What is your prayer for this New Year?
We pray that all may have a peaceful, joyous, and healthy new year in the midst of the tremendous ongoing challenges and stress we face because of the pandemic.
May the light of God, which shone in Jesus on Christmas morning and will be revealed on Epiphany, bring the unexpected blessings of healing, restoration, and new life to the world in 2022.
"I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?"
-Isaiah 43:19a
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The Manual 2022 Now Available!
The Manual of The United Church of Canada, 2022 edition, comes into effect on January 1, 2022. There are only three small editorial changes to this edition and no content changes. Find out more and download your copy.
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A Better World: One Water Project at a Time
According to UNICEF, more than half of the global population does not have access to safe sanitation, and 2.2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water.
Clean water is essential to life, and yet around the world people suffer for lack of it.
Through Mission & Service you help provide solutions to water issues worldwide. Read the story and find out how you can make a difference!
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Call for Nominations
General Council 44 Equity Support Team
Up to six people who are not Commissioners are needed to serve as the Equity Support Team for General Council in 2022 and for its subsequent annual meetings. The Equity Support Team assists the General Council as it strives to be a space of equitable participation and decision-making. Express your interest or nominate someone by January 10, 2022.
Pastoral Relationships Equity Research Project: Reference Group
Up to six people are needed to help shape this new project, which will identify current patterns of inequity experienced by ministry personnel across all regions of The United Church of Canada and to make recommendations for change. Express your interest or nominate someone by January 10, 2022.
Called to Be the Church
Your Annual Giving Program is here! Get it now! The newly updated resources for the Called to Be the Church: Congregational Giving Program are now available. The giving kit will not be mailed to congregations this year. It is available from the United Church Bookstore as a free digital download or the regular paper kit.
Also, for those of you looking for Epiphany resources, five weeks of sermons, prayers, liturgies, and children’s resources that connect Epiphany with stewardship are available. See the “ Discover Your Gifts-Share Your Gifts” file in the Worship Ideas section of the United Church Stewardship in Worship webpage.
United Church Bookstore: Lesser Evils Now Available
Lent begins March 2, 2022. Planning what to do for the Lenten season? The new 2022 United Church Lenten devotional is now available in print or as an e-book.
" Lesser Evils," explores everyday dilemmas of seeking the good while choosing the lesser evil from a Christian perspective. The diverse group of contributors reflect on how their faith informs their daily choices, from "Do I take this parking space?" to "Do I wear this mask?" to "Do I choose to forgive you?"
Edited by Alydia Smith, this new book includes daily scripture, reflections, personal questions, and prayers for individual devotions or group study that explore how we attempt to seek wisdom and do good as followers of Jesus.
Life is full of big questions and no easy answers. Choose to wrestle with Lesser Evils this Lent.
Get your copies here!
Worship Resources
See our Worship Resources for upcoming Sundays and special celebrations.
January 6 - Celebrate Epiphany
January 9 - Baptism of Jesus
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