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General Secretary's recommended motions.
General Council 44 first affirmed the existing assessment rate in 2022 and is again being asked in 2023 to affirm the current rates and principles for 2024 and potentially longer.
There are three ways of looking at the big picture for a quarter: dashboard, graph and narrative. Averages for each strategic objective area and the overall average is calculated from all activated ac...
Given that prior to the Korean War the United Church owned mission properties in what is now the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the PROK has invited the United Church to act in response to this declaration.
The General Secretary's Accountability Report for the 2024 GC44 Annual MeetingTopics include:2024 Annual Strategic PlanFinancial PlanningCentennial CelebrationThen Let Us Sing!300 Bloor StreetEmergent...
The General Council needs to appoint members to serve on the General Council Executive to fill two vacancies that have arisen since General Council 44 (2022).
The 44th General Council asked that a principle-based approach to its justice work be developed.
Moderator Carmen Lansdowne's Accountability Report for the Annual Meeting of General Council 44.Topics include the following (and more):Rumbling with Mission and EvangelismMinistry vacancies & cre...
The NIC elected at the National Indigenous Spiritual Gathering in August 2023 met regularly up until April 2024. It is worth noting that this NIC had been elected under a new process decided upon by t...
Prepared by Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Animators Sara Stratton and Lori RansomSara StrattonI was on leave for 5 months in 2024. My work in the period of this report (September 2023-Septembe...