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Living Skies Regional Council news
General Council Youth Forum 2022 (Updated)
Youth Delegates to General Council Youth Forum (GC 44) July 22-26, 2022 Calgary, AB A total of four youth, ages 15-18 (as of July 2022), will be selected to represent Living Skies Region at GC 44 in...
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...
National action: Create a universal basic income program
Introduction Poverty is a reality for too many Canadians, and can happen very quickly to anyone- as COVID has reminded us. A universal basic income would help address the persistent inequities...
The Saskatchewan Anti-Poverty Act
This article is excerpted from The Brief, 2018, SK Conference of the United Church of Canada. The Brief is composed of annual meeting policy decisions or recommendations by the membership of the...
September 2020 – Women’s Network Newsletter
The September 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 .
Living Skies Regional gathering online, October 28 and November 4
COVID forced us to let go of our much-anticipated in-person gathering in Humboldt this past May, but we have new plans in place now. The second-ever regional gathering of Living Skies Regional...
Saskatchewan faith leaders issue statement on suicide prevention
18 faith leaders have attached their names to the statement released on World Suicide Prevention Day Sept. 10, calling upon the Government of Saskatchewan to establish a comprehensive and effective...
Pastoral letter on re-opening from the chair of the Regional Council
Living Skies Regional Council chair Rev. Tricia Gerhard offers some further perspectives and updates on the difficult discernment of re-opening our buildings or returning to in-person worship or...
Services of celebration for ordinands and admittands
With joy and gratitude, Living Skies Regional Council invites you to join in celebrating the following milestones in these faith journeys: 25 September: Service of admission and covenanting for Rev....
Action invitation for SK: stand up for children’s rights
Action invitation for SK: stand up for children’s rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Imagine having the military force their way into your house in the middle of the night, isolate your...
