Flourishing: 

Spend a day with the Moderator, engaging in reflection and energizing activities towards dream-oriented actions for our churches and communities.

Saturday, February 22, 2025, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (local time).

9:00am -9:30am Registration and coffee/tea

9:30am – Welcome and Introductions

In person

Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford, ON N5A 6N4

All around the world – from universities to the United Nations, from corporations to community organizations – people are talking about flourishing. Rooted in belonging, flourishing means living with purpose and joy, and bringing bold collaborative solutions to our world’s challenges.

The Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, wants to bring that conversation to The United Church of Canada. She invites us to connect to one another in hope, with a deep conviction by a belief that, despite all the challenges of church life in this day and age, we can move from despair to transformation – from languishing to flourishing.

Is your church flourishing?

(Perhaps that’s the wrong question.)

Is your church contributing to the flourishing of your community?

How might we truly be a flourishing church in the world? How might we live in deep spirituality, bold discipleship and daring justice, linked from coast to coast to coast in ministry that transforms us and the world around us?

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: Flourishing Workshop

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Prepare to Vote:

Remit Q&A Session (Online)

with Thérèse Samuel and John Egger

Wednesday January 17, 2024 7:00-8:30 PM

For Pastoral Charges

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Click here to register.

Please prepare and submit your questions in advance:

PREPARE for the Q&A Session:
We ask that all participants have previously participated in an education workshop or have listened to/watched the half-hour Remit Foundations video.

Please click this link to look at this information sheet

An additional information sheet will be available before the workshop.

The facilitators will present responses to questions received by 9:00 AM January 16^th using the form.

There will also be time for discussion and additional questions.

 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS: Please click here to send your questions in advance.

Please DO NOT send questions by email.

For information contact

Thérèse Samuel TSamuel@united-church.ca or

John Egger JEgger@united-church.ca

Presented by Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils

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LENT 2023 FAITH AND JUSTICE SERIES

Nourish your spirit with Justice-Seeking Tuesdays in Lent.

Feb 28^th 7:00-8:30 PM Jesus’s Encounters with the Powerful and Powerless-

March 28th 7:00-8:30 PM – Cycle of Gospel Living:

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 Tues Feb 28^th Jesus’s Encounters with the Powerful and Powerless-

• • reflect on biblical stories of Jesus’s encounter with the powerful and powerless people of his time.
  • explore what the Gospel calls you to do about the power difference in your own context

Tues March 28th – Cycle of Gospel Living:

• • Learn where you are in the Cycle of Gospel Living and what you are called to do to create a justice community.
  • Connect the themes of cross and resurrection to your life and justice-seeking.

 You can attend just one, but we encourage you to participate in both sessions.

 To register go to: Lent 2023: Faith and Justice Series (CHURCHx.ca)

Sessions developed by the Kaleidoscope Institute (www.kscopeinstitute.org) 

Facilitated by Thérèse Samuel and members of the Discipleship and Justice Commissions.

Hosted by Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils

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