M&S Heartfelt Thanks
God’s Mission Our Gifts. Heartfelt thanks for giving for Mission & Service. … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: mission
Mission
Minute for Mission: Brunswick Street Mission On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Agar Smith sits down at his desk in Halifax’s Brunswick Street Mission and wonders who will come through the door that day. Maybe it will be someone who can’t pay … Continue reading →
KUC-ers abroad
Three KUCers joined a “Developing World Connections” (DWC) excursion to Sri Lanka earlier this month, to participate in a two week work project and to celebrate ten years of the Sri Lanka-DWC relationship. For Marcia and Cam it was a … Continue reading →
Thank You from the Global Group
The Global & Community Action Team would like to express their thanks for the loving and abundant generosity of the congregation during the Advent “Tree of Love” project. We raised $2,420.30 in total, which will be divided and sent to … Continue reading →
Recovering from the Earthquake
Four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the physical buildings at the Asian Rural Institute in northern Japan have been rebuilt and learning programs are back in full swing. Living and working in a diverse community, the Asian Rural … Continue reading →
Sacred Circle
A proud Cree woman holds the bowl; the sweet smoke of burning cedar rises in the air. In her hand the eagle feather gently fans the smoke toward each person standing in the sacred circle. She tells us to take … Continue reading →
Council Circle asks “Did You Know?”
The Moderator of the United Church, the Right Rev. Gary Paterson has told us that this year the Mission and Service fund of the United Church will support 86 congregations, 37 presbyteries, 13 Conferences, 6 theological schools, 3 educations centres, … Continue reading →
Advent Tree of Love
Every year, the Global & Community Action Committee puts up a Christmas tree and it is decorated in a theme appropriate for Advent. This year, it is the Tree of Love. How do you express love for your family, friends, community and … Continue reading →
“Gifts with Vision” for YOU!
Give gifts of goats, wells, and Indigenous language books in your loved ones’ names to projects that mend the world. The United Church of Canada launched the new Gifts with Vision giving catalogue October 1, 2014, after three successful pilot … Continue reading →
KUC Thrift Shop ~ so much more!
Council Circles asks: Did you know….? Our wonderful Thrift Shop women do much more than clean and organize and sell items. They provide towels for the SPCA; plastic cups for the firemen; carefully chosen items for the Women’s Shelter, … Continue reading →