Voluntary Associate Minister (VAM) Reminder: A Message to Current and Future Voluntary Associate Ministers -The deadline for submitting the VAM form is June 1, 2025, you can find the form on our website at VAM_form_2025-26_RC-11_EN.doc. For this year, please continue to send completed forms to Rev. Darren Liepold at dliepold@united-church.ca
Author: Karen Wilson
East Central Ontario Regional Council elected our delegation in the Fall, but we’ve had some folks who have had to step back or have been recognized as commissioners in other ways. Therefore, we are reopening our application in the hopes that we will fill these roles. For more information, please read “Serving as Commissioner to the 45th General Council“. Invitation from The Moderator: The Moderator invites you to consider becoming a nominee for General Council Commissioner both in English and...
The United Church is inviting us to share "100 Words of Hope" that draw from deep spirituality to speak to these moments of high anxiety and change in the church, Canada, and the world. As a Regional Council, we want to ask you, what is it that signifies hope for you? We invite you to submit one or more of the following to Karen Wilson: a photo 2-3 words a poem Please email your submission on or before Monday, April 21rst. You are invited to send in something personally, as a Community of...
You are invited to the “Golden Rule Event” being planned by the Anti-Racism, Interfaith Intercultural Forum in our Region on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. This is a one day in person conference that is being held at Northminster United Church, Peterborough (300 Sunset Blvd, Peterborough, Ont) from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Doors open at 9:30 for coffee/tea and social time. We are pleased to announce that members of the local Abraham Festival will be joining us with Kathy Murtha as our Guest Speaker....
Are you looking for quality children’s content for use during your worship services, as part of Sunday school, or to send home with families? To celebrate the United Church’s centennial year, a series of children's activity pages have been created. As of February 2025, 6 pages are available featuring a history of a United Church leader with accompanying colouring page. Start off a series focused on the Centennial with the Happy Birthday United Church activity page. Once children have created...