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Regional Council Gathering-November 2021

November 12, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - November 13, 2021 @ 9:00 am

Theme: Being Prepared

Worship and reflections for this Regional Council gathering will be grounded in the concept of being prepared for the new life that comes after the stone is rolled away.

To help members prepare for this meeting, documents will be made available in the weeks leading up to the meeting… so please check back here on a regular basis!

 

PRE-MEETING

Registration form

Agenda - UPDATED 2021-11-05

 

Online meeting: Friday Nov 12th 6:30-8:45pm

6:30-6:45

Sign in/ Registration

 

6:45-7:00

(Acknowledgement (Welcome) of the land)
Prayer of Thanksgiving & Opening Worship

(Worship Team)

7:00-7:20

Call to Order, Enabling Motions, ‘Officers’s 
[Duty of Care and Equity] [explain how the ‘discussion’ part will unfold]

 

7:20-7:50

Property & Finance LT
2022 Budget
Governance Handbook:
         1) Property Sales & 2) Renovation Policy

 

7:50-7:55

Granting and Enabling

 

7:55-8:05

Nominations 
Governance Handbook: Policy for Electing Commissioners

 

8:05-8:15

Planning Regional Gatherings 
Governance Handbook: Regional Council General Meetings

 

8:15-8:25

COVID Task Group Update

 

8:25-8:35

United Property Resource Corporation (new video)

 

8:35-8:45

Good-night blessing

(Worship Team)

                                                         

 

Online meeting: Saturday  Nov 13th 9am-12pm

8:45-9am

Coffee & Conversation (Sign in/ Registration)

 

9:00-9:20

Morning Blessing

(Worship Team)

9:20-9:30

Breakout (Introductions & Spiritual practice)

 

9:30-9:45

Presentation: Living into Right Relations Network

 

9:45-10:05

Proposal for General Council***: La Table
(Presentation, Discussion and Questions)

***Please note that an online pre-meeting information session about these proposals will be held on Tuesday, November 9 at 7:30 pm. Please contact Judy at jcoffin@united-church.ca for the Zoom link.

 

10:05-10:20

Proposal for Regional Council: Pride Network (Affirming RC)
(Presentation, Discussion and Questions)

 

 

Announcement: Ordination Raphaël Pérusse

 

10:20-10:40

Breakout Rooms (proposal discussion)

 

10:40-10:45

Break

 

10:45-10:50

Vote on the 2022 Budget

 

10:50-11:05

Additions/Changes to the RC Governance Handbook
-RC Property
-RC Renovations
-RC General Meetings
-RC Election of GC Commissioners
-RC Pride & Friends Network Proposal

 

11:05-11:15

Vote for GC Commissioner (including Youth Pilgrim)
& Call for nominations for General Council Executive
& UCC Mission & Vision

 

11:15-11:25

Vote on Proposals from RC Networks to GC
-La Table

 

11:25-11:45

Recognition of LLWL, Commissioning for General Council and closing worship

(Worship Team)

11:45-11:55

 (flex)

 

11:55-12pm

Closing (with reminders and enabling motions)

 

 

Download agenda: 2021-11-12-13-CrNRC-Agenda-E-REVISED

Download documents - UPDATED 2021-11-12

Motions
Download motions (bilingual): MOTIONS_DÉCISIONS_GM_AG_12-13-11-2021_DRAFT

Appendix A
Minutes of June 12, 2021 Annual General Meeting
Download minutes: 2021-06-12_General Annual Meeting_MINUTES_EN_DRAFT

Appendix B
2022 Budget
Download budget: 2022 Budget CrNRC – prepared 2021-11-01
Download graphs: 2022 Budget graphs-E

Appendix B2
2022 Finance & Extension Budget
Download budget: 2022 Budget F & E – Prepared for 2021-10-28 F&E Meeting
Download graph: FE Budget 2022 graph-E

Appendix C
Amendment to the Policy for Electing General Council Commissioners
Download file (bilingual): Policy regarding Election of GC Commissioners

Appendix D
Proposed Amendment to Regional Council Annual and General Meetings
Download file (bilingual): Proposed Amendment to Regional Council Annual and General Meetings

Appendix E
Bios of GC 44 Commissioner Nominees 
Download file: 2021-11-12-GC44-Nominees-E

Appendix F
GC44 Proposal re Theological Education***
Download file: CG44-PropositionEducationTheologique-E

Appendix G
GC44 Proposal re Membership in United Church Through Non-Congregational Communities of Faith***
Download file: CG44-Proposition sur le membership au sein de l’Église Unie du Canada-E

Appendix H
GC44 Proposal re Recognition of La Table des ministères en français***
Download file: CG44-Proposition sur la Table des ministères en français-E

***Please note that a supplementary online information session about these three GC44 proposals was held on Tuesday, November 9.

OTHER DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES

  • COVID Task Group Update
    Download document: COVID19 Task Group Nov 15, 2021
  • Proposal to Regional Council from Pride & Friends Network:

    “That the Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council undertakes the formal process required by Affirm United in order to become an Affirming Regional Council.”

  • Scripture for Opening Worship Group Reflections
    Download document: Scripture-SaturdayMorning-1Peter2_8-10

 

POST-MEETING

FINAL versions of documents / presentations

Decisions  2021-11-12-13_General Meeting_Decisions_EN

Updated Governance Handbook (November 2021)  https://nakonhakaucc.ca/resources/policies/

OTHER DOCUMENTS / PRESENTATIONS

COVID Task Group 
Chart: COVID19 Task Group Nov 15, 2021
Video: https://nakonhakaucc.ca/blog/2021/11/23/covid-presentation-from-regional-council-meeting-2021-11-12/

Pride & Friends Network
Proposal: “That the Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council undertakes the formal process required by Affirm United in order to become an Affirming Regional Council.”
Video: https://nakonhakaucc.ca/blog/2021/11/25/pride-and-friends-network-presentation-from-regional-council-meeting-2021-11-13/

Living into Right Relations Circle
Video: https://nakonhakaucc.ca/blog/2021/11/23/living-into-right-relations-presentation-from-regional-council-meeting-2021-11-13/

United Property Resource Corporation (UPRC)
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yrsDOtnNUpQe2QtDJN8P7l07beDf6rCV/view  

Details

Start:
November 12, 2021 @ 6:30 pm
End:
November 13, 2021 @ 9:00 am
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Organizer

Rev. Tami Spires
Email
spiresta@hotmail.com