This Library contains documents from all recent United Church governance meetings, including General Council and its Executive. It also includes “Our Beliefs Explained” official policy documents dating back several decades. If you can't find something you think should be included, contact gcbusiness@united-church.ca.
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Sabbaticals are a key way to help our ministry personnel to be re-energized and strengthened for their ministries into the future. Healthy ministry personnel and healthy congregations make the wider church healthier too.
The M&P committee has developed organically over the life of the United Church of Canada, permitting both flexibility and confusion. Simultaneously, requirements for employers have evolved separate at both the federal and provincial levels, and vary by province.
We are called to be the church, united and diverse, supporting and holding one another accountable. The combination of structural change and COVID-19 have left many feeling isolated, partly due to the lack of structures that support informal information sharing.
It is becoming increasingly important for ministry personnel and lay leaders to be well versed in handling conflict as it arises in our communities of faith, and to be equipped to help lead people through change.
We believe that God is calling us to address an injustice concerning ministry personnel access to ‘ChurchHub’ information for communities of faith that are in the search process.
Inspired by the General Council’s strategic plan, the East Central Ontario Regional Council created its own strategic plan to navigate the challenging context in which it finds itself. The focus on equity, justice and innovation continues to be at the heart of its work. Like so many others, we face challenges finding sufficient ministry personnel, assisting congregations through transitions and anxiety, and navigating a future that is not yet clear. We continue to be a hopeful, engaged regional council with a desire to build the world that God calls us to co-create.
