News and Blogs
SWRC Statement of Support for Barrie Community and Churches in Tornado Aftermath
Yesterday afternoon, a severe weather event ripped through parts of the City of Barrie. Dozens of homes sustained catastrophic damage when a tornado touched down in the Mapleview neighbourhood shortly before 3:00pm. While damage is extensive, we are grateful that there has been no loss of life.
Indigenous Summer Reading and Viewing List
PalNet SW’s goal is to assist Shining Waters Region focus on human rights for Palestinians in response to the 2020 Cry for Hope from Kairos Palestine (representing many Palestinian Christian churches).
SWRC Covid-19 Update – Vaccination Policies for Churches
As Ontario prepares to enter Phase 2 of reopening, ministry personnel and Communities of Faith naturally have questions about how to safely be together once again. One of the many concerns that has surfaced is whether Communities of Faith can require worshippers and staff to be vaccinated before returning to in-person gatherings.
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
- Resources to Bring the Children Home July 22, 2021The United Church will support research of unmarked graves as an act of reparation.
- Moderator’s Statement on Residential School Burial Sites July 19, 2021Statement from the Moderator on residential school burial sites.
- Matching Vaccine Donations Announced July 15, 2021The Canadian government will match donations to Pay it Forward, part of the COVID-19: Global Response, but advocacy is still needed
- Vaccine Justice Now: Advocate and Donate June 28, 2021It’s time to take a global view of vaccine justice: make a gift, advocate, and buy a vaccine.
- United Church Condemns Attack on Muslim Family in London, ON June 9, 2021The United Church expresses shock and horror over the terrorist attack on three generations of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, and invites people to pray and engage in acts in solidarity.