Shining Waters Regional Council

Encouraging and connecting communities of faith in The United Church of Canada from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario.

2024 Shining Waters Regional Meeting 2024 Celebration of Ministries Service

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Territorial Acknowledgment

An acknowledgment is a respectful protocol at the beginning of each gathering.

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About Shining Waters Regional Council

Shining Waters Regional Council is one of 16 administrative groupings in The United Church of Canada, replacing former conferences and presbyteries.

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PRAYER for Pride MonthOh, Love that will not let us go... Our hearts are filled and overflowing with joy, deep love, and gratitude.We are thankful, for the gifts of all Affirming Ministries and communities of faith who open their churches, their homes and their hearts to Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ people and all their intersecting identities. for music, friendship, and for family.We are thankful for the Love that will not let us go.We are thankful, for Pride Marches and Pride Month, for all those who publicly, intentionally, and explicitly affirm that 2SLGBTQIA+ people are children of God.We are thankful most of all, for the blessing of a Love that is and always has been there for us.The truth at the heart of our faith — that you are Love — echoes today in words and in music, in friendships and family, in our hearts and minds, and continues to challenge us to Love.We pray for our hearts and minds to be open to our own homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia, to be open to our own racism, sexism, ableism, sizeism, and all the ways we fear those who are different from us.We pray to learn how to recognize the kinship between our souls and the souls of those who, to us, are strangers.We pray that we will never cease in our journey to learn how to Love more radically.We pray in the name of the Love that flips tables and cracks whips, the Love that heals those judged by religious leaders and powers, the Love who lives and loves among the marginalized and outcast.In Jesus name.Amen.— by Jordan Sullivan[Photo by PeskyMonkey / iStock]#UCCan #DeepBoldDaring #UCCanPRIDE #Pride2024 ... See MoreSee Less

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June is Pride Month - See what is happening in SWRC - mailchi.mp/united-church/june-is-pride-month-swrc ... See MoreSee Less

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Don't forget to March with us at Toronto Pride and Visit our Booth on the Street Fair this weekend! - mailchi.mp/united-church/pride-events-toronto-reminder ... See MoreSee Less

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