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  • Educating the Ministers of Tomorrow: Jennifer Janzen-Ball’s Work: YGM 2023: March 19. Mission & Service does a surprising amount of development in your local church, recruiting new ministers and funding…
  • Climate Justice through Cultural Movement: MandS 2024: July 14. Over four days, 50 passionate students from various regions of Bangladesh came together to address the critical issue of climate…

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Reflections on Restorative Justice: Rev. Stuart Lyster

A tireless advocate for restorative justice, we celebrate Rev. Stuart Lyster’s legacy of change and compassion with the Church Council on Justice and Corrections as it merges with the Canadian Council of Churches.
Portrait of Stuart Lyster

(Re)Generate: The Moderator’s Leadership School Equips Leaders for the Future

(Re)Generate participant Rev. Tim Bowman on how the Moderator’s Leadership program is building crucial leadership skills, inspiring deep connection, and strengthening networks of hope across the church.
A group of participants at (Re)Generate pose together

Lois Wilson’s Fearless Global Partnership

The Very Rev. Dr. Lois Wilson bore courageous witness following violence in South Korea. Rev. Won Hur tells how her actions modelled mutual radical partnership and strengthened a decades-long bond with our partners in faith.
Rev. Won Hur at podium speaking to the PROK assembly.

Youth Advocate for an End to Hunger on Parliament Hill

Amber Culley, Kyra Culp, and Dorcus Annika Yohan share their experiences of the Hunger on the Hill 2024 Young Voices program.
Large group of young people pose in front of Canadian Foodgrains Bank banner

Seek Peace and Pursue It

At the Minority Youth Forum, Sophie Fitzgerald could feel God moving through her and the other participants in order to understand the minority issues happening in Miyakojima, Japan.
An elderly woman holding a Newfoundland flag poses with a young woman.

Pursuing Peace from the Atlantic to the Pacific

For Ashley Keeping, the Minority Youth Forum in Miyakojima, Japan, proved how powerful it is to bring youth together to share their culture, their faith, and their stories.
Ashley Keeping stands in front of a sign in Japanese

Why Do You Have a Building?

The Rev. Brenna Baker invites us to tell a new story about our church buildings and what the community would lose if we didn’t have them.
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Chaplaincy as an Evolution of Ministry

Tips and best practices for mental health and well being from Lieutenant Commander (Padre) Earl Klotz.
Lieutenant Commander (Padre) Earl Klotz, in uniform, standing inside a submarine.

The Desert Gives Life

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Rev. David Boyd talks about his personal journey with depression.
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Wishing for a Better World

Rev. Cindy Bourgeois considers how a world without transphobia would improve the mental health of trans people.
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