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Everyday Skeptics Show Us Prophetic Risk

Everyday Skeptics: Devotions for Spiritual Growth is the new United Church Lenten devotional for 2019. It features reflections from United Church partners who do local and global ministry, often in challenging situations of "prophetic risk." We spoke with the editor of the book… Read more

Lenten book editor Alydia Smith, dressed in a long purple dress and detailed necklace, sits in a large comfy to read a copy of the book "Everyday Skeptics."

Freezies, Games, Prayer, (and More Freezies)

In the summer of 2018, our church decided to try Vacation Bible School camp (VBS).

The last time the United Church had organized a Vacations Bible School in the Gatineau Hills was circa 1955. Unsure of whether we could do this alone, Église Grace United Church asked our Anglican… Read more

A group of campers at the Vacation Bible School hold a bunch of snails and slugs.

Being Formed

The word “formation” makes me think of fashioning something out of raw material — perhaps with the hands, like a piece of wood or a lump of clay or a garment.

I love to sing and I’ve learned that, aside from breathing, the most important factor in singing well is how you form… Read more

A potter's hands covered with wet clay and shaping a vessel on the pottery wheel in India.

A Gathering of Nations

Author Adam Kilner was one of the United Church participants in the World Council of Churches' Conference on World… Read more

The author Adam Kilner looking out over the Tanzanian landscape.

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