Getting Started in Stewardship
2023-02-21 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Online via Zoom
Getting Started in Stewardship
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 1:00 pm ET
Part of the Called to be the Church: The Journey program
Join United Church people from across the country to learn some stewardship first principles. Start with an online 2-hour course on Zoom that answers questions like:
What is stewardship all about anyway?
Isn’t stewardship just a churchy word for fundraising?
Why do people give, and why would they give to our church?
What can we do to encourage greater generosity?
The practical assignments that follow will help you reflect on giving and generosity as part of your faith, gather and interpret some of the giving data from your community of faith, and build a stewardship team in order to start making stewardship a priority in your community of faith.
Completion of this course is a great first step before participating in the Stewardship Best Practices course, which will be offered this March.
This is the registration link.
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=qLUYz3gmEUCTEhXw9xV1dAO0ht3KpoFDrfiQuQ8iIvNUN1FCUVFVVVhENkRTS0dNU1ZVRVNDVlBFRy4u
Questions?
Please contact Brenna Baker, your Community of Faith Stewardship Support, at bbaker@united-church.ca.

Search Team Training
2023-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
Search Team Trainings
DATE: February 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Is you community of faith about to look for a minister? If it’s been a while since your church did this, then you need a place to start! Even if you have done this recently this training will keep you up-to-date with the changes in requirements. Search Team Training takes place on the second Tuesday (usually*) of the month from 7:00 pm to 9:00 p.m. online by Zoom. Your team will get the most out of this training if you attend on the the same date.
The next three dates for Search Team trainings are:
February 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm*
March 14, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
April 11, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Register here. If you have questions about the content, please email Micol Cottrell, Minister, Pastoral Relations, at MCottrell@united-church.ca, or better yet, write down your questions and bring them with you!

Lent 2023 - Faith & Justice Series
2023-02-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-03-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
LENT 2023 FAITH AND JUSTICE SERIES
Nourish your spirit with Justice-Seeking Tuesdays in Lent.
Feb 28th 7:00-8:30 PM Jesus’s Encounters with the Powerful and Powerless-
March 28th 7:00-8:30 PM – Cycle of Gospel Living:
REGISTER NOW
Tues Feb 28th 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

Regional Council Staff Meeting
2023-03-06 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-03-20 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-04-03 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-04-17 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-05-01 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-05-15 09:30 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

Easter Round Table - Children and Youth Ministry
2023-03-06 13:15 - 14:30, 2023-03-08 19:00 - 20:15 | Online via Zoom
CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRY ROUNDTABLE:
“We Are Not Alone” in Children and Youth Ministry.

Let us SHARE

One Topic offered at two different times

Easter Round Table

Sharing: Easter Round Table – Projects and Programs

Monday, March 6 at 1:15-2:30pm EDT

And/Or

Wednesday, March 8 at 7-8:15pm EDT

Sharing ideas and challenges

Come prepared to share your ideas and/or listen to others

Contact Kathy Douglas for ZOOM link

kdouglas@united-church.ca

Music Ministry with Ron Klusmeier
2023-03-06 18:45 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom
Music Ministry Gathering
Monday, March 6, 2023
6:45 pm – 8:00 pm
An Evening with Ron Klusmeier
Join Zoom Meeting
https://united-church.zoom.us/j/81785146010
• Come and share and learn
• Come and connect with music ministry leaders
• Come and share your celebrations and struggles
Contacts:
Jeffrey Dale (jdale@united-church.ca)
Kathy Douglas (kdouglas@united-church.ca)
Regional Faith Formation Staff

Shining Waters, Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils

ANTIRACISM and the UNITED CHURCH Intensive Workshop in 2023 (online)
2023-03-07 10:00 | Online via Zoom
Register Now for ANTIRACISM and the UNITED CHURCHIntensive Workshop in 2023 (online)
Part 1: Antiracism Workshop with Selam Debs. Feb 7, 2023, 10:00-11:30 AM ESTPart 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

WOW Congregational Support Meeting
2023-03-09 19:00, 2023-04-13 19:00, 2023-05-11 19:00 | Online via Zoom

PIE Day Workshop - Ozhawa Anung Kweon
2023-03-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
UPCOMING PIE DAY WORKSHOP:

Feat. Special Guest Speaker:

Ozhawa Anung Kweon

Tuesday, March 14th – 7-8:30pm EDT ONLINE EVENT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

REGISTER HERE 👇

https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/justice/pie-day-registration/

WOW Discipleship & Justice Meeting
2023-03-15 19:00 | Online via Zoom

Children & Youth Ministry Supports
2023-03-20 12:30 - 14:30 | Floradale Mennonite Church, 2 Florapine Road, Floradale, Ontario, Canada
Children and Youth Ministry Supports
Date: Monday, March 20, 12:30-2:30 pm
Floradale Mennonite Church, 2 Florapine Road, Floradale, Ontario (on lower level)
Snacks provided!
This is an IN-PERSON opportunity to connect and learn from each other. Here, we share what is working and where the challenges are arising. These gatherings hope to offer support to those in this important ministry with children and youth.
Hosted by Kelly Moores, Children’s Coordinator at Trinity United Church in Elmira.

An opportunity to connect and learn from each other.
Here, we share what is working and where the challenges are arising.
These gatherings hope to offer support to those in this important ministry with children and youth.

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Contact Kathy Douglas (she/her) KDouglas@united-church.ca
Faith Formation Minister, ARW, HF, WOW Regional Councils
Purpose of these gatherings

Connect with others doing Children and Youth Ministry
Share resources, ideas and struggles
A shared moment of Faith Practice

Online Clergy Gathering
2023-03-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom

WOW Pastoral Charge Supervisor Gathering
2023-04-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom

Good Friday
2023-04-07
Regional Office Closed

Easter
2023-04-09

Easter Monday
2023-04-10

WOW UCW Annual General Meeting
2023-04-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Forest Hill United Church, 121 Westmount Rd E., Kitchener, Ontario, N2M 4Y6, Canada
AGM Poster UCW April 2223

YAT Forum 2023 presents: Surface Pressure
2023-04-28 - 2023-04-30 | Lambton Centre, 6602 Lakeshore Road Forest Lambton Shores, Warwick, Ontario, N0N 1J7, Canada
YAT Forum: Surface Pressure
Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30
Lambton Centre, Lambton Shores
Click here to Register!
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 YAT Forum is all about.
✤ Kenji Marui ✤ Doug Peck ✤ Marilyn Arthur ✤
Deadline for registration is April 14!

WOW Regional Representatives Gathering
2023-05-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Online via Zoom

Victoria Day
2023-05-22
