The United Church of Canada

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Supporting Staff through the Pandemic
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 3, 2020​ issue
  • Faith Communities and COVID-19
  • Moderator's Online Worship for April 5, 2020
  • Webinars for Congregations During the Pandemic
  • Street-Involved People Are Especially Vulnerable During COVID-19 
  • Annual Police Background Check Declaration 
  • United Church Bookstore is Open for Business!
The March 31, 2020 issue.
  • Faith Communities and COVID-19 
  • Congregational Finances Webinar
  • Congregational Programming During the Pandemic
  • Keeping Congregational Finances on Track
  • A Message from Religious Leaders in Canada in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Ministry with Children and Youth
  • United Church Bookstore: 50% off ALL E-books!
The March 27, 2020 issue​.​​​
  • Moderator's Online Worship for March 29
  • Message from National Indigenous Elders Council
  • Congregational Finances during the Pandemic
  • Clarification: Ontario Churches CAN Stream Worship from Their Buildings
  • Joint Statement from Ecumenical Organizations across the World
  • United Church Bookstore: Get Your FREE E-book!
The March 24, 2020 issue.
  • Moderator's Online Worship and Zoom Spaces
  • Moderator Asks That Funerals Be Delayed
  • Free Webinar: Congregational Finances during the Pandemic
  • Free Webinar: Ministry with Children and Youth During the Pandemic
  • United Church Bookstore: Discount on E-books
LifeSpeak, a resource for personal, health and family wellness information
​that you can access online and confidentially 24 hours a day.
General Secretary Nora Sanders spoke at the ReVITALize 3 event which was held recently at
Metropolitan United Church in London, ON.
Nora talked about the current situation of The United Church of Canada,
now that we are starting to live into our new structures and lifting up what we truly seek to be as church.
You can watch her presentation here. http://metropolitanchurch.com/home/nora-sanders/
Fairfield
​The United Church of Canada is returning a significant piece of land to the Lenape people of Delaware Nation.
The Museum currently belongs to the church but there is the intention to transfer it to the Delaware Nation
when they are ready to receive it.  There are details to work out to make that happen.
The United Church of Canada is accepting donations to help Mission & Service partners
​provide relief to those affected by Cyclone Idai.
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 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
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