Horseshoe Falls Regional Council

ARW Regional Council Executive Meeting
2025-01-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

Christmas Office Closure
2024-12-24 - 2025-01-01

WOW Online Clergy Gathering
2024-12-19 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-11-21 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

HF Online Clergy Gathering
2024-12-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

ARW Online Clergy Gathering
2024-12-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-11-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

WOW Pastoral Relations Commission Meeting
2024-12-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

WOW Congregational Support Meeting
2024-12-12 13:00, 2024-11-14 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

Search Team Training
2024-12-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
Search Team Training
Has your church begun searching for a new minister? Has a search team been formed? If so, they will need to be trained. Training can happen in two ways:

With your liaison
Online with Micol Cottrell, Pastoral Relations Minister (if you have a liaison, please invite your liaison to attend with you)

Training is mandatory for all search teams.
The online training is two hours and during this time we explore:

The search process
Working to understand and overcome the impact of bias
The various types of ministry personnel you will find on ChurchHub
Where to find resources for using ChurchHub
And more.

If you are interested in taking the training online please register at Search Team Training – Formstack.

The dates for the fall are the second Tuesday of each month until December:

Sep 10, 2024 07:00 PM
Oct 8, 2024 07:00 PM
Nov 12, 2024 07:00 PM
Dec 10, 2024 07:00 PM

HF Congregational Support Commission Meeting
2024-12-10 19:00, 2024-11-12 19:00 (America/New_York)

ARW Pastoral Relations Commission Meeting
2024-12-10 09:00 (America/New_York)

Tri-Regional Executive Meeting (Online)
2024-12-06 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

Ministry and Personnel The Basics Workshop
2024-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Online via Zoom
‘The Basics’: Ministry & Personnel Committee Workshops
Online by Zoom, Upcoming dates:
October 3rd, December 5th, February 6th, April 3rd
with Micol Cottrell, Minister, Pastoral Relations

Ordered ministers and designated lay ministers while in paid accountable ministry positions are office holders within The United Church of Canada. While there may be elements similar to employment, the essential nature of the relationship is a covenant.
~ Statement on Ministry in The United Church of Canada (2012)

New members are often elected to the vital Ministry & Personnel Committee near the start of the year, although M&P Committee membership can change for many other reasons throughout the year.
The Basics will help a new member learn the essentials of this crucial role. More experienced members of M&P Committees are invited to take this workshop as a refresher with their team, and keep up with changing United Church practices and policies. This workshop is open to members from Western Ontario Waterways, Antler River Watershed and Horseshoe Falls Regional Councils!
Please Note: each member of your M&P Committee attending this workshop is required to register.
In your Confirmation Email, you will receive the Zoom link and material in preparation for the meeting 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 the questions to bring with you.

ARW Congregational Support Meeting
2024-12-04 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

Fishbowl – Cross Generational Discussion
2024-11-28 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
Regional Councils of ARW, HF and WOW in partnership with The Hub and Trinity UC Kitchener-
Thursday November 28th, 2024, 6:30-8:30 (all participants are asked to arrive at 6:40).
Background: Post-pandemic, 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 Elders 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:
8 Youth (teens to twenty-somethings) and 8 Elders (45+) from WOW, HF and ARW Regional Councils and facilitators 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 Elders listen.
Places will be switched, and the Elders will invite one another to share while the Youth listen.
For some questions, the order might be reversed, with Elders sharing first

After two rounds of sharing in separate groups, Youth and Elders 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/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qLUYz3gmEUCTEhXw9xV1dPBWSFWIXSNPila5mgKiAchUM0NLV0kyWUtVM1JXUEcyOUw4QlVaRlVDUS4u
Application deadline November 18, 2024

For more information contact
Thérèse Samuel tsamuel@united-church.ca
Kathy Douglas kdouglas@united-church.ca
Adam Cresswell – hubleadership@gmail.com
Aimee Belanger at youthevents@hubcommunity.ca

Regional Council Staff Meeting
2024-11-28 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-11-14 09:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

HF Regional Council Executive Meeting
2024-11-27 16:00 (America/New_York)

Engage Difference
2024-11-25 - 2024-11-29 | Five Oaks Education and Retreat Centre, 1 Bethel Road, Paris, Ontario, N3L 3E3, Canada
Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry

November 25-29, 2024 at Five Oaks

More information and registration here: https://www.interculturalleadership.ca/engage-difference-nov-2024-5-oaks/

Centering Prayer Workshop
2024-11-23 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
Centering Prayer: Introductory Workshop
Saturday, November 23, 2024
1:00-4:00 pm
Harcourt Memorial United Church
87 Dean Ave. Guelph
Are you interested in learning more about a new way to pray?
Centering prayer is an ancient form of Christian prayer that moves beyond word, image and thought into silence. It has its roots in the wisdom sayings of Jesus and the writings of Christian contemplative masters such as Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and Thomas Merton.
Presenter: The Rev. Kevin Steeper
Registration: office@harcourtcommunity.ca
Registration deadline: November 22, 2024

WOW Regional Council Executive Meeting
2024-11-20 09:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

WOW Regional Council Fall Meeting (online)
2024-11-16 - 2024-11-17 | Online via Zoom
Fall 2024 Meeting

WOWRC Fall Meeting (online): November 16-17, 2024
Celebration of Ministries: To be confirmed

Advent/Christmas Round Table - All Ages Planning
2024-11-13 13:00 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom

ARW Human Resources Commission Meeting
2024-11-12 09:00 (America/New_York)
