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Living Skies Regional Council news
Rendez Vous 2020: Video Recordings of Keynote Speakers
Rendez-Vous 2020 Re-Imagined was an inspirational online community of faith for UCC youth, young adults, and their leaders. For four days, people from across the country (and throughout the world)...
New Visitor Guidelines for hospitals and care homes
Lorna King, South Saskatchewan United Church Hospital Chaplain has provide us with new guidelines for visiting hospitals and care homes. Updated Visitors Guidelines
New Wine: Western Intercultural Ministry gathering online this fall
We can’t gather in Calgary as originally planned, but we can come together online, even bigger than before! Join us for part 2 of last year’s cross-Canada gathering of people committed to the United...
Church Ninja! Care Packages for Children’s Ministry
Creating a “Church-Ninja” Package is a fun, easy, and pretty inexpensive way to remind the children of your community of faith that you’re thinking of them this summer. Church Ninja Instructions...
Video on faith journeys of transgender Christians: free access for our Regional Council
Belonging in the Body asks transgender Christians to talk about their faith journey, and they do so with deep insight, grace, and love. This video is an excellent and important resource, and three...
June 2020 – Women’s Network Newsletter
The June 2020 issue of the Women's Network Newsletter has been posted to the Women's Network page. See the full newsletter for the latest from Mary. You can find it here .
Regional Council statement: Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Lives Matter. Committing to racial justice matters. This statement in PDF format.. Living Skies Regional Council affirms that Black Lives Matter. We condemn the...
Conversation: Breaking the Gender Binary, One Word at a Time
Join us Wednesday June 24, 5:00PM in BC, 6:00PM in AB, NWT, and SK, 7:00PM in MB and NW ON, 8:00PM in ON and QC, 9:00PM in the Maritimes, and 9:30PM in NL (for you night owls). Our formal time will...
Guidelines notice: New worship numbers
There are lots of questions regarding the newest changes to the maximum number of people at a worship service in the Re-Open Saskatchewan Guidelines. The updated guidelines state:
Delivering services virtually or through remote delivery such as drive-in service is recommended.
The total number of people participating in the services cannot exceed 30 per cent of seating capacity or 150 people, whichever is less.
To safely support larger groupings of individuals – and where seating area allows adequate physical distancing of two metres between individuals or family units – multiple groups of 30 are permitted. These groups must be separated by five metres.
Resources for Black and Indigenous Lives Matter
Heather Driedger, Executive Director of Parkland Restorative Justice, a Living Skies partner, writes: "I've spent the last few days going over various anti-racism materials being passed around...
