The United Church of Canada Foundation is thrilled to announce 3 exciting new grant programs that will commence this Fall! Introducing a huge boost to our trust-based granting program: "United, we", our new dedicated trust-based granting stream! In each of the next two years (2024 and 2025), up to $100,000 will be available through 'United, we' to support impactful existing work at United Church organizations and partners who otherwise would not qualify for funding through current granting...
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Massey St. Andrew's United Church will have its doors open for the Christmas in Massey event, when local businesses and organizations join together to kick off the Christmas season. Dianne Emiry will fill the sanctuary with Christmas music and we invite you to sing a carol or two with her to celebrate the Reason for the Season. There will be an exhibition of angels. In the Hope Jackson room downstairs there will be a bake sale, a free used clothing table and local vendors.
With delight, we extend an invitation to our friends across Canadian Shield Regional Council to attend the covenanting service for Kim Inglis, 'Candidate for Diaconal Ministry', at Trinity Manitoulin United Church in Mindemoya Refreshments to follow. Location of Trinity Manitoulin United Church: From Hwy 17 turn onto hwy 6 at Espanola to Little Current, Turn on hwy 540 to M'Chigeeng Turn left on 542 To Mindemoya Turn left on King Street to 6070 King St Welcome. *Sept is a good time for a road...
What do Worship and Play have to do with each other? Come find out at a 2-day continuing education event with Cláudio Carvalhaes offered by the Centre for Christian Studies. To be able to laugh, to have humour, and to be foolish are all tremendous forms of resistance. They allow us to of showi love, compassion, and affirm life in a time when depression, anger, sadness and disasters are mounting. This workshop is about engaging in play through various forms of worship and preaching; using...
Join the Centre for Christian Studies and new program staff, Rev. Alcris Limongi, for a one hour participatory workshop online. In this session, we will briefly name the processes of exclusion, marginalization, and structural inequality that are often unexamined in the church—what we call othering—and seek actions that move towards a church of belonging where there is mutual power, access, and opportunity for all people who share the space. This event is free but please register here:...