Stories of Our Faith

Hands that look like Jesus' hold out bread to another person's hands.

Teetering on the Brink of a Global Hunger Crisis

Published On: September 19, 2022

YGM 2022: October 16. The pandemic as well as wheat shortages resulting from the war in Ukraine have catapulted us to the brink of a massive hunger crisis.

Margaret Tusz-King speaks with a farmer in Kenya

Creating a More Just and Loving World

Published On: July 14, 2022

Margaret Tusz-King served on the Canadian Foodgrains Bank Board for nine years. We asked Margaret about her time on the Board and heard her wisdom and advice for future Board members.

Aid workers load boxes of relief supplies onto pallets outdoors.

Gifts with Vision at Work in Ukraine

Published On: June 13, 2022

YGM 2022: July 31. Providing emergency food and hygiene kits is one way your generous support of Mission & Service partners is helping support Ukrainian refugees.

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 & Service gifts, invites 25‒30 rural leaders from other countries to learn sustainable agriculture techniques in Japan.

A woman in her 30s looks into the camera. In the background we see a room decorated with children's art and toys.

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.

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.

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.