We are currently looking for people for the opportunities listed below. We invite you to consider whether you might feel called to some of this work within the wider church. We also invite you to...
Author: Julie Graham
Congratulations to Drs Bonnie Morton and Peter Gilmer
Living Skies Regional Council offers its congratulations to Dr Bonnie Morton and Dr Peter Gilmer, recipients of Honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from St Andrew’s College in Saskatoon. The degrees...
Updated May 5, 2021: congregational annual meetings in 2021
On November 26 2020, the Sub-Executive of General Council approved the following, effective immediately. These remain in place until 30 June 2021, subject to earlier cancellation or further...
Seeking to Reduce Harm series, May 2021
May 12, 19, 26 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm SK time People are dying from substance use disorder in record numbers in Canada, and we as a society, and as a church, desperately need better ways to address...
Template for writing a proposal for Regional Council or General Council
Click here for the PDF version of the template and this article What is a proposal? Proposals call on the Regional Council or General Council to make a decision or set policy on behalf of the...
Call for a provincial ban on conversion therapy
Click here for a PDF version of this letter. From: Living Skies Regional Council of The United Church of Canada, Rev Tricia Gerhard, chairperson. To: Hon Scott Moe, Premier; Hon Paul Merriman,...
Regional Council signs on to call to stop Crown/ Treaty land sales
After consideration of past and current United Church apologies and commitments to Indigenous peoples, the Executive will sign on to a coalition letter to the provincial government that expresses...
ICM Spring 2021 update
Integrated Community Ministry (ICM) is a United Church of Canada ministry located in Saskatoon's core neighbourhood on the western edge of the downtown. Like so many community ministries, it is in a...
GC 44 Commissioners job description
Position description: Commissioners of the 44th General Council Please click here for the PDF version of this document. As the voting members of a General Council, Commissioners serve an essential...
UN Declaration learning event
Bill C-15: Step Forward or Step Back? Hearing Indigenous perspectives on the federal bill to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Tuesday, March 16, 2021:...
Getting ready for Pride!
June and summer are Pride festival months, and your community of faith’s support makes a positive difference. Have a look at these new resources, created with the help of people in our Regional Council.
https://livingskiesrc.ca/affirming-pride-resources/
