Tri-Region Executive Meetings
2022-11-25 - 2022-11-26
Times
Friday November 25: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Staff Covenanting: 6:30 PM (Executives, Staff, Staff Support Committee)
Following the Covenanting: Tri-Executives only

Saturday November 26: 9:30 – 1 PM
Tri-Executives only (+ John Neff, Lynne Allin, Thérèse Samuel)

Christmas Clergy Gathering
2022-12-07 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Cave Springs Camp, 4410 Cave Springs Road, Beamsville, Ontario, L0R 1B0, Canada
CHRISTMAS CLERGY GATHERING
RSVP WITH LUNCH CHOICE TO DEBORAH STEIB LAFORET
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 7, from noon to 3pm, for our Christmas clergy gathering.
Where: Cave Springs Camp
Cave Springs is hosting our Christmas Clergy Gathering this year. They will provide lunch for us from a local company called, The Lunchbox Brigade. (refer to email for meal choices or see below)
Please feel free to invite other clergy to participate. It’s a great opportunity to see one another and learn about Cave Springs.

RSVP BY DECEMBER 1ST, with your preferred lunch choice:
ROASTED TURKEY CROISSANT
butter croissant / oven-roasted turkey breast / double smoked bacon / fire roasted tomato jam / provolone / basil aioli / side of field greens
MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN
marinated chicken / hummus / tomato+cucumber salad / olives / dolmas / pita
BANH Mí
fried tofu / greens / kimchi / pickled carrot / cucumber / sambal aioli / cilantro / sesame hoisin glaze / side of field greens
MEDITERRANEAN FALAFEL
chickpea falafel / hummus / tomato+cucumber salad / olives / dolmas / pita
If you have any questions, let me know.
Deborah Steib Laforet

FORGOTTEN TRAGEDIES: REMEMBERING THE PAST AND MOVING TOWARDS RECONCILIATION
2022-12-13 08:00 | Online via Zoom
As a wrap-up of its series of regional webinars organised in 2021, and in the spirit of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) pilgrimage of justice, reconciliation and unity, the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) is offering this webinar entitled
“FORGOTTEN TRAGEDIES:
REMEMBERING THE PAST AND MOVING TOWARDS RECONCILIATION”
The event will be moderated by Rev. Dr Peter Cruchley, incoming Director of the WCC’s Commission for World Mission and Evangelism, and co-facilitated by Rev. Dr Mikie Roberts, WCC Programme Executive for Spiritual Life and Faith & Order.
Speakers

Sandiswa Lerato Kobe, lecturer at University of South Africa
Dr Catherine Namakula, chairperson of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (video contribution)
Martha Pedoniquotte, Community Capacity Development Coordinator of the Indigenous Ministries and Justice Unit, United Church of Canada
Rev. Prof. Dr Konrad Raiser (Evangelical Church in Germany), former WCC general secretary
Prof. Fabian Salvioli, UN special rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth Justice Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence

Click here for Speaker Bios
We hope many of you will join us during this event. Please share with your respective networks:
https://www.oikoumene.org/events/wcc-webinar-forgotten-tragedies-remembering-the-past-and-moving-towards-reconciliation
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DKcI6mtUTqSbAAE05PLErA

Christmas Office Closure
2022-12-23 - 2023-01-02

HF Discipleship & Justice Meeting
2023-01-10 14:00, 2023-01-31 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-03-14 14:00, 2023-04-11 14:00, 2023-05-30 10:00, 2023-06-13 14:00, 2023-09-19 14:00, 2023-10-10 14:00 | Online via Zoom

Deficit Dilemma Workshop
2023-01-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
Struggling to Balance the Budget?
Wednesday, January 11 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm

Are You Anxious about Finances?
But Curious about Options to Increase Revenue and Reduce Expenses?

Then join us by Zoom for the
Deficit Dilemma Workshop
Topics will include:

Planning ahead,
Options to help balance your church operating budget,
Available resources,
Questions and answers

To receive the Zoom link, please send an email to Lynne Allin.

This workshop is hosted by John Neff, Minister, Congregational Support, Lynne Allin, Minister, Congregational Support and Brenna Baker, Community of Faith Stewardship Support.

UCW - Launch of Healing Fund Support
2023-02-11 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: UCW-WOW Launch of Healing Fund Support
Time: Feb 11, 2023 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://united-church.zoom.us/j/89314142952

By Phone:

Dial +1-855-703-8985 Canada Toll-free

Lent 2023 - Faith & Justice Series
2023-02-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-03-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
LENT 2023 FAITH AND JUSTICE SERIES
Nourish your spirit with Justice-Seeking Tuesdays in Lent.
Feb 28th 7:00-8:30 PM Jesus’s Encounters with the Powerful and Powerless-
March 28th 7:00-8:30 PM – Cycle of Gospel Living:
REGISTER NOW
Tues Feb 28th Jesus’s Encounters with the Powerful and Powerless-

reflect on biblical stories of Jesus’s encounter with the powerful and powerless people of his time.
explore what the Gospel calls you to do about the power difference in your own context

Tues March 28th – Cycle of Gospel Living:

Learn where you are in the Cycle of Gospel Living and what you are called to do to create a justice community.
Connect the themes of cross and resurrection to your life and justice-seeking.

