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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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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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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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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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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My Story: Adam Kilner, Ordained Minister

Published On: December 10, 2015

Adam shares the story of his call to leadership: "If you're in it to make a difference, make sure you believe in the resurrection…. The church…requires ministers of great courage."

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My Story: Hewitt T. Holmes, Ordained Minister

Published On: December 10, 2015

Hewitt shares the story of his call to leadership: "From an earlier age of 9, I knew that ministry was my calling and vocation. I [was] always…willing to have deep conversations with people about God."

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My Story: Carolyn Wilson Wynne, Diaconal Minister

Published On: December 10, 2015

Carolyn shares the story of her call to leadership: "The greatest part of ministry is the people with whom I celebrate and lament."

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My Story: The Rev. Dr. John Joseph Mastandrea, Ordained Minister

Published On: December 10, 2015

John shares the story of his call to leadership: "My minister ... suggested that I enter ministry. At first glance I thought he was out of his mind. After much prayer and reflection ministry called me with the holy sledge hammer."

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My Story: Melanie Kirk, Ordained Minister

Published On: December 10, 2015

Melanie shares the story of her call to leadership: "It is an exciting and challenging time to be part of the church… I rejoice for all the various ways that the United Church is wrestling with what it means to be church in this time."

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