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Topics: July/August 2019, UCC in Focus | Church News
Pastoral care program helps hundreds of Quebec seniors
By Mike Milne |Grants have enabled the community to hire a minister who can spend time with aging members
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Topics: May 2019, Spirituality | LGBTQ2S+
Church celebrates baptism with dads and surrogate mom
By Mike Milne |“We never could imagine the love we found in Cambridge Street [United] that Sunday morning," say the two dads, who live in Italy.
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Theology
Gretta Vosper settlement could redefine the United Church
By Mike Milne |The decision has divided members and forced questions about the denomination’s future.
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Topics: Spirituality | Church News
Soprano retires from church choir after 90 years
By Mike Milne |Betty Empringham is also a talented pianist.
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Topics: Justice | Environment
Nun says Canadian mine devastated her community
By Mike Milne |The nun and activist helps raise awareness about the environmental and social costs of the Marlin mine in Guatemala. She spoke to Mike Milne through a translator.
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Church News
The United Church is going through some big changes
By Mike Milne |'There are important relationships to develop, and that can’t be done overnight.'
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Church News
Gretta Vosper to get formal hearing soon
By Mike Milne |The United Church will decide whether or not the Toronto atheist minister should be removed from the order of ministry.
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Church News
Presbyteries are gone. So now what?
By Mike Milne |Here's what the United Church's new three-court system will look like.
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Church News
Meet your 2018 moderator nominees
By Mike Milne |Later this month, General Council commissioners will choose the United Church’s next moderator. As of press time, 10 leadership hopefuls had been announced. We asked each of them to sum up their pitch in a tweet.
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Church News
After 93 years, this could be the United Church’s last General Council
By Mike Milne |When the United Church meets in July, top priorities will be a streamlined governance structure and Indigenous ministries.