Western Ontario Waterways Regional Council

Early November E-Newsletter Issue Deadline for Submissions
2022-10-21 16:00 UTC | E-Newsletter Submission Due Date

Regional Council Staff Meeting
2022-10-24 09:30 - 11:30, 2022-11-07 09:30 - 11:30, 2022-11-21 09:30 - 11:30, 2022-12-05 09:30 - 11:30, 2022-12-19 09:30 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

Faithful Stewards: Investing for United Church Communities of Faith
2022-11-02 13:00 | Online
UPCOMING STEWARDSHIP WEBINAR:

Faithful Stewards: Investing for United Church Communities of Faith.

When: Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 at 1:00 PM (EDT)

Register here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-united-church-of-canada-foundation-fondation-de-legli/events/united-church-of-canada-foundation-investing/

Discipleship for Earth Healing
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-05 | Trinity United Church, 461 Park Avenue, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 1V9, Canada
Discipleship for Earth Healing: A Weekend Learning Event
Friday, November 4 – Saturday, November 5, 2022
Oxford United Ministries invites you to join the Rev. Dr. Jessica Hetherington, ecotheologian, for a weekend of learning and spiritual engagement about our place in creation, the need for lament, and how we can deepen our discipleship response to the ecological crisis and climate change. Come to learn and explore with others; leave committed to a discipleship for Earth healing.
Event Details:
When: Friday, November 4 – Saturday, November 5, 2022
Where: Trinity United Church, 118 Church St., Ingersoll, in person AND online.
Cost: Free of Charge
Registration: Registration is required for both in-person and online options. In-person registration is limited.
To Register: Contact Lynne Dunlop at lynndunl@execulink.com or 519-539-3805
Weekend Outline:
Friday, Nov 4
7:00 – 8:00 pm – “Discipleship for Earth Healing” keynote talk
8:00 – 8:30 pm – Vespers
Saturday, Nov 5 (*NOTE: Weather permitting, the workshops will include time in a nearby park, which is wheelchair accessible)
9:30 – 10:00 am – Gathering time
10:00 – 11:30 am – Workshop 1 ~ “Grounding Ourselves in Earth
Community”
11:30 – 1:00 pm – Lunch (vegetarian meal provided for a nominal cost
at Trinity)
1:00 – 2:30 pm – Workshop 2 ~ “The Need for Lament”
2:30 – 3:00 pm – BREAK
3:00 – 4:30 pm – Workshop 3 ~ “Discipleship and Commitment”
4:30 pm – Closing Worship Service
Hosted by Oxford United Ministries, where the United Churches in Oxford share their life and work and sponsored by Oxford Legacy Fund and Hope Council, an incorporated ministry in the Antler River Watershed Region of the United Church of Canada

Youth Rally 2022: Surface Pressure
2022-11-04 18:00 - 2022-11-06 18:00 | Lambton Centre, 6602 Lakeshore Road Forest Lambton Shores, Warwick, Ontario, N0N 1J7, Canada
Youth Rally 2022: Surface Pressure!
A PROGRAM FOR Grade 9 to 19 years of age
Friday, November 4th at 6pm to Sunday November 6th at 4pm, 2022
at the Lambton Centre – 6602 Lakeshore Road Forest Lambton Shores, Warwick, ON N0N 1J7
Fees range from $150 – $200 – $300(Payment is by E-transfer, instructions included)Do you love to be inspired, challenged to think, meet new people & hang out with good friends??? Do you enjoy being in an open & welcoming community where you are free to be completely yourself? Faith, fellowship and connection is what Youth Rally is all about. Come and join us for Youth Rally 2022: Surface Pressure.
Register Now!

Homelessness 101 - Action through Education
2022-11-05 09:00 - 16:00 | Richards Memorial United Church, 360 Edgeworth Avenue, London, Ontario, N5W5C4, Canada
Homelessness 101

ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION
All welcome to join and learn at this educational workshop and discussion.

