Why PIE? PIE = Public. Intentional. Explicit. Those are the standards we hold ourselves to when we seek to live into being Affirming people and communities by, for, and with Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+...
Category: LGBTQIA+ Affirming
First United in Swift Current featured in the news
Congratulations to our friends at First United Swift Current for a local story featuring their thorough and creative Affirming process! Knowing that the journey to this point has already sent a...
An introduction to Living Skies Affirming Task Group
In John 13:34 Jesus states “and now I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another”. As children of God through our thoughts and actions each of us...
Conversion therapy ban petition to the SK government
The Affirming committee of Grosvenor Park United Church in Saskatoon, Treaty Six, invites the people of Living Skies Regional Council to share in its call to the provincial government to outright...
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,...
Actions against conversion therapy in SK
There are lots of updates to share: Congratulations to communities of faith in Saskatoon who were part of the successful push to create a city bylaw banning the practice of “conversion” or...
Solidarity with Rev Lee Dong-hwan, Methodist Church in Korea
The United Church of Canada has many rich and long-standing partnerships with Christian denominations in South Korea. Here in Canada, we are blessed by many Korean and Korean-Canadian ministers, lay...
Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is internationally recognized on November 20th every year. This day raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people; it is a day to publicly...
Banning Conversion Therapy in Saskatchewan
Any community of faith or member of the Regional Council can submit a proposal to the annual meeting of the Regional Council or the Executive. This year, Grosvenor Park United Church has submitted...
Background on Remit 1 and voting on it
Remit 1 proposes a simple but very important gender-inclusive change to the language describing who is eligible to be a minister. Please find here a short resource to help voting delegates and the...
Regional Council Meeting 2024
The 2024 Living Skies Regional Gathering was held 13-15 June 2024 at the Saskatoon Travelodge hotel and conference centre, and the Celebration of Ministries was held to a full house and much joy at Knox United Church June 16. See all details under Governance/ Regional Gathering.
