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UCC in Focus | Church News
United Church congregations in B.C.’s Fraser Presbytery eye the future
A consultant's report produced a wake-up call so stark it could be called a bucket of cold water in the face. Does it foreshadow what will happen in other parts of the country?
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UCC in Focus | Culture
United Church buildings can face heritage designations, and headaches
The honour pays tribute to the churches' role in history, but can constrain their efforts to move into the future
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UCC in Focus | Money
United Church survey finds retired clergy struggle with finances
A York Presbytery survey found that 30 percent of church retirees have been unable to buy homes and 44 percent had no Registered Retirement Savings Plans. And they get no help with financial planning from the church
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Justice | Church News
Justice organization, Kairos, is retooling after steep budget cuts
The ecumenical social justice campaigning group has had to cut programs and refocus even as it's being asked to do more with less
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Justice | Indigenous, Interview
Marie Wilson, of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, on hope and strength
The story of residential schools is part of the story of Canada, and we can learn from those parts of our story that don't feel honourable to us, she says
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UCC in Focus | Justice
United Church mandates education on racism, and ways to root it out
Ministers will have to take the training and to consider how white privilege creeps into life in the church and ministry
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UCC in Focus | Church News
United Church’s General Council to meet in Kelowna with big agenda
Six nominees are on the slate for the new moderatorship, along with questions about what the denomination should stand for. At the same time, budgets are tightening
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UCC in Focus | Church News
United Church faces decisions on money, vision at General Council
Amid warnings of budget shortfalls and continuing membership loss, the General Council cuts top management tier and talks further cutbacks
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UCC in Focus | Church News
United Church’s diaconal ministers are frustrated at lack of heft
They say they are under-represented when the church makes decisions about ministry, just one more chapter in a long history of being undervalued
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Society | Interview
United Church helped shape moral framework of writer Allan Stratton
He says that the essence of literature is our shared humanity. The core of emotional truth is the same across time, space and other divides
