United Church must realize it can’t be everything to everybody
Nora Sanders, the general secretary, says the church is in an exciting time of finding new directions and making choices about the
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
United Church’s main theological school has new principal from U.S.
Mark Toulouse comes from Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas, but says Canada and the U.S. have a long history of
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
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
United Church Women faces challenges as family time constraints rise
"There's no question, we were the backbone of the church," UCW president Joyce MacKinnon tells The Observer
United Church is putting money toward healing Indigenous relations
The General Council Executive is also creating an Aboriginal Ministries Council to bring together Indigenous ministries in the church and hiring seven
United Church carillonneur is endangered species, but he loves it
Gerald Martindale, who rings the carillon at Metropolitan United, is the United Church's only bell-ringer, but the musical discipline is growing in
United Church hospitals in remote areas are few but necessary
Over the years, the United Church has owned and staffed about 30 hospitals and medical clinics. Today, four remain
Blindness is a nuisance, but it carries blessings, too, minister says
Sharon Ballantyne is the United Church's first blind ordained minister. It's not about being a pioneer. It's about not letting fear get
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June 2025 Issue In this issue: Facing the next century with faith; How the legacy of the social gospel has shaped the United Church; The story of the Indigenous Church and a journey to right relations |
