Three rows of young adults from different countries pose in front of a blackboard in a classroom.

Rising above Tragedy to Transform Lives

Published On: June 13, 2022

YGM 2022: July 3. Each year, the Asian Rural Institute, supported through your Mission and Service gifts, invites 25‒30 rural leaders from other countries to learn sustainable agriculture techniques in Japan.

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Your Gifts Support Displaced People in Ukraine

Published On: May 13, 2022

YGM 2022: June 5. In an unimaginably difficult time, your gifts are not only helping to provide necessities they are also showing the people of Ukraine you care.

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Four young children wearing masks sit together at the top of a playground slide.

Learning Racism at a Young Age

Published On: April 19, 2022

YGM 2022: May 29. Your Mission & Service gifts support anti-racism programs and initiatives.

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In a crowded refugee centre people sit or stand around beds lined up along the walls.

Food and Hygiene Kits for Ukraine

Published On: April 19, 2022

YGM 2022: May 8. Gifts with Vision―the United Church’s giving catalogue―has just unveiled its latest gifts to help people fleeing the war in Ukraine, 90 percent of them women and children.

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A teenage boy stands in the window of a stone house in Palestine.

Taken and Detained: 17-Year-Old Khalil’s Story

Published On: April 19, 2022

YGM 2022: May 1. Your generosity through Mission & Service supports DCIP Palestine, an advocacy organization defending children’s rights.

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Woman and child at the Hungary/Ukraine border

Acting Together for Ukraine

Published On: March 18, 2022

YGM 2022: April 3. Your generosity through Mission & Service has long supported ACT’s humanitarian relief and advocacy efforts.

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Two women in Haiti unload filled bags from the back of a pickup truck

Haiti: How Your Generosity Is Helping

Published On: December 1, 2021

YGM 2022: January 23. Since August 2014, your generous gifts to the Haiti Emergency Appeal have been helping people rebuild their lives.

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Image: A smiling Palestinian woman works beside the chute of a steel machine.

A Step toward Peace

Published On: October 21, 2021

M4M 2021: November 7. Every step we take to support Palestinian families like Leila’s brings us a step closer to peace and justice.

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A picture of the renovated sanctuary at St. Paul's United Church Orillia.

A Church’s “Green” Vision Takes Root and Grows

Published On: February 23, 2021

St. Paul’s United Church in Orillia, Ont. turn their church “inside out” for the benefit of the community and the environment.

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Narlene Britton-Walfall

My Story: Marlene Britton-Walfall, Diaconal Minister

Published On: May 15, 2017

Marlene shares the story of her call to leadership: “The opportunity to share with people in various spheres of life has been the greatest part of ministry.”

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