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The GC45 Planning Committee met in-person in Calgary in December 2024 with the goal of drafting a complete version of the GC45 schedule and assessing the needs of each sub-committee to complete its role in the new year. Though holding this in-person meeting ate into our budget, all involved felt the expense was worthwhile as we faced many complications in drafting the schedule.
For the past 100 years the United Church of Canada has been served by faithful, committed and responsive ministry personnel.
Mending the World Roundtable: A Mechanism for Radical Accompaniment
The strategic objectives―Justice, Leadership, Common Good, Climate, and Indigenous Pathways―show strong intersections among them, and collectively contribute to the overarching strategic priority on Growth.
The General Secretary's Accountability Report for the 2024 GCE44 March Meeting
General Council 45 seems to be barrelling along towards us, and as the Spirit moves us towards discerning which of the named (and maybe yet unnamed) nominees for Moderator might step into this office after me, I am also acutely aware of the fact that as of the day of writing this report I have 173 days left in office.
MembershipThe 44th General Council in 2022 elected the following members to its Executive to serve until the rise of the 46th General Council, 2028: Michael Caveney (OM), M Chorney (LM), Catherine Glo...
On behalf of General Council, the Audit Committee has carried out its assigned duties from 2019 through 2024, adjusting for pandemic related constraints. The audit committee focuses on:the quality of ...
The Executive of the 42nd General Council received the report calling for a process to review the church’s policy on Palestine and Israel in light of the changing context and partner calls for solidarity.
The national work of anti-racism and equity continues to be guided by the United Church’s National Anti-Racism Action Plan, which was initially shaped by the Anti-Racism Common Table, a national churc...
