Thank you for joining us!

Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Canadian Shield Regional Meeting! This year’s meeting was held on Saturday, May 3, 2025 and was online only in Zoom. Our theme was once again  Upon This Rock. Please see the video recording below if you were unable to attend, and below that is a list of links to all pertinent documents for the meeting. We look forward to gathering together in person at the 2025 Festival of Faith in Sudbury. Hope to see you there!

2025 Canadian Shield Regional Meeting

Recorded on Saturday, May 3, 2025 on Zoom.

Chair: Rev. Nancy Ferguson
Executive Minister: Rev. Peter Hartmans

Welcome Message from The Chair

As I write this winter-weary welcome letter for the 2025 Online Annual Meeting set for Saturday, May 3, I rejoice in the appearance of snowdrops in my front garden and mallard ducks assessing possible nesting grounds in my backyard.  These are two sure signs of spring in the Sault, and another reminder that the promise of Easter is a certainty we can rely on in the ever-changing landscape of the life of the church. 

As your Chair, I have been blessed to serve this Region since being installed in November 2023.  Highlights include presiding at several celebration of ministry services as well as representing the region, along with our Executive Minister Rev. Peter Hartmans, at the Centennial kick-off service in Toronto.  These past 18 months have been filled with regular meetings of the Executive to make decisions on your behalf – faithful decisions that are possible because of the diligent work of our 3 Commissions and our 5 Resource Teams – all the while supported by our dedicated and talented Staff cohort.  In preparation for the meeting on May 3, I encourage you to read the Accountability Reports in the Resource Book.

One decision that the Executive made was to extend my term by an additional year.  As we continue to find our rhythm as a region and a pattern for our annual meetings, it was clear that the election, installation, and celebration of your Chair-elect, Chair, and Past Chair respectively should happen at an in-person meeting, and since the Festival of Faith is not a meeting of the region but a joint event with our sister region, this realization led to the necessity to revisit terms.

I look forward to “seeing” our Regional Representatives (lay and ordered) at our upcoming meeting on May 3 as we tackle, together, the work that will rightfully come before us and the opportunities that will be put in our way to faithfully serve Upon this Rock we call “home”.

Blessings,

Rev. Nancy J. Ferguson, Chair

PDF of Welcome Letter

Staff Support