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Ask An Expert – Answer Session:

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Who are the experts? Well, it depends on the topic and staff availability.

Maybe you want to know more about the insurance partnership between the GCO and Communities of Faith. Or what you do when the local newspaper calls (or when you want to get a good story out). Or what the new government relations officer does. Or what the cost-of-living-adjustment is.

It’s kind of like a Pick-Your-Own-Adventure book. Here’s how it works:

1. You send us your questions here: https://forms.office.com/r/q7UM9spU9z

2. We find the expert who can answer them.

3. We all tune in on Wednesday September 18th, 7-8 p.m. by Zoom here: https://united-church.zoom.us/j/89972136949

4. As many questions will be answered as can be within the allotted time. Unanswered questions will carry over to the next session, or we’ll answer them on our Regional Council Facebook group.

5. Tough questions are okay. We’ll do our best to answer them, and if we can’t on the spot, we’ll follow up with the right information.

So, pick your adventure. Will it be insurance? Or grants? Climate justice? Governance? Media relations? Government relations? Global partnerships? Or something else?

You pick. Ask your question here: https://forms.office.com/r/q7UM9spU9z.  Join us on Wednesday September 18th at 7 p.m. to get an answer in real time. Don’t have a question right now? Listeners welcome!

This session will be facilitated by: Michelle Owens

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Details we know so far:

Time will be designated for each individual Regional Council to meet separately. Each Regional Council will be electing their GC45 Commissioners, President Elect and slate of Executive/Commission members.

Friday May 24: 2 PM start & Friday evening The Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne will speak

Saturday, May 25: All day. Includes Celebration of Ministries Service in the afternoon

Sunday, May 26: 9 AM to Noon: Includes Honouring of Retirees, Jubilands, In Memoriam, Community of Faith Life Cycle Changes

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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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The Western Ontario Waterways Fall Regional Council begins at 4:00pm on Thursday September 28th online. 📣📣📣

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Join Zoom Meeting:

https://united-church.zoom.us/j/89103473757

Meeting ID: 891 0347 3757

Join by phone: 1- 855-703-8985 Canada Toll-free

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Save these Dates for the:

Western Ontario Waterways Regional Council Fall Meeting

WOW Fall Regional Meetings will be on ZOOM:

We Are One – Living into Right Relations

Thursday September 28th: 4:00pm-5:30pm, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Friday September 29th: 4:00pm-5:30pm, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday September 30th: 9:00am-12:00pm Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Sunday October 1st: World Wide Communion Regional Worship Service (transcript provided for use and hopefully live-streamed or recorded)

The agenda of our fall meeting will include discussion around the Evaluation of the Tri-Regional Governance and Staffing Model done by Bill Allen and Jenny Stephens, engagement with each of the Commissions and Remit 1 – Establishing an Autonomous National Indigenous Organization.

Those wishing to have items added to the fall meeting agenda are asked to contact President Jennifer at jennifer@ucstayner.ca

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Youth and Non-Youth Fishbowl Gathering

Regional Councils of ARW, HF and WOW in partnership with The Hub and Trinity UC Kitchener-
Tuesday Sept 26, 2023, evening

Background: Post-COVID, Youth leaders struggle to put together groups. A message often heard from youth in the church is that what’s being offered doesn’t work for them. Being an intercultural church includes finding ways to bridge communication between different age groups/generations.

Goal– To offer a forum that brings together youth and non-youth in the church– a forum that allows the two groups to hear one another and be heard by one another, and to consider what might be the Spirit’s invitation to the church for youth ministry at this time.

FISHBOWL PROCESS:

Eight Youth (teens to twenty-somethings) and eight Non-Youth (40s-90+) from WOW, HF and ARW Regional Councils will gather via Zoom.

• Discussion questions will invite each to share and listen to experiences of their own youth faith formation, and hopes and challenges for youth ministry then and now.
• On each question, using the Zoom spotlight feature to focus on one group of eight:
  • Youth will invite one another to share, while the Non-Youth listen.
  • Places will be switched, and the Non-Youth will invite one another to share while the Youth listen.
  • For some questions, the order might be reversed, with Non-Youth sharing first
• After several rounds of sharing in separate groups, Youth and Non-Youth will have an opportunity to reflect together as one group.

Each group will be invited to reflect on what they have heard and consider possible next steps.

Participants will be given questions for reflection and feedback, to be submitted in writing following the session.

This is a cross-cultural listening event, and a pilot project. This session will not focus on problem solving or planning. The focus of this event is to listen and learn about one another as a first step of re-visioning youth ministry in ARW, HF and WOW in this post-pandemic time.

An HONORARIUM of $105 is available for participants who are not otherwise paid for their time in this discussion.

To apply, complete the Application Form :

https://forms.office.com/r/3qf3JJtxt6

Application deadline Sept 12, 2023

For more information contact:

Thérèse Samuel tsamuel@united-church.ca

Kathy Douglas kdouglas@united-church.ca

Adam Cresswell – hubleadership@gmail.com

Bethany Herlihey- bethanyherlihey@gmail.com

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Western Ontario Waterways Regional Council Spring 2023 Meeting

May 26 – 27, 2023

Hybrid Meeting:
In-person and/or on-line

In-person at the:

Unifor Family Education Centre, 115 Shipley Ave, Port Elgin, ON N0H 2C5

Registration Opens:
Monday, March 20 at 9:00am

Registration Closes:
Monday, April 17 at 11:59pm

Zoom Link/Workbook launch:
Friday, May 19

Accommodation:
Unifor Family Education Centre
(Book accommodation when you register for the Spring Meeting)

Celebration of New Ministries Service:
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 4pm – Unifor Family Education Centre, 115 Shipley Ave, Port Elgin, ON N0H 2C5

Celebrants: Stacey Mortson and Rev. Craig Bartlett

Click here to Register Now!

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Video:

Powerpoint Presentation:

Deficit Dilemma .PPTX

Presentation PDF:

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Register Now for ANTIRACISM and the UNITED CHURCH
Intensive Workshop in 2023 (online)

Part 1: Antiracism Workshop with Selam Debs. Feb 7, 2023, 10:00-11:30 AM EST
Part 2: Antiracism and the UCC with Rev. Alcris Limongi March 7, 2023, 10:00 AM EST

This workshop is brought to you by Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils, and the three regions have covered all costs.

If you have any questions about this workshop or your readiness to participate in it, contact Thérèse Samuel at tsamuel@united-church.ca.

For more information about Antiracism and The United Church, and to register go to: https://catalog.churchx.ca/product?catalog=UILX1150

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