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Condolences: Elizabeth Janes
Our condolences are extended to the family of Roger Janes, whose mother, Elizabeth, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2025. We will share the obituary when it is available.
Annual Meeting Evaluation Form- Deadline Friday June 13
We would ask everyone who attended the Fundy St. Lawrence Dawning Waters Regional Council annual meeting online or the in-person gathering to take a few minutes to fill out the evaluation form. We would ask that you complete the form by June 13.
Structural Change Evaluation Survey- Deadline June 15
YOUR INPUT is IMPORTANT.
The time has come to evaluate the impact of the restructuring of the United Church from four courts to three councils. Did it accomplish what was intended? As part of the evaluation, a survey has been developed to invite wide participation from across the church. It has been sent via email, using email addresses in ChurchHub, to:
- All pastoral charges—to be completed at a meeting of the Board/Council;
- All ministry personnel;
- All regional council staff, Office of Vocation staff, and General Council staff impacted by the change.
The Structural Change Evaluation Steering Group has engaged Credence and Co., a consulting firm, to collect and analyze the data to protect anonymity and prevent bias in reporting.
If you did not receive the survey, please check your junk email. Also please ensure that the correct email address is attached to your ChurchHub profile to ensure you receive reminder emails which will contain the necessary link.
The survey will be open until June 15, 2025. Please make time to respond as a comprehensive and useful evaluation depends on input from across the church.
TRAINING EVENT FOR PASTORAL RELATIONS LIAISONS
As our communities of faith navigate the waters of change in pastoral relationships, or the changes that come with congregational demographic shifts, the Region appoints Pastoral Relations Liaisons to walk alongside communities of faith in these times of discernment. Are you someone with the gift to listen and help others discern? Is this a ministry you are called to at this time in the life of our church?
On June 18th from 10:00am to 1:00pm, an in-person training event will be happening at Central Queens United Church, Hunter River, for people from PEI. This event will be led by Rev. Debbie Aitken and Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Stevenson, interim Regional Ministers for FSLDW Region.
On June 25th, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm an online training event primarily for people from NB will be hosted by Debbie and Elizabeth. Please click here to register for the online event.
“Make a Joyful Noise” Centennial Concert
Winsloe United Church in PEI will be hosting a free concert the evening of June 15th as part of our 100th Anniversary celebrations, followed by a time of fellowship with Anniversary cake. The details are on the attached poster.
Hoping to have a large gathering of people to help us “make a joyful noise” to commemorate 100 years of this awesome United Church of ours!
Seeking Full Time Minister
O’Leary West Cape Pastoral Charge minister search committee is seeking candidates interested in sharing their faith journey with a dynamic, passionate and faithful three point charge (1 or 2 services per week). Position does include a newly updated manse just minutes away from the recently redecorated minister’s office, a deep sense of personal fulfilment and much appreciation and gratitude from our congregations. Please find our entire profile on the Church Hub website. Questions can be directed to owcpcministersearch@gmail.com.
Atlantic School of Discipleship
The Atlantic School of Discipleship is designed for congregations and parishes to support their lay education and faith formation efforts. The program runs for ten months on a very manageable schedule, introducing those with no formal theological training to the basics of faith and tradition as they apply to everyday discipleship in the world. Empower the adult faith formation in your congregation and learn from Atlantic School of Theology’s world-class teachers in the comfort of your own community. Cost: Group (1 leader + 4 participants from the same community of faith)$1,000 or individual $300 More information and registration at www.atlanticdiscipleship.com
Courage to Lead® Program–Tatamagouche Centre
We warmly welcome you to join us August 7-9, 2025 for an upcoming Courage to Lead® program at the Tatamagouche Centre.
Whatever personal or societal challenges we face, the resources we need to transform our lives and the world can always be found within us and between us – in the human heart and in community. When we fully embrace the genuine within ourselves and honour the inherent worth and dignity of every being, we unleash the power to build a better world. This retreat is modelled on the Circle of Trust® approach developed by Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal. You can learn more about “Circles of Trust” or in Parker Palmer’s book, A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life.
For questions contact Tara Reynolds at: tandemtruthsconsulting@gmail.com or by phone at 802-917-4485.
Greetings Growth Seekers from Growth Animator Sharon
What will be your 101? Keep completing this sentence starter “United Church can …” How are you identifying as a disciple, a follower of Jesus, one who knows about Jesus and seeks to be like Jesus, being active in the transforming of our world.? As communities of faith have celebrated the first one hundred years of the United Church, and many will do at events through the summer, now we are in our 101st year, what are your 101 commitments? As an individual, as a community of faith, as people of faith reaching beyond your walls? We think of “101” often as the basics, the foundations what we need to know. How is that being lived out in your faithful presence in your context.
Beside my name and pronouns on my zoom profile it says UCCAN. I do this to indicate United Church of Canada as UCC can be confused with United Church of Christ when among other faith groups. On a call this week, in which I was the only one from Canada and our denomination, a participant asked me if we ever used it as “United Church can…” Keep coming up with all the ways you do complete the sentence. “United Church can…and in what new ways? Invite your congregation, users of your building, neighbours, family, friends, coworkers, local faith groups, through your social media, to finish the sentence. Keep learning what the United Church presence in your location is doing and might be needing. Contact me as we brainstorm ideas into actions.
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.
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.
Invitation to Peace & Friendship Gathering Tatamagouche Centre- Next step in our Long Journey of Reconciliation
Grounded in the Peace and Friendship Treaties of the 1700s between the British Crown, these Treaty-based gatherings emphasize Treaty education and responsibility, relationship building, land Rematriation and ceremony. Let’s celebrate our next powerful step in our Calls to Truth and Reconciliation built on decades of deep journeying together. The poster can be viewed here.
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