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To view upcoming programs at the Tatamagouche Centre please click here.
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Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters (FSLDW) Committee Interest form.
Condolences: Graham Matthew Hutchinson
Our condolences are extended to the family of Rev. Roland and Anna Hutchinson, whose son, Graham, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The obituary can be viewed here.
Photos for Rev. Kendall Harrison’s Celebration of Life
In preparation for the Celebration of Rev. Kendall Harrison’s Life and Ministry that will take place on Friday, May 30th at 10am at the Mount Allison University Chapel, we are looking at putting together a slide show of photos. If you have photos of Kendall over the years, please submit them to info4RC14@united-church.ca by Friday, May 16th. Many thanks.
Display Spaces Available – Celebrating 100 Years of the United Church of Canada
We’re getting ready for a big celebration—and we’ve got room for 10 display spaces as part of the event! If you’d like to set something up, just let us know. It’s first come, first serve, so don’t wait too long! Deadline to requests your space is May 9.
You can grab a spot by filling out this quick form here.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Annual Meeting Registration Closes Friday, May 2
Registration is open for the online business annual meeting and in-person gathering. Please read the memo sent from the Executive Minister. Visit the annual meeting webpages regularly for the latest updates and information on the upcoming online business meeting and in-person gathering. Please note that the MTA number noted in the above memo is incorrect. The correct number for MTA Conferences is 506-364-2247.
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.
Covenanting Service-Hampton United Church
The covenanting service between Rev. Gneid Lackey, Hampton United and Fundy St Lawrence Dawning Waters will be held on Sunday May 4, 2 pm at Hampton United, Hampton NB. Light reception to follow the service.
Covenanting Service – Bathurst Pastoral Charge
The special worship service celebrating the new covenant between First United Church in Bathurst, the Rev. David Allan, Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council and our loving God will take place at 2:30 pm on Sunday May 25, 2025, at the church located at 309 St Patrick St in Bathurst. The guest speaker will be our friend the Rev. Ivan Gregan. A time of fellowship will follow in the Ruth Morrison Room. All are welcome to this important celebration of ministry and pastoral relationship in the life of our congregation and in our community.
Covenanting Service- Hillsborough United Church
The congregation of Hillsborough United Church invites you to our Covenanting Service with Rev Tara Ann Gourson, to be held on Sunday, May 25 at 2 pm at the church, 2891 Main Street, Hillsborough, NB. All are welcome as we move forward in ministry together! Lunch to follow. Please click here to see our Facebook page and reach out to huc1862@gmail.com if you would like more information.
Regional Grants for 100th Anniversary Celebrations
The Region has recently been made aware that requests to the United Church Foundation Centennial Granting Fund were far more numerous than the fund could address and worthy projects to celebrate this historic anniversary of the United Church were unable to receive desired funds. Given the Region’s desire to ensure that projects within FSLDW Region will be able to maintain their celebrations to mark this anniversary, groups and/or Communities of Faith within FSLDW, especially those that have had application to the Centennial Granting Fund denied, are invited to submit proposals to the Region’s Financial and Mission Services Committee for consideration. Please forward requests, including a brief outline of your project and the funds requested, to the committee via email at FSLDW.FinMScvs@gmail.com. All requests must be received by noon on May 13th and must identify if this is a new project or one that was unsuccessful in their request to the Centennial Granting Fund.
Seeking Full-Time Minister
The Saltsprings-Scotsburn-Lyons Brook Pastoral charge is seeking a full-time minister. This combined pastoral charge is rural in character, but minutes away from the towns of Pictou and New Glasgow, and short drives from Truro and Antigonish. The area is teaming with history. The congregation is supportive of ministerial, church, and community initiatives and hopes to attract a candidate that will bring combined appreciation of church teachings with guidance for modern times.
Please check us out at our community of faith profile at ChurhHub.ca or pass the word to your friends and contacts. Questions and expressions of interest can be emailed to us at search.sssblb@gmail.com
Save the Date! One-day Conference for church administrators/secretaries.
