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.
Re-opening buildings discernment and planning resources
As we begin to discuss opening our buildings to various gatherings and needs, we know that complex discernment and planning that will be necessary before any doors can be opened. Lay leadership and...
Media release: SK Faith Leaders on re-opening places of worship
Soon after the release of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, faith leaders from across Saskatchewan gathered online to discuss the re-opening of places of worship. We drafted a letter asking the Saskatchewan government to work together with faith communities to develop responsible guidelines bringing places of worship within the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.
Letter on re-opening from the Regional Council leadership
To the members, ministers, and staff of the Communities of Faith within Living Skies Region, Greetings to you during this “unprecedented time.” On almost a daily basis we are reminded that this...
Groups concerned about low levels of SK funding for emergency housing
In late April 2020 Saskatoon churches, including United congregations and Integrated Community Ministries, stepped up to furnish some desperately needed transitional housing for people who have...
Invitation: Letters of encouragement to inmates
Parkland Restorative Justice is a funded partner of Living Skies Regional Council and works with federal inmates. They write, "Prison is a lonely place at the best of times. The volunteers in our...
Re-opening resource from the national church
From the national church: An important three-part resource on "re-opening" considerations and practices. Thank you to the many people involved in thinking carefully about the many practical,...
Re-opening guidance-Executive Minister
PDF version of this letter Warm greetings to you all, As I write this letter I am enjoying the sunshine and warmer weather on my balcony, one of the privileges of working from home. Yet, I am very...
Updated emergency financial information
The national church has updated key information on emergency finances. Your homepage for all COVID related finances is here. Updated information includes a new summary of United Church-related...
News from the South Saskatchewan Hospital Chaplaincy
Our world has changed so drastically in recent weeks with the changes we have had to make to protect ourselves and each other, to save our communities and our world from being engulfed by the...
COVID Call to Action from the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry
A Call to Action from the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry During this Time of Pandemic Summary: This pandemic has shut down many of the supports for the most vulnerable. Please: contact the provincial...
