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We believe that the Triune God is calling us to (re)widen the structures of the church to make room for Emerging Communities of Faith within The Manual of The United Church of Canada.
Between 1925 and 1969, The United Church of Canada operated a total of 15 institutions within the Indian Residential School system as part of the federal government's policy of assimilating Indigenous peoples.
Calls from our membership and civil society to end Canadian arms deals with Israel, as well as relationships that allow for the demonstration and marketing of weaponry and military technology, are increasingly urgent given the current and abhorrent violence in Gaza, Palestine and Israel.
Members of Youth Council are deeply concerned about the lack of accessible mental health services. Many people, particularly those in the first third of life, are facing mental health challenges but are not being adequately supported by the health care system.
Prairie to Pine Regional Council is comprised of the pines of Northwestern Ontario and Northern Manitoba and the prairies of Southern Manitoba and encompasses all of the central time zone.
This is a chart to help you with the naming conventions of proposals.
The Shining Waters Regional Council (SWRC) Meeting theme for this past year was “Sanctuary: Towards a Kindom of Peace, Justice and Reconciliation”. This has been a challenging three years for the regional council, communities of faith and The United Church of Canada. We continue to walk through the post-pandemic reality together. It has taken many months for many communities of faith to recover from the challenges of the pandemic, with many other communities facing a new reality. The pandemic did afford opportunity for many communities of faith to experiment and meet in new and innovative ways, including continuing hybrid worship and meetings.
In 2012, The United Church of Canada created the Comprehensive Review Task Group, later renamed the Comprehensive Renewal (CR) Task Group, which set a course for structural change. In 2015, the Task Group report, including recommendations, was presented to the 42nd General Council. After a number of revisions, incorporating feedback from across the church, the General Council approved the Comprehensive Renewal process and authorized a series of remits to seek the approval of the wider church of the revised recommendations. All remits were approved by wide margins. The recommendations included an evaluation process. The nature of the evaluation was further shaped by the Executive of General Council in March 2018. At that point, the decisions taken in 2015 had been endorsed by the church and were awaiting final enactment.
Broadview Magazine, an important voice for faith and justice in the United Church, has suffered substantial cuts to both its funding and advertising revenue.
We believe all peoples of the world, including Indigenous people, deserve freedom, peace, justice and self-determination, and that our calling as people of faith is to support such rights.
