Thank you for your creativity and energy to commemorate and celebrate the United Church of Canada’s centennial. Be sure to capture your events, with photos, stories, social media, on your website, blogs, local media contacts, and as individuals share your experiences with family, friends, neighbours, coworkers. Invite them to join you. Be sure to also share your activities with Sharon, your growth animator.
For organizers of events, as you engage wider community, be ready to invite all who gather to come to your future events. As you thank participants, invite them to the next event(s). Contact Sharon, your growth animator, for some brainstorming about your future events
It’s not too late to apply for a centennial grant. If you applied before, consider applying again. The final grant application due date is June 15. Applications are for a maximum of five thousand dollars. You can get more information here https://unitedchurchfoundation.ca/grants/general-grant-opportunities/#Centennial-Fund
Atlantic Stories of Hope Needed
Annual general meetings facilitate people connecting, coming together and sharing their ideas, stories and plans for what’s next. Let’s keep the stories of hope, encouragement and support going. Please contact your growth animator Sharon Ballantyne, to share what is bringing you hope, individually, as a community of faith, pastoral charge, or as you connect with neighbours around you.
We’ll share ideas through the regional council weekly newsletter. “Alive we thrive!”
