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Regional Financial Support
The Financial and Mission Services Committee is pleased to promote the availability of various funds to support individuals and communities throughout our Region. The guidelines and applications for the specific funds can be found on the Region’s website. Among the funds is the “Camping Ministry Fund” which can provide limited assistance to camps in our Region for building repairs or construction, to assist staff in the development of programs, for technology upgrades, or other needs to enhance our camps’ ability to provide their valuable ministry.
Pastoral Relations Liaison Check In: April 14 @ 7PM via Zoom
Those serving as Pastoral Relations Liaisons are invited to check in with other liaisons and the Regional Minister on Tuesday April 14th. An email with the Zoom link will be sent to those currently on the Pastoral Relations Liaison list.
If you are thinking about serving as a liaison and would like to know more about what the liaisons do, email the Regional Minister and he will send you the Zoom link.
LEARNING TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR FAITH IN A POST- CHRISTIAN WORLD
Sat., April 11, 1pm – 2:30pm
Curious about sharing your faith but don’t know how to start?
Why not join us at
Stairs Memorial United Church
44 Hester St., Dartmouth
Led by Dr. Rob Fennell
Part 1: Secularism & spirituality in Canadian society today
Part 2 : How to speak about and grow in our faith as Christians
To Register click here.
Staff Change
As of the 15th of March, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Richardson has been appointed as the Director of Emerging Ministry Leadership and Co-Director of the Office of Vocation with the General Council Office. Temporary coverage for the Vocation Minister work is in the process of being arranged. The position of Office of Vocation Minister for the Atlantic Regions has been posted on the United Church web page with a closing date of April 16th.
Camp Abegweit: Upcoming Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting will be held on Monday, April 13 at Spring Park United in Charlottetown. The doors will open at 5:30 and the meeting will begin at 6:00. We hope that each congregation can send someone to collect information.
This is a good chance to bring donations for the Camp. Our annual wish list will be sent out shortly, BUT we are asking people if they could bring spaghetti and spaghetti sauce and sauces for making ice cream sundaes for a fundraising dinner we are having.
Basic Income Guarantee Conference – April 17, 2026
Please click here to see the poster with the details for this one day, free of charge, conference.
What does the United Church’s “One Earth Community” mean?
Care for Creation Moment: One Earth Community
The United Church of Canada teaches that care for the Earth is not merely an environmental issue — it is a matter of faith. Creation is understood as a sacred gift from God, entrusted to humanity not for exploitation, but for loving stewardship. This conviction is powerfully expressed in the United Church’s 1992 statement, One Earth Community: Ethical Principles for Environment and Development.
The United Church invites us to live differently — to move from dominance to partnership, from consumption to compassion, and from isolation to global solidarity. It is a call to transformation rooted in faith, justice, and love for all Creation.
Read and be inspired by the Ethical Principles adopted in 1992 here.
Is It Time To Become An Apartheid-Free Community?
Do you Look at the Tragic Events in Israel/Palestine and Feel Both Angry and Helpless?
Our faith calls us “to seek justice and resist evil”.
But how can I and my faith community have an impact on what is happening now so far away – in the land where Jesus walked and taught?
Join us online for the webinar where we will explore:
Is what exists today in Israel and Palestine apartheid?
What can we learn from the struggle against apartheid in South Africa?
How can my faith community become an Apartheid-Free Community?
What would that mean?
If you have any issues filling out the registration form, you can contact info@unjppi.ca.
AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED – Join Catherine Keller and Jason Starr for ASTE 2026 EARTH ON EDGE. Ecology & Possibility June 15th – June 18th Truro, NS
Why, join Catherine Keller, Jason Starr and Maritime clergy and laity for three days of a deep meaningful face to face examination of our joys and responsibilities as people of faith in this age of challenge?
Eight Creation seasons ago I needed help: how to take seriously our ecological emergency, without giving into despair or simply hoping for divine intervention. I found it in Catherine Keller’s Political Theology of the Earth, which led me to her Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming, Cloud of the Impossible, and then Facing Apocalypse. Climate, Democracy and Other Last Chances. I don’t know a theologian who speaks more directly and eloquently to the ecological, cultural and political realities of our time. I wish I had discovered her much earlier in my active ministry. I recommended her to the ASTE Board, believing she would help other worship leaders and spiritual seekers as she has helped me.
We are thrilled that this internationally sought-after theologian immediately accepted our invitation to ASTE 2026 (June 15-18). Don’t miss this unique opportunity!
Jane Doull
Secretary Board ASTE
For information click here
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