- This event has passed.
November 2022 Regional Council Gathering (online)
November 18, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - November 19, 2022 @ 6:30 pm
The next regional council gathering will be held online on Friday evening (Nov 18) and Saturday morning (Nov 19) and will focus on the theme of deep spirituality.
If you have any ideas or resources for exploring the concept of deep spirituality as a regional council and would like to participate in the planning process, please contact the new planning team chair, Valerie Nickson.
Registration
Agenda
| Online meeting: Friday Nov 18th 6:30-9:00pm | |
| 6:30 | Sign in/ Registration |
| 6:45 | The words before all words: Acknowledgement (Welcome) of the land, Prayer of Thanksgiving & Opening Worship |
| 7:00 |
Call to Order, Enabling Motions, Officers, announce acting Executive Minister Rev. Dan Hayward Behavioural Covenant (Holy Manners) |
| 7:20 | Finance and Extension Board / Property & Finance Leadership Team 2023 Budget (FE and RC) |
| 7:45 | Table Group Discussions – Deep Spirituality |
| 8:05 | Granting and Enabling Leadership Team |
| 8:10 | GC 44 updates |
| 8:25 | Bill-96 (legal implications) |
| 8:45 | Hymn / Prayer |
| 8:50 | Good-night blessing |
| Online meeting: Saturday, Nov 19th 9am-12pm | |
| 8:45 | Coffee & Conversation (Sign in/ Registration) |
| 8:50 | Tech instructions (Zoom, translations) |
| 8:55 | Gathering Music |
| 9:00 | Morning Worship |
| 9:10 |
Presentations: Clusters and Network
|
| 9:35 | First Third Ministries: United Spirit Camp, Youth Forum updates |
| 9:45 | Office of Vocation: Rev. Caroline Penhale and Rev. Lillian Roberts |
| 9:55 | LLWL presentation |
| 10:10 | Vote on the 2023 Budget |
| 10:20 | Break |
| 10:30 | Return with gathering hymn / prayer |
| 10:35 |
Deep Spirituality – Spiritual Practices
|
| 10:55 | Table Group Discussions – Deep Spirituality |
| 11:25 | Recognition of Rev. Rosemary Lambie’s retirement |
| 11:35 | Closing of business meeting |
| 11:40 |
Covenant with LLWL and closing worship Reflections Closing words |
Download PDF
Documents to download
Minutes / Motions
Budget 2023
Spiritual Practices
Advent Celtic Meditation (PDF)
Updates
2022-11-17 Update from Shanna Bernier: each person should bring a small stone and a piece of chocolate to the Friday evening meeting!
Post-meeting updates
Decisions
Final version to come
Spiritual Practices
Body Prayer (Valerie Nickson)
Praying with the Senses (Shanna Bernier)
Christian Meditation (Joel Miller)
Labyrinths (Rev. Elisabeth Jones)
Taizé (Connie Osborne and Rev. Christine Marie Gladu)
Advent Celtic Meditation (Rev. Darryl Macdonald) – PDF
Wild Church (Rev. Neil Whitehouse)
Clusters
Introduction (David-Roger Gagnon)
Laurentian Area Ministry – LAM (Kelley Molloy)
St. Francis Cluster (Ann Fowlis)
West Island and Riverside Cluster (Rev. Helen Hliaras and Rev. Christine Marie Gladu)
South Shore and Valleys Cluster (Rev. Jennifer Mountain)
Other resources and videos
Budget (Fred Braman) – to come [Learn more: Budget Conversation-2022-11-08]
GC44 highlights (Rev. Cathy Hamilton) [Learn more: GC44Conversation-2022-10-18]
Impact of Bill 96 (Fred Braman)
Granting and Enabling Leadership Team – GELT (Rev. Barbara Bryce) – to come
First Third Ministries (Shanna Bernier)
LLWL Presentation (Charlotte Griffith and Rev. Lee Ann Hogle) – to come
Recommendation of LLWL Leadership Team: https://bit.ly/2022-10-20-LLWLRecommendation