The United Church of Canada

Two weeks left to apply for a Seeds of Hope grant.
​The deadline was April 15, 2019.
The United Church of Canada act passes parliament.
Cyclone Idai: Deadline for Matching Donations April 14 
Reminder! The Government of Canada is matching donations for Cyclone Idai relief until APRIL 14, 2019. 
Please act now and double the impact of your gift! 
Cyclone Idai is one of the deadliest cyclones ever recorded in southern Africa.
More than 1000 people have died in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
Up to three million people in the region are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. 
The United Church of Canada is raising funds as part of the Humanitarian Coalition Cyclone Idai Appeal,
​through its membership with Canadian Foodgrains Bank.​
The United Church of Canada is accepting donations to help Mission & Service partners
​provide relief to those affected by Cyclone Idai.
Notes from Nora is an e-newsletter from Nora Sanders, General Secretary of the United Church of Canada.
E-ssentials is an e-newsletter that contains information about what is happening in the broader church.
The April 23, 2019 issue​.
  • For the Love of All Creation
  • Called to Serve in Global Mission
  • Moderator's Scripture Sharing
  • An Invitation to ChurchHub
  • How Curiosity Transformed a Community of Faith
Here is the April 16, 2019 issue. ​​
  • Moderator's Easter Message
  • Holy Week Devotions on Facebook Live
  • Worship Resources for Holy Week
  • Moderator's Post-Easter Bible Sharing
This is the April 9, 2019 issue. 
  • The United Church of Canada Act
  • Government to Match Cyclone Idai Donations
  • Worship Resources for Holy Week
  • Government Fails to Create an Effective Ombudsperson
  • Best Doctors
  • Church Calendar Bargain!
LifeSpeak, a resource for personal, health and family wellness information
​that you can access online and confidentially 24 hours a day.
Did you know that Broadview has a website?  
​Go to broadview.org to read the magazine on-line.

And, Wondercafe 2 is back.  Go to wondercafe2.ca.
The Hope Collection website,
a new website ​featuring inspiring accounts of
new and emerging ministries  includes dozens of stories,
covering everything from a Twitter-based ministry
to a congregation that meets in a movie theatre.  
It can be found at www.hopecollection.ca.
The Office of Vocation of the Ministry and Employment Unit has appointed Office of Vocation ministers
to be part of a team of regionally deployed and General Council Office‒based staff. 
They began their work on January 1, 2019.
Several new resources have been posted to support congregational, Presbytery and Conference discussions on the Comprehensive Review Task Group’s, United in God’s Work report. 
There are three animated videos, a bulletin insert and a series of presentation slides.

Everything can be downloaded.  Choose your item in the Resources list and then right click to save it to a file.
http://www.gc42.ca/comprehensive-review-report
Visit the 2019-20 gifts with vision catalogue.
Check out the United Church's new website, EDGE: a Network of Ministry Development at http://www.edge-ucc.ca/
The United Church of Canada Archives is pleased to announce the launch of its new website!
The site features information about the repository, presents various ways to access the Archives’ collections, provides records management resources for United Church employees, and supplies general information regarding visiting the Archives.
Please check out the new site at www.unitedchurcharchives.ca
March 23, 2018 - The Provisional Executive Ministers have been appointed.
February 27, 2018 - The Boundaries Commission has released its final report on the new regional councils.
​​Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice News from
The United Church of Canada