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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
E-ssentials: Additional Questions about Remit 1, Rally for the Water Defenders Release, and more!
Additional Questions about Remit 1: Creating an Autonomous National Indigenous Organization
In this new video, members of the non-Indigenous church respond to some of your questions about the remit to establish an Autonomous National Indigenous Organization within The United Church of Canada. Additional background information about the remit can be found at www.GeneralCouncil44.ca.
[Video still: The United Church of Canada]
Report Advocates for Release of Santa Marta 5
On January 11, 2023, five human rights and Water Defenders who played a key role in El Salvador’s 2017 historic ban on metals mining were detained in Santa Marta, El Salvador.
A year later, they remain detained.
Read the full news story and join the rally on January 10, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. local time, in support of the five imprisoned Water Defenders’ release.
[Photo: ADES Santa Marta Facebook]
Frequently Asked Questions on the General Council Designated Lay Minister Decision
See the recent General Council 44 news story for everything you need to know about the General Council’s decision on the pathway to testamur for individual Designated Lay Ministers.
Your Mission and Service Stories: Making a Home for Refugees
The story Making a Home for Refugees: ChrisAnn Alvarez's Work is accompanied by a video in which ChrisAnn talks about how people don’t necessarily want to come to Canada—they are forced to leave their home and seek safety elsewhere.
[Video Still: The United Church of Canada]
The United Church Bookstore: Lenten Study 2024
The new Lenten devotional Act/Fast: Spiritual Practices for a Climate in Crisis, invites us to deepen our love for Creation and take action or fast for a climate in crisis. It also includes a study guide to help you dive deeper as individuals or within a group.
Act/Fast is also the featured book for the 2024 Lenten Study. Join us on Tuesdays from February 20 to March 26, 2024, to expand your love for God, deepen your connection to Creation, and strengthen your hope for God’s dream realized.
Be a superhero! Join the Mod and her guests in a thoughtful discussion about hearty topics through the lens of flourishing. Learn more about the Book Squad and what we’ll be reading.
On January 25, at 7:00 p.m. ET, join Moderator Carmen Lansdowne and special guest Debra Thompson as we discuss Thompson’s book, The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging. Enroll once and gain access to the entire Mod’s Book Squad series at CHURCHx.
[Image credit: The United Church of Canada]
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