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...
Category: Worship
This time of year can be so stressful and busy. As clergy we are trying to figure out how we are going to tell the story again this year. There are extra services, extra plans, pageants and productions. It can be easy to want to have everything just perfect for those people who only come to church a few times a year….we can put pressure on ourselves thinking “If it is done just right maybe they will come more”. This time of year can put anxiety into our work trying to make it perfect. It also...
This summer, Joy Kennedy, with pictures from her own neighbourhood created not one, but two meditations on trees. The first meditation is approximately 16 minutes long and could be used in place of a message during worship, as part of a study on climate justice, or for your own personal reflection. The second mediation is 11 minutes long and would be great for a study and for your own personal reflection. Thanks, Joy, for sharing your passion and talents with our Regions! Blessed be the tree!...
Dear siblings in Christ, Ahead of PIE Day 2022 (March 14th), a small group of friends of Horseshoe Falls and Shining Waters Regional Councils came together to talk about the ways Scripture has been used – and misused – to cause harm to 2SLGBTQIA+ people. We talked about ways the United Church perpetuated that harm. We talked about how far we have come as a denomination – and how far we have left to go. We celebrated the progress that has been made and we wondered what we might offer to help...