COVID-19 Coronavirus News

Important notice: this page is now archived.

Our updates have become infrequent enough that the newsfeed on this page is now archived. Please carefully check the date on any post that you view.
As always throughout this pandemic, we ask that you please refer first and always to provincial and federal sources, as well to your local government or band council and your Member of Parliament and provincial or territorial representative as needed. These sources shape our decision-making and responsibilities, and will guide responses from The United Church of Canada.

For all national United Church of Canada updates, keep visiting here. See also:
Health Canada                Government of Saskatchewan

For resources on discerning and planning re-opening of your building, please click here. (January 2023)

Resources for Re-opening summer 2021:  COVID considerations – Sept 2021      Step 3 Re-opening Plan Template (download)
For Vaccine Mandate – November 29, 2021 –  Downloadable Sample Tenant Waiver

The newsfeed below includes Regional Council news about the COVID-19 pandemic, and some national updates.

Lifting of Restrictions

Lifting of Restrictions

Printable PDF February 11, 2022 Dear Members of Living Skies Regional Council, Greetings to you on this beautiful February day.  I am reaching out to touch base with you as we begin to navigate the...

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Lifting of Restrictions

Omicron Concerns

Printable PDF January 11, 2022 To the People of Living Skies Regional Council, It was my hope that we would enter the New Year without having to write yet another letter to you regarding COVID and...

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Lifting of Restrictions

Proof of Vaccine (PoV) for Churches

December 2, 2021                                                                                 Printable PDF Dear Friends, This is a follow up to the letter that I released yesterday regarding the...

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Regional Council gathering 2021

The 2021 Living Skies Regional Gathering was held June 4-6 online. Please click here for all related documents.

United Church News

Leaders of Canada’s mainstream Protestant churches met with government officials today in Ottawa to urge Canada to further advocate for a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. Read More

On the heels of Earth Week, The United Church of Canada released its second Sustainability Report, which highlights the work it is doing to combat the climate crisis through a lens of four climate… continue reading Read More

For Earth Week 2023, the United Church is pleased to share our new Sustainability Report for 2021-2022! Read More

In her Easter message, Moderator Carmen Lansdowne invites us to set our minds to that radical hope that is the Easter promise. In that hope, what can we imagine together? Read More

The United Church of Canada urges the government to fulfill its legal obligations to uphold refugees’ right to protection. Read More