You can attend just one, but we encourage you to participate in both sessions.
To register go to: Lent 2023: Faith and Justice Series (CHURCHx.ca)
Sessions developed by the Kaleidoscope Institute (www.kscopeinstitute.org)
Facilitated by Thérèse Samuel and members of the Discipleship and Justice Commissions.
Hosted by Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls and Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils

YAT Forum 2023 presents: Surface Pressure
2023-04-28 08:00 - 2023-04-30 17:00 | Lambton Centre, 6602 Lakeshore Road Forest Lambton Shores, Warwick, Ontario, N0N 1J7, Canada
YAT Forum: Surface Pressure
Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30
Lambton Centre, Lambton Shores
Click here to Register!
Do you love to be inspired, challenged to think, meet new people & hang out with good friends??? Do you enjoy being in an open & welcoming community where you are free to be completely yourself? Faith, fellowship and connection is what YAT Forum is all about.
✤ Kenji Marui ✤ Doug Peck ✤ Marilyn Arthur ✤
Deadline for registration is April 14!

Support Workshop for Mission Support Grants
2023-05-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Online via Zoom
MISSION & SUPPORT GRANTS
Join us for an important support workshop on applying for Mission Support Grants. 💲💲💲

When & Where: Tuesday May 30th from 4-5pm via Zoom and will be recorded.

Email: Kathy Douglas at KDouglas@United-Church.ca for the Zoom link.

Horseshoe Falls Spring Regional Council Meeting
2023-06-08
HFRC Spring 2023 Meeting
June 8th & 10th, 2023 (hybrid: in-person & online)
In-person at Meridian Community Centre, Fonthill
Registration deadline (for meeting and meals): May 15, 2023

Horseshoe Falls Spring Regional Council Meeting
2023-06-08, 2023-06-10
HFRC Spring 2023 Meeting

June 8th (online only) & 10th, 2023 (hybrid: in-person & online)
In-person at Meridian Community Centre, Fonthill
For more information click here:
Regional Council Meeting

Liaison Training 101
2023-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Online via Zoom
Liaison Training 101
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
with Micol Cottrell, Minister, Pastoral Relations

We are each given particular gifts of the Spirit.
A community of faith, like any community, experiences change.
When a minister comes into a community of faith
a covenant is made; a promise to walk together as God’s people,
and grow closer to God. God’s covenant with us never changes,
but our covenants with one another do change.
– adapted from A Song of Faith, 2006 and the Book of Worship, United Church of Christ © 1986

Liaison Training 101 is a great refresher for liaisons who have done this work before and a great way for those interested in serving as a liaison to become equipped for this work. This training is your chance to review the duties of a liaison in supporting communities of faith with pastoral relations matters, including:

searching for a new minister,
creating a position description,
changes to the terms of a pastoral relationship,
celebrating with the community of faith and more.

When you register, you will receive the Zoom link and materials in preparation for the training to make the most of our time together. If you have questions about the content, please email Micol Cottrell, Minister, Pastoral Relations, at MCottrell@united-church.ca, or better yet, write down your questions and bring them with you!

Register Here

ARW Discipleship & Justice Meeting
2023-08-08 10:00, 2023-09-12 10:00, 2023-10-10 10:00 | Online via Zoom

HF Executive and Commissions Orientation
2023-09-26 09:00 | Regional Councils Office, Hamilton

Fishbowl – Cross Generational Discussion
2023-09-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Online via Zoom
Youth and Non – Youth Fishbowl Gathering
Regional Councils of ARW, HF and WOW in partnership with The Hub and Trinity UC Kitchener-
Tuesday Sept 26, 2023, evening
Background: Post-COVID, Youth leaders struggle to put together groups. A message often heard from youth in the church is that what’s being offered doesn’t work for them. Being an intercultural church includes finding ways to bridge communication between different age groups/generations.
Goal– To offer a forum that brings together youth and non-youth in the church– a forum that allows the two groups to hear one another and be heard by one another, and to consider what might be the Spirit’s invitation to the church for youth ministry at this time.
FISHBOWL PROCESS:
Eight Youth (teens to twenty-somethings) and eight Non-Youth (40s-90+) from WOW, HF and ARW Regional Councils will gather via Zoom.

Discussion questions will invite each to share and listen to experiences of their own youth faith formation, and hopes and challenges for youth ministry then and now.
On each question, using the Zoom spotlight feature to focus on one group of eight:

Youth will invite one another to share, while the Non-Youth listen.
Places will be switched, and the Non-Youth will invite one another to share while the Youth listen.
For some questions, the order might be reversed, with Non-Youth sharing first

After several rounds of sharing in separate groups, Youth and Non-Youth will have an opportunity to reflect together as one group.

Each group will be invited to reflect on what they have heard and consider possible next steps.
Participants will be given questions for reflection and feedback, to be submitted in writing following the session.
This is a cross-cultural listening event, and a pilot project. This session will not focus on problem solving or planning. The focus of this event is to listen and learn about one another as a first step of re-visioning youth ministry in ARW, HF and WOW in this post-pandemic time.
An HONORARIUM of $105 is available for participants who are not otherwise paid for their time in this discussion.
To apply, complete the Application Form :
https://forms.office.com/r/3qf3JJtxt6
Application deadline Sept 12, 2023

For more information contact:
Thérèse Samuel tsamuel@united-church.ca
Kathy Douglas kdouglas@united-church.ca
Adam Cresswell – hubleadership@gmail.com
Bethany Herlihey- bethanyherlihey@gmail.com

Western Ontario Waterways Fall Regional Council Meeting
2023-09-28 - 2023-10-01

ARW Executive and Commissions Orientation
2023-10-11 09:00

Horseshoe Falls Regional Council Fall Meeting
2023-10-13 - 2023-10-14
HFRC Fall 2023 Meeting
October 13-14, 2023 (online)
Registration deadline: October 6, 2023
