We welcome all neighboiurs and friends to a gathering with music, prayer, poetry, readings and quiet, as we work together to find sources for healing, and reasons for hope, for the days to come. Our lives have endured turbulence and disruption since March 2020. Many of us experienced personal losses of various kinds. We all felt the isolation and uncertainty, the sense of powerlessness and frustration. It has changed us. It has changed our commun ities. It has been hard to find ways to grieve...
Tag: diversity
This session will use the message of P.E.A.C.E. (People Everywhere Actually Coexisting Equally) as a springboard for conversation. The reality is that not everyone wants P.E.A.C.E. nor sees the need for us to interact and communicate in harmony. So many ancestors and leaders have tried to champion this ever important topic only to be greeted with hatred, anger and discrimination. During this session participants will be challenged to: • Acknowledge their own biases • Be open to uncomfortable...
The Walk 'n Roll is your opportunity to help the Anglican United Refugee Alliance (a United Church Mission & Service partner in Shining Waters Region) to help refugees on Sept. 24, 2022: YOU can enable hundreds of Canadians to gain the knowledge, skills & strategies needed to welcome and support hundreds of refugees in their vitally important first year here. YOU can ensure that sponsors receive extensive training & mentorship to be well-prepared to help people who have endured...
Join us for the launch of David Kim-Cragg's book, Water from Dragon's Well: The History of a Korean-Canadian Church Relationship (2022, McGill-Queen's University Press), on Monday, October 3 at 7 p.m. EDT. The launch is online and free. Kim-Cragg Emm 9T9 is both a sessional lecturer at Emmanuel College and minister at St. Matthew's United Church in Richmond Hill. Kim-Cragg will be joined by Phyllis D. Airhart (professor emerita, Emmanuel College), Dr. Keith Carlson (Tier 1 Canada Research...
A virtual talk with Afghan-Canadian activist Farkhunda Muhtaj who will share how she helped rescue more than 300 Afghan girl soccer players. http://www.auraforrefugees.org/index.php/get-involved/current-events/world-refugee-day-2022