The Body of Christ is made of many parts, and people experience their understanding of God in many different ways. On this blog, we'll consider the beliefs and activities of congregations, denominations and different religions.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
E-ssentials: Tonight's Cross Country Check-in, Host a Climate Motivator, and more!
Tonight! Connect with church leaders including The Moderator, The Right Rev. Dr. Kimberly Heath, and General Secretary, Rev. Michael Blair, at the live online Cross Country Check-in with the General Council Executive (GCE) from 6:00–7:30 p.m. ET. This is an opportunity to put faces to names and engage directly with the GCE soon after their meeting, enriching preparations for GC45 and other key leadership meetings. Register today!
Attention Communities of Faith! Host a 2026 Climate Motivator!
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The General Council Office, in partnership with The GO Project, invites Communities of Faith to host a Climate Motivator (ages 18–25) this summer (May 18–July 10, 2026). This 8-week position supports local climate action and multigenerational engagement.
Host Benefits: We help secure Canada Summer Jobs funding and provide national training and project grant access.
Your Action: Recommend a young adult and develop a local project.
Deadline: Submit your expression of interest by December 3, 2025.
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Help build the structure for our new advocacy community! Join ustoday, November 18, 2025 at either 1:00 p.m. ET (Daytime) or 7:00 p.m. ET (Evening) to share best practices, coordinate efforts, and ensure your voice on justice issues has maximum impact when engaging with your Member of Parliament.
40 Days Live: Migrant, Diasporic, and Racialized Church Planters—A Bilingual Event
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Please join us online on Wednesday, November 19, at 6:00 p.m. ET for a conversation with a diverse group of church leaders from different parts of Canada. They will share about their experiences of church planting—and why it is important to honour racialized worship spaces for emerging communities of faith. You can register on CHURCHx.
This will be a bilingual event with English-French interpretation. The event will be recorded.
In addition, consider viewing these videos this week:
In An Invisible Load That Lived Inside Me, Dorcus Annika Yohan shares her journey of unlearning internalized racism and reclaiming pride in her voice, her culture, and her identity.
Full resources about the 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism—including access to other videos, congregational resources, ideas for study groups, ways to donate to the work, and more—is available on the 40 Days website.
National Housing Day (November 22) highlights the crisis of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in Canada. Despite housing being a human right, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) research shows that racialized and Indigenous people face systemic discrimination—receiving fewer landlord responses and being refused rentals more often than others. Discrimination prevails when housing is "left to the market," making government investment in affordable, non-market housing essential to ensure equitable access.
There are many concrete ways to engage in faithful actions to respond to racial inequities in housing, such as reading the CCHR report and contacting your Member of Parliament to advocate for housing justice. Find more resources, advocacy tools, and policy recommendations in the latest news story.
The United Church Bookstore: Stock Up on Supplies for Advent!
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From worship staples like bulletins, candles, and offering envelopes to worship services, we've got everything you need for Advent season. Plus all orders over $100 ship for free!
Mission and Service Stories: Together in Prayer and Solidarity
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Through Mission and Service, The United Church of Canada accompanies global partners who bring compassion and courage to some of the world’s most difficult places. Today, we hold in prayer our partners in Gaza, where the situation remains catastrophic.
Partners in the ACT Palestine Forum are working tirelessly, distributing essential aid like food, clean water, and medical supplies while also offering psychosocial support amid overwhelming trauma.
Your gifts for Mission and Service make this vital work possible, helping provide hope and ensuring our partners know they are not alone as they continue to serve and advocate for peace rooted in justice.
Like the widow before the unjust judge (Luke 18:1-8), we are called to raise our voices again and again and again. We will not be silent until Canada uses every tool at its disposal to bring justice and peace.
Advocate: Urge Canada commit to a full arms embargo with Israel and open unhindered humanitarian access.
Pray: Hold the people of Palestine and Israel in persistent prayer for justice with peace.
Give: Support global partners delivering urgent aid.
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