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Reflecting on an unknown future
As we approach the 100th anniversary of The United Church of Canada in 2025, we realize that the future may be quite different from the past, even when it builds on wisdom and experience gathered over the years. It is a normal human response to experience fear based...
Mentoring Program for Ministry
Montreal School of Theology is offering a mentoring program for ministry: https://mstmentoring.ca/ Our mentoring program is a network of practicing congregational leaders from across Canada who meet online to share and support one another in congregational ministry....
MCM Nouvelles – News – Noticias (August 14, 2024)
Camp Cosmos Times flies when you are having fun as that old adage goes - and the weeks at Camp Cosmos have certainly flown by! Hard to believe we are approaching the end of our 2024 season. Quel été formidable! Des aventures, des découvertes, des apprentissages...
Respect & Kanoronhkwátshera News – August 14, 2024
Something to ponder The historical record of treaties between the Canadian government and First Nations Peoples is extensive and intricate, originating from centuries of diplomatic discussions, formal pacts, and confrontations. These treaties are fundamental to the...
About Us
Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council incorporates communities of faith and outreach ministries from the former Consistoire Laurentien and Consistoire du Quebec Presbytery of The United Church of Canada.
The multilingual nature of our region is an integral part of our identity. In addition to English and French, the primary languages spoken in communities of faith across the region include Mohawk, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese (including Urdu in worship), Armenian, Hungarian, and Korean.
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"Christ transforms. God’s grace is liberation and healing. The gospel is good news. Responding to the call to discipleship, The United Church of Canada seeks to share faith and build community with our neighbours. We strive to do with humility but also with confidence, speaking into a growing sense that Canadians crave a sense of belonging, perhaps even for the kind of community that church provides."
Bold Advances to Strengthen Invitation
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Responding to the call to discipleship, The United Church of Canada seeks to share faith and build community with our neighbours.
St James participe pour la première fois dans la programmation officielle des Journées de la culture de Montréal. Nous vous invitons cordialement à venir vivre les trois journées avec nous au 463, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, et de visiter notre église. Les ensembles et la musique sont très variés et nous pouvons écouter des musicien.ne.s établi.e.s ainsi que des jeunes de la relève!![]()
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St James is participating for the first time in the official programming of the Journées de la culture de Montréal. We cordially invite you to come and experience the three days with us at 463, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, and to visit our church. The ensembles and music are very varied and we can listen to established musicians as well as young up-and-coming artists!![]()
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Église Unie St. James United Church Montréal Alexandra Fol / Александра Фол
As we approach the 100th anniversary of The United Church of Canada in 2025, we realize that the future may be quite different from the past, even when it builds on wisdom and experience gathered over the years. It is a normal human response to experience fear based on uncertainty, and grief over the loss of the familiar. We are called to acknowledge those responses honestly… but also, to create space for love and hope to guide us in new ways.![]()
Here are some words of hope from Jennifer Bailey, as posted in a recent Daily Meditation from the Center for Action and Contemplation, to help us reflect deeply on how we can move forward boldly as communities of faith: ![]()
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"You are not alone in your quest for understanding your place in the world as it is evolving. At times it may feel like the earth is literally moving under your feet as you attempt to step in one direction or the other. That’s because it is. All around us things are shifting, systems are collapsing, and institutions are failing. This should not surprise us. Around the world, elders across cultures and peoples were predicting this time would come. It is a time of great uncovering in which Mother Earth and Father Sky are pushing us into a divine reckoning about what it means to be in right relationship with one another and all sentient beings in the twenty-first century and beyond. It is clear to me that the actions we take now will have deep and irreversible consequences for the generations to come…. ![]()
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The enormity of the plight we face can be solved only by harnessing the ingenuity and creativity of the communities to which we belong and are accountable. This season will require us to recover ancestral wisdom and practices that we lost or undervalued, repair the deep breaches in our interpersonal and communal relationships that replicate patterns of harm and destruction, and reimagine the possible by stretching ourselves to see beyond the realities of our current circumstances and daring to dream something different into being."![]()
