YAT Forum 2022YAT ForumCommunity Retreat Ages 19 and Up Long walks to the dining hall… Gracefully launching yourself down the rolling hills…Desperately trying to shake that catchy worship tune… Running into the arms of people you haven't seen in years...or ever...or yesterday! ...Sounds awe-inspiring, fairytale- esque, a utopian dream! But hold up!!! This is not a drill! YAT Forum (Young Adults Together) is coming to a Pearce Williams Christian Center near you (actually its located in Iona...
Category: Regional Council
The Tri-Region Affirm Network has created a resource to help! With gratitude for the work of Network member, Anne Moore, the tri-region Affirming Network is pleased to provide a resource to communities of faith that are discerning and/or have entered into the Affirming Ministries process. Meant to augment the tools made available through Affirm United/S’Affirmer Ensemble, this resource is full of wisdom gleaned by United Church ministries across the country that are living into the call to be...
The Manual of The United Church of Canada, 2022 edition, comes into effect on January 1, 2022. There are only three editorial, not content, changes to this edition (indicated by the year 2022 in parentheses in the right-hand margin in the PDF): H.6.1: “men and women” has changed to “people” I.2.4: now includes a definition of ordained supply J.10.4: “executive” has changed to “Judicial Committee” The French edition, Le Manuel 2022, is available on the French-language website(opens in a new...
Advent Greetings one and all, I must admit I struggle with Advent sometimes…this season of waiting….I’m excited for Christmas now!! I also struggle with the juxtaposition of waiting and the themes for each Sunday: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. Waiting to me sounds like a passive word, but we can’t be passive in our search for Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. Our brothers and sisters in BC and Nova Scotia are not feeling hope or love because others are doing nothing. Any hope they are feeling is...