United Church Office Administrators, Church Secretaries, Administrative Assistants (however you are named!) are invited to attend a one-day conference on Monday, June 16th at St. John’s United Church, Fall River, NS. In the morning we will focus on the increasing variety of expectations on us for Communications and in the afternoon we will connect around the variety of people skills needed and experiences we have managed so far in our work.
The morning session will be a hybrid of in-person and Zoom participation while the afternoon session will be for in-person attendees only.
We encourage anyone in this role to attend in person as an important part of the conference is the comradery and community we build throughout the day. Lots of information to follow! For information contact Robyn Brown-Hewitt rbrown-hewitt@united-church.ca. For now, just save the date and plan to attend!
Annual Meeting Delegates, don’t miss Marie Wilson Book Launch Thurs., May 29th 7pm
The FSLDW and B-NS Regions Justice, Mission and Outreach Committee, along with the Mount Allison University Centre for Indigenous and Critical Canadian Studies, is honoured to host a book launch for North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner on Thursday evening May 29th, 7pm in the Grand Room, Windsor Bldg. 1st floor. Marie Wilson will read from her moving, personal account of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Don’t miss this privileged opportunity to hear from Marie Wilson, as we live out our Residential School Apology.
New schedule for Marie Wilson book launch tour, author of North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, speaks in the Maritimes May 15th-30th
North of Nowhere, Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner by Marie Wilson May 15-30 Maritimes Book Launch Tour
The Maritime Regions Justice, Mission and Outreach Committee and Women of First Light are honoured to host the Maritimes book launch tour for North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner. Marie Wilson will read from her moving, personal account of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which recorded the history of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children.
Don’t miss this privileged opportunity to hear from Marie Wilson, as we live out our Residential School Apology. See her updated itinerary below. Please announce this in your bulletins and from the pulpit, strongly encouraging people to attend.
ITINERARY *Books are available for purchase and signing at all locations.
Greetings Growth Seekers from Growth Animator Sharon
Theological Banquet, a free five-part workshop series each Wednesday
If you missed theological banquet session one last week, it is not too late to sign -up. Contact Bronwyn Corlett, rural ministries coordinator, email bcorlett@united-church.ca to get the missed workshop video and join in the remaining Wednesdays!
Please click here to find more detail on the course page
You are invited to participate in 5 sessions to use and get to know the Theological Banquet resource!
April 23 – May 28, 2025 (the 6th week is our monthly Rural Ministry Town Hall to debrief and reflect on how to use the resource going forward).
If you are able to attend these sessions, you will also gain access to the resource to use following these sessions with your community of faith. We will not be recording these sessions but if you are unable to attend one of the sessions, you can access the relevant material afterwards so that you can catch up before the next session.
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Engage in interesting conversations. Discover more about the theological banquet in each of our communities of faith. You may also want to check out Janet Gear’s book “Undivided Love “which the workshop series is based on. Let’s get growth animated together. Call Sharon at 506-306-0500 or by email at sballantyne@united-church.ca as together, we keep being bold, deep and daring!
Join Rambles 2025
Join Prayer Bench & Kereru Publishing (NZ) this May for Rambles. Explore shades in the garden, forest, water, and street as we walk beaches, woods, bush, and neighbourhoods together.
Mondays in May: Receive a beautifully curated digital scrapbook page to inspire your weekly ramble.
Thursdays: Enjoy a behind-the-scenes email conversation between Janice and Caroline.
Sundays: Reflect with a guided email based on the week’s theme.
All week: Share stories and photos in our Ramble Facebook Group—and help create a final community scrapbook on May 26.
Sign up by May 5. Learn more here.
Financial Services your Church may Need
In case you didn’t know there is an Incorporated Ministry called the Financial Services of Maritime Conference. This organization can help your Community of Faith with investing their funds in an ethical, secure and supporting way. If you have interested in further information you can check out their services available from either the Fundy St Lawrence Dawning Waters or Bermuda Nova Scotia’s Cross Region page and then under Financial services.
