The words No! War are painted three times in yellow and orange on a wall.

Mission & Service Partner Urges Banning Killer Robots

Published On: October 20, 2022

YGM 2022: November 6. Your generosity through Mission & Service supports the work of the World Council of Churches in urging governments to ban autonomous weapons systems.

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Falling in Love with Earth

Published On: September 19, 2022

YGM 2022: October 30. Your gifts through Mission & Service support unique, transformative ministries like Green Exodus.

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A man standing in a truck hands stacks of boxed food to a woman on the ground.

Update: Your Generosity at Work in Ukraine

Published On: September 19, 2022

YGM 2022: October 23. Your generosity is helping to provide life-saving support to people affected by the war in Ukraine through our global partnerships.

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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.

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Thank God for You

Published On: September 19, 2022

YGM 2022: October 9. This Thanksgiving, the Mission & Service team of the Philanthropy Unit is pausing to give thanks for you—our donors.

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There’s One Church—the Universal One

Published On: September 19, 2022

YGM 2022: October 2. Thank you for supporting worldwide ecumenical efforts to build a better world through Mission & Service.

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Two young women dressed in Indigenous Guatemalan clothing stand in front of a building in Japan.

Agricultural Training in a Year of Unprecedented Hunger

Published On: August 15, 2022

YGM 2022: September 11. Your Mission & Service gifts are working to address hunger by supporting agricultural training centres like the Asian Rural Institute, based in Japan.

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Four hands in different skin colours are clasped at the wrists to form an interlocking square.

End Racism. Build Peace.

Published On: July 26, 2022

YGM 2022: September 18. Your support through Mission & Service helps us as a whole United Church work toward a world free of racism and racial discrimination.

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A Church with an Extraordinary View

Published On: July 25, 2022

YGM 2022: September 4. Canadian churches grace unique places. Perhaps the most serene of all settings, though, is a national park.

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A small church covered in weathered grey clapboard is surrounded by trees, with a historic plaque and the Canadian and Union Jack flags to one side.

Small Church with Big History Attracts Pilgrims

Published On: July 19, 2022

YGM 2022: August 28. Your generosity through Mission & Service helps ensure that Old Hay Bay Church will continue to be a place of pilgrimage for years to come.

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