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Public theologian Jennifer Bailey uses an agricultural metaphor to describe the waning landscape of religious institutions in the United States: At
À l'approche du 100e anniversaire de l'Église Unie du Canada en 2025, nous réalisons que l'avenir peut être très différent du passé, même s'il s'appuie sur la sagesse et l'expérience accumulées au fil des ans. C'est une réaction humaine normale que d'éprouver de la peur face à l'incertitude et du chagrin face à la perte de ce qui nous est familier. Nous sommes appelés à reconnaître honnêtement ces réactions…mais aussi à créer un espace pour que l'amour et l'espoir nous guident vers de nouvelles voies.![]()
Voici quelques paroles d'espoir de Jennifer Bailey, publiées (en anglais) dans la méditation quotidienne du Center for Action and Contemplation, afin de nous aider à réfléchir profondément à la manière dont nous pouvons aller de l'avant avec audace en tant que communautés de foi : ![]()
« Vous n'êtes pas seuls dans votre quête de compréhension de votre place dans le monde tel qu'il évolue. Vous avez parfois l'impression que la terre bouge littéralement sous vos pieds alors que vous essayez d'avancer dans une direction ou dans une autre. C'est en effet le cas. Tout autour de nous, les choses changent, les systèmes s'effondrent et les institutions échouent. Cela ne devrait pas nous surprendre. Partout dans le monde, les anciens et les anciennes de toutes les cultures et de tous les peuples ont prédit l'arrivée de cette période. Il s'agit d'une période de grande découverte au cours de laquelle notre mère la Terre et notre père le Ciel nous poussent à une prise de conscience divine de ce que signifie être en bonne relation les uns avec les autres et avec tous les êtres sensibles au XXIe siècle et au-delà. Il est clair pour moi que les actions que nous entreprenons aujourd'hui auront des conséquences profondes et irréversibles pour les générations à venir.... ![]()
L'énormité de la situation à laquelle nous sommes confrontés ne peut être résolue qu'en exploitant l'ingéniosité et la créativité des communautés auxquelles nous appartenons et dont nous sommes responsables. Cette saison nous obligera à retrouver la sagesse et les pratiques ancestrales que nous avons perdues ou sous-estimées, à réparer les profondes brèches dans nos relations interpersonnelles et communautaires qui reproduisent des schémas de préjudice et de destruction, et à réimaginer le possible en nous efforçant de voir au-delà des réalités de notre situation actuelle et en osant rêver à quelque chose de différent ».![]()
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Join the Disability and Accessibility Network meeting on October 9, at 3:00 p.m. EDT.![]()
This network meeting will highlight the Leadership Counts project, which surveyed The United Church of Canada ministry personnel, staff, and national committee members about their self-identification, including in terms of disabilities. Join us for a networking session to connect with others and discuss how to build a more inclusive church.![]()
“Since God’s image includes disability, and this image dwells in all human beings, the church is summoned into a radical kind of belonging, as if welcoming each other is to welcome the divine in our midst”![]()
Open to persons living with disabilities and interested in advancing disability rights and accessibility within The United Church of Canada and beyond. Register today: ow.ly/yPBh50TaaEGJoin the Disability and Accessibility Network meeting on October 9, at 3:00 p.m. EDT.![]()
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This network meeting will highlight the Leadership Counts project, which surveyed The United Church of Canada ministry personnel, staff, and national committee members about their self-identification, including in terms of disabilities. Join us for a networking session to connect with others and discuss how to build a more inclusive church.![]()
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“Since God’s image includes disability, and this image dwells in all human beings, the church is summoned into a radical kind of belonging, as if welcoming each other is to welcome the divine in our midst”![]()
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Open to persons living with disabilities and interested in advancing disability rights and accessibility within The United Church of Canada and beyond. Register today: ow.ly/yPBh50TaaEG
United Church of Canada
- Trailblazer Lois Wilson Dies, Age 97 September 13, 2024With great sadness, The United Church of Canada announces the death of The Very Rev., The Honourable Dr. Lois M. Wilson, the denomination’s 28th Moderator, and the first woman to fill the role.
- Bold Advances to Strengthen Invitation August 30, 2024Responding to the call to discipleship, The United Church of Canada seeks to share faith and build community with our neighbours.
- September is a key month to take action for daring justice! August 29, 2024September includes some critical dates to practise bold discipleship and stand up for daring justice! Here are some resources for action and to help make our voices heard.
- The United Church of Canada and ACT Alliance Partner to Support Displaced People August 27, 2024Learn about the impact of your donations for Ukrainians and how The United Church of Canada partners with ACT to respond to emergencies around the world.
- 40 Days on Anti-Racism Return October 15 August 22, 2024The 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism return October 15‒November 29. Save the dates now for weekly live events.
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