Meet United Church generosity in action through stories you can share in person or on social media.

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Credit: Simon Chambers/ACT Alliance

Mission and Service Stories (formerly called Minutes for Mission) are for sharing with our faithful supporters to show them the amazing work their gifts make possible. These stories can be used in services, in newsletters, and in face-to-face conversations. The more they're shared, the more people will understand just how life-changing Mission and Service is! To see videos of some of the work visit our YouTube channel.

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Gifts with Vision: A Gift to All

Published On: October 4, 2024

MandS 2024: November 24. This Christmas, help transform lives throughout Canada and around the world through Gifts with Vision.

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Farmers work together in a field in Zimbabwe

Supporting Community Resilience in Zimbabwe

Published On: October 4, 2024

MandS 2024: November 17. In partnership with Mission and Service and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, the Scaling Up Resilience Project focuses on practical solutions to drought and food shortages.

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Members of the University of Guelph Ecumenical Campus Ministry pose together

Accompanying Young Adults Through Transformative Years

Published On: October 4, 2024

MandS 2024: November 3. Partnered with Mission and Service, the Ecumenical Campus Ministry at the University of Guelph has supported young adults through some of the most transformative years of their lives.

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School farm participants stand next to their crops

Hope and Transformation

Published On: September 5, 2024

MandS 2024: October 27. Partnered with Mission and Service, the Association of Economic and Social Development Santa Marta (ADES) has launched a transformative agroecology project, bringing hope to rural farmers.

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The words 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism against abstract stained glass

Our Journey towards Becoming an Anti-Racist Church

Published On: September 5, 2024

MandS 2024: October 6. The United Church of Canada has committed to becoming an anti-racist denomination, and this work is an ongoing journey for everyone. Your Mission and Service gifts support expanding this crucial initiative each year.

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Aerial view of a northern Canadian lake with fall colours.

Update: Pastors Retreat—Respite and Reflection

Published On: August 9, 2024

MandS 2024: September 29. Thanks to your expression of compassion through Mission and Service, the Pastors Retreat will happen.

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Nothing Can Hold Us Back

Published On: July 11, 2024

MandS 2024: August 18. Audacious Hope was the first-ever collaborative youth event by The United Church of Canada and The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

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Minority Youth Forum: The Power of Bringing Youth Together

Published On: July 11, 2024

MandS 2024: August 11. Your generosity through Mission and Service helps programs like the Minority Youth Forum in Japan that inspire peace and learning.

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A man wearing a black hoodie and baseball cap stands in a hallway holding his drawing of Indigenous people.

Building and Strengthening Community through Art

Published On: March 11, 2024

MandS 2024: April 21. Your Mission and Service gifts are having an impact on the lives of Edmontonians facing poverty and houselessness.

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Five older African women are seated on the porch of a building holding parcels and shopping bags.

Accompanying Grandmothers

Published On: January 16, 2024

MandS 2024: March 3. Your Mission and Service gifts gave grandmothers the opportunity to help their pastors learn to do better by connecting their love for their grandchildren to God’s love for all.

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