AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT RE-OPENING CHURCH BUILDINGSIn coming days, we anticipate the Quebec government to indicate that churches may start to consider re-opening their buildings. BEFORE WE DO, it is important to create a plan that will keep all of our valued and vulnerable lay members, ministry personnel and tenants safe and healthy, and to conform to all of the necessary requirements.In order to support you through this planning process, the Conseil régional Nakonha :ka...
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A prayer written collectively by the YAYA: Creator God, be with us as we struggle to process, learn and understand the magnitude of the injustice in our world. Help us be brave in facing our own prejudices. Help our eyes to see what is happening. Be with the people on the front lines, and keep them safe from violence and danger Creator God, seek us and challenge us to do better, to love bigger and to be the people you call us to be. Help us to stand up for each other no matter what. Lend...
The United Church of Canada Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council has been shaken to the core by the anti-black racist and violent murder of George Floyd.As believers, God is calling us to live love in the world, to believe we are all equal before God, and anti-black racism is a sin and violates God's desire for humanity. We believe anti-black racism is present in our society and our church, and throughout time has manifested itself in many forms in varying degrees.Rev....
At the second half of our Regional Council Spring Gathering on May 30, 2020, Peter Bisset offered a presentation about the process for the gradual re-opening of church buildings. You can download the presentation and the checklist below: Presentation to regional council gathering: Presentation about re-opening church buildings (PDF) Presentation about re-opening church buildings (video) Protocol checklist for communities of faith to create their re-opening plan:...
It is with very mixed feelings that the United Spirit Camp committee has decided that we will not be holding any face-to-face programming at the Camp D’action Biblique site this summer. Even though we will miss everyone we know we can keep camp spirit alive. We all love camp, and we are going to make it happen! Please stay tuned for exciting updates very soon about how we will be gathering virtually. We are planning an exciting week of fun online activities in real time from June 29 to July...
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