NEWS AND UPDATES FROM FUNDY ST. LAWRENCE DAWNING WATERS (FSLDW)
Submission Request for Weekly Announcements
www.ucceast.ca
Staff Directory
Emergency Response Memos for Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters (FSLDW)
It’s Your Call – Podcast
Spark Newsletter
To view upcoming programs at the Tatamagouche Centre please click here.
To view upcoming events at the Atlantic School of Theology please click here.
To view Continuing Education opportunities at the Atlantic School of Theology please click here.
To view upcoming events at the the Centre for Christian Studies please click here.
Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters (FSLDW) Committee Interest form.
Condolences – Rev. Kendall Harrison
Our condolences are extended to the family of Rev. Kendall Harrison, Regional Minister of Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council, who passed away on March 10, 2025. Please click here for a pastoral letter from Rev. Faith March-MacCuish, Executive Minister. We will share the obituary when it is available.
Elected Members to Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council
Please click here for a memo from Faith March-MacCuish, Executive Minister, with information regarding elected members to the Regional Council.
Forms Related to Retirees and Jubilarians
Please click here for a memo from Faith March-MacCuish, Executive Minister, with information regarding forms related to Retirees and Jubilarians.
Prayer Bench Lent Calendar & New this Lent
Prayer Bench Lent Calendar & New this Lent
You are welcome to follow the Lent Calendar at Prayer Bench for snippets of inspiration, calls to action, and pauses for practice. Visit the Calendar.
New for this Lent, “Mystics in Lent: Their Wisdom, Our Response.” Journey with six mystics, ancient and modern. Learn from them and participate in making Goodness in our world. Learn more here.
Stewardship Update – March
Please click here to read the stewardship update for March.
Camino Nova Scotia
Since 2014, as part of the educational outreach of the Atlantic School of Theology, Camino Nova Scotia has “made pilgrimage local.” Pilgrimage is spiritual travel for transformation. Camino Nova Scotia offers guided group walking pilgrimages in—you guessed it—Nova Scotia!
This summer we are offering Caminos along the South Shore of Nova Scotia and on the Western shore of Cape Breton Island, both of which highlight the seaside beauty of our beautiful province. Join us on pilgrimage and discover more about yourself in community, as you also discover the Gaelic, Mi’kmaq, and Acadian histories of the Land under your feet.
Visit www.caminonovascotia.ca for more information.
REMINDER: Annual Pastoral Charge Information Form 2025
To improve the speed and accuracy of communication between FSLDW Regional staff, committees and our pastoral charges we are asking each pastoral charge to complete and submit the Annual Pastoral Charge Information Form (click here) as soon as possible after your 2025 annual meeting. This updates the Region with the names and contact information of your current leadership and regional council representatives.
The form is fillable online but can be printed and mailed or faxed if the individual designated to complete the form does not have internet access. Any paper copies may be mailed to the Regional Office at 21 Wright Street, Sackville, NB E4L 4P8 or faxed to 506-536-2900. Any questions you may have about the form can be directed to Seyi Adeyemo, FSLDW Communications and Office Administrator, at sadeyemo@united-church.ca or 1-506-306-0494.
DOC Watch & Talk featuring the film ” Architecture of Death, The Inner World of Dying”
We wish to share with the broader community of faith members and neighbours an invitation to attend this upcoming event Bethany United Church is hosting, with Q & A following with the film’s director, Johanna Lunn.
A free will offering will be collected at the door.
Bethany United Church – Fellowship Hall
2669 Joseph Howe Drive (parking in 7171 Clinton Avenue lot)
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
7:00 -9:00 PM
Daring Justice in Tyrannical Times: A Transgender Soldier’s Plea to the Church
Hosted by Bermuda-Nova Scotia Affirming Committee
Are you feeling helpless in a world that seems intent on regression? Come hear about the experience of a transgender Canadian United Church military chaplain who is living the impacts of emboldened hatred as public values shift away from equality, diversity, inclusion, and acceptance. Ultimately a story about hope, personal growth, and faithfulness, you are invited to come and hear exactly what the church can be doing right now – spoiler alert: it has to do with embodying the radical love of Jesus.
Captain Reverend Beatrice Gale has been a United Church minister for 17 years, serving Memorial United Church in Prince Edward Island and then Brookfield Pastoral Charge in Nova Scotia before joining the Canadian Army in January 2017. She began her military journey at CFB Gagetown, working for the Royal Canadian Artillery School, the Infantry School, and the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, with whom she deployed to Latvia in 2020. In 2021 she worked with the military intelligence community before moving to the Royal Military College in 2022. She has served since 2024 as an Engagement and Outreach Coordinator for the Chief Professional Conduct and Culture, the centre of expertise ensuring professional conduct in the Defense Team. Chaplain Bea is the first openly transgender chaplain in the Canadian military.
Click HERE to Register NOW!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Growth Animator Sharon
Lent, Easter and Beyond, are you looking for ideas to strengthen invitation? Get your whole community of faith onboard to invite others to Lent events, Holy week offerings and Easter Sunday celebrations! Lean into Lent being event ready.
Our Growth Team invites you to intentionally cultivate your invitational attitude with your community of faith to prepare and implement strengthening invitation. Engage in some new and old relationships with the gifts of sharing faith, family, friendship, food, and fun.
Get inspired by Growth Animator Scott Reynold’s blog post on making this Easter a time of invitation, then use the Plan to Strengthen Invitation. This Easter invitation resource is available on the
Easter Sunday worship page, for ideas you can put in place this week!
And looking beyond Lent, are you doing something special for Earth Day, Camping Sunday, Holy Humour, May Day, “May the Fourth Be with You,” Christian Family Sunday? Let’s figure out what events your community of faith is exploring and make them grow! I can work with you to help you clarify and customize your strengthening invitation plan. Let’s get growth animated together. Contact Sharon at 506-306-0500 or email sballantyne@united-church.ca as together, we keep being deep, bold and daring!