When: Saturday November 5th, 2022 – 9am-4pm

Where: Richards Memorial United Church, London, ON

Register: Catherine.Tovell@outlook.com
*Child care available

UCW Meeting - One More Step Along the Way
2022-11-05 11:30 | Calvary United St. Jacobs, 48 Hawkesville Rd, St. Jacobs, Ontario, N0B 2N0, Canada

Pastoral Care Teams in Communities of Faith
2022-11-07 13:15 - 14:30, 2022-11-14 13:15 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom

Western Ontario Waterways LLWL Resource Team Meeting
2022-11-08 13:00, 2022-12-13 13:00 | Online via Zoom

WOW Covenant Commission Meeting
2022-11-10 19:00, 2022-12-08 19:00 | Online via Zoom

Remembrance Day
2022-11-11 00:00 - 23:59
THE GENERAL COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL OFFICES OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA WILL BE CLOSED THIS FRIDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF REMEMBRANCE DAY.

Western Ontario Waterways Human Resources Commission
2022-11-15 10:00, 2022-12-20 10:00 | Online via Zoom

We Are Not Alone: in Children & Youth Ministry
2022-11-16 - 2022-11-17 | Online via Zoom

WOW Regional Council Fall Meeting
2022-11-18 - 2022-11-19 | Online via Zoom
ONLINE MEETINGS
Friday, November 18th: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, November 19th: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Celebration of Ministry - Alex Jebson
2022-11-19 16:00 | Brussels United Church, 61 King St,, Brussels, Ontario, N0G 1H0, Canada
Celebration of Ministry! 🎉🎉🎉

Alex Jebson

When: Saturday November 19th, 2022 at 4pm

Where: Brussels United Church

Guest Preacher: Rev. David Shearman

Watch Livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C152eH7laDg

Online Clergy Gathering
2022-11-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-12-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom

Tri-Region Executive Meetings
2022-11-25 - 2022-11-26
Times
Friday November 25: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Staff Covenanting: 6:30 PM (Executives, Staff, Staff Support Committee)
Following the Covenanting: Tri-Executives only

Saturday November 26: 9:30 – 1 PM
Tri-Executives only (+ John Neff, Lynne Allin, Thérèse Samuel)

WOW Mission and Discipleship Meeting
2022-11-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom

Mid December E-Newsletter Issue Deadline for Submissions
2022-12-05 16:00 | E-Newsletter Submission Due Date

FORGOTTEN TRAGEDIES: REMEMBERING THE PAST AND MOVING TOWARDS RECONCILIATION
2022-12-13 08:00 | Online via Zoom
As a wrap-up of its series of regional webinars organised in 2021, and in the spirit of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) pilgrimage of justice, reconciliation and unity, the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) is offering this webinar entitled
“FORGOTTEN TRAGEDIES:
REMEMBERING THE PAST AND MOVING TOWARDS RECONCILIATION”
The event will be moderated by Rev. Dr Peter Cruchley, incoming Director of the WCC’s Commission for World Mission and Evangelism, and co-facilitated by Rev. Dr Mikie Roberts, WCC Programme Executive for Spiritual Life and Faith & Order.

Speakers

Sandiswa Lerato Kobe, lecturer at University of South Africa
Dr Catherine Namakula, chairperson of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (video contribution)
Martha Pedoniquotte, Community Capacity Development Coordinator of the Indigenous Ministries and Justice Unit, United Church of Canada
Rev. Prof. Dr Konrad Raiser (Evangelical Church in Germany), former WCC general secretary
Prof. Fabian Salvioli, UN special rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth Justice Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence

Click here for Speaker Bios
We hope many of you will join us during this event. Please share with your respective networks:
https://www.oikoumene.org/events/wcc-webinar-forgotten-tragedies-remembering-the-past-and-moving-towards-reconciliation
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DKcI6mtUTqSbAAE05PLErA

Christmas Office Closure
2022-12-23 - 2023-01-02
