News and Blogs
Currents – April 2022
The latest news from Shining Waters Regional Council
Easter Message from SWRC
He is Risen! Since Easter 2020, many have faced a difficult two years in Canada and around the world. Our neighbourhoods, families, and communities of faith have faced incredible challenges. We have seen the best side of society and the worst side of society,...
No Longer Hidden In Plain Sight
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Descrimination it's time to disrupt racism wherever it is found. In 2022, the first anniversary of the March 16 Atlanta spa massacre of six Asian women and two Asian men perpetrated by a White man, I am especially...
Worship Outside the Walls
By Susie Henderson Wild Churches are restoring and reimagining relationships between faith and the natural world Taddle Creek Wild Church, Metropolitan United Church Every way you look at it, the present-day front yard of Metropolitan United Church, which corners on...
Dorothy’s Place: a story of friendship and hope
Friends become family at Dorothy's Place By Susie Henderson based on an interview with Rev. Carmen Llanos Dorothy's Place is a ministry of Birchcliff Bluffs United Church serving 2SLGBTQ+ seniors in east end Toronto and Scarborough. Based on the success of Toby's...
The Trees of the Field will Clap Their Hands: Sanctuary in the Pines at Northlea United Church
We have been out of our buildings for some time now, much longer than we first expected. Many of us are growing into the experience of meeting virtually with online opportunities for worship. Northlea United Church, in Toronto’s north Leaside neighbourhood is meeting online and they are experimenting with meeting their community in a previously unexplored place – their own front yard.
Sowing Seeds, sorry birds I misjudged you –introducing our new digital media and ministry blog
In this blog in the coming year, we will set out on a journey to learn from others on this path of sowing seeds of digital media and ministry.
United Church of Canada News
- Ecumenical Leaders champion the Korea Peace Appeal April 19, 2022Leaders of several Canadian denominations and ecumenical bodies have joined the call for peace in Korea and publicly endorse the Korea Peace Appeal campaign as champions.
- Moderator’s Easter Message 2022 March 31, 2022In his Easter video message, Moderator Richard Bott asks: Who are the messengers of the resurrected Christ today? What, if anything, is making it hard for us believe them―and to act on those beliefs?
- Saddened by Vandalism at Two More United Churches March 31, 2022The United Church of Canada is saddened by two acts of vandalism that occurred this week at St. Luke’s United Church in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, and Scarboro United Church in Calgary, Alberta.
- The United Church of Canada Condemns Attacks in Israel March 31, 2022The United Church of Canada condemns the recent spate of extremist violent attacks against Israeli communities, three of which took place in the span of one week.
- Letter Concerning Ukraine from Ethnocultural Networks March 25, 2022In an open letter, the Ethnocultural Networks of the United Church call for justice in Ukraine and express concern over manifestations of racism seen in the midst of this war.