The United Church of Canada

The United Church is asking its members to contact their MP and federal ministers of Health and Agriculture to call for a suspension of bee-killing agro-toxins in Canada.

Dr. Johanna Selles is named as the 2013 recipient of the United Church’s Davidson Trust Award.

The United Church of Canada has joined other churches in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to express deep concern about the crises in the Middle East.

The Comprehensive Review Task Group has extended facilitated conversations with pastoral charges and faith communities until October 2013.

The United Church is hosting a consultation for people with disabilities, and their allies, July 19-20, 2013, in Toronto, Ontario.

The Executive of the General Council has approved a 2014 budget plan for the General Council Office that reduces costs by more than $5 million and includes significant reductions in staff and grants.

All courts of The United Church of Canada and related investment bodies are encouraged to invest their assets responsibly.

Norman Williams, from Ottawa, has been appointed by the United Church to serve as an ecumenical accompanier in the WCC’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

The United Church is deeply saddened by the killing of a Syrian Orthodox deacon and the abduction of two Syrian Orthodox bishops from Aleppo.

Gathering is inviting congregations to send in worship ideas to share with other churches.

A prayer for the victims of this week’s bombings in Boston and Iraq.