I want to acknowledge the pain that you, as survivors … Continue reading →
United Church’s Pay It Forward Campaign ~ published on July 15, 2021 at https://united-church.ca/news/matching-vaccine-donations-announced The Pay it Forward part of The United Church of Canada’s campaign in support of global partners, encouraging people to buy a vaccine for someone in another country, … Continue reading →
Cowssess. Brandon. Kamloops. Holding those recovered so far. Thursday, June 24, 2021 – the Day of John the Baptist By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, … Continue reading →