Your gifts to Mission and Service should be celebrated, and what better place than in worship. Mission and Service provides clean water, food, shelter, medical aid, community of faith support, refugee programs, and emergency aid, both in Canada and globally.
Please use these resources to tell the story of the generosity and compassion shown through your support.
Remember, Stories = Minutes for Mission. An updated name for the same great resources.
Worship Ideas
- Mission and Service Stories - June 01: Advocating for Sexual and Gender Minorities (PowerPoint) (93.77 KB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for June 1 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - June 08: Still Called Still Committed Still Together (PowerPoint) (158.95 KB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for June 8 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - June 15: A Time to Grieve, a Space to Heal (PowerPoint) (138.03 KB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for June 15 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - June 22: Gathering to Remember, Reconnect, and Renew (PowerPoint) (1.1 MB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for June 22 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - June 29: Healing with Horses (PowerPoint) (1.94 MB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for June 29 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - May 04: Faith in Every Word: The Mohawk Bible Translation (PowerPoint) (356.52 KB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for May 4 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - May 11: Learning About God's Love (PowerPoint) (126.46 KB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for May 11 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - May 18: Rooted in History, Reaching for Tomorrow (PowerPoint) (157.97 KB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for May 18 in PowerPoint form.
- Mission and Service Stories - May 25: A Story of Cultural Resilience (PowerPoint) (1.2 MB) (PowerPoint): Mission and Service Story for May 25 in PowerPoint form.
- Us and All of Us: Sermon (50.03 KB) (Word): A Mission and Service sermon.
- Us and All of Us: Sermon video: This sermon by the Rev. Dave Jagger draws on Matthew 22:34-40. It reminds us that our gifts to Mission and Service make it possible for us to love even more people and let even more people know they are loved by God.
- Us and All of Us: Slides (1.31 MB) (PowerPoint): A Mission and Service sermon slide presentation.
Related Material
- Five Easy Ways to Promote Mission and Service (14.01 MB) (PDF): Simple steps United Churches can take to promote Mission and Service on Sundays.
- Make A Gift Through Mission & Service Today!: Help transform and save lives, inspire meaning and purpose, and build a better world.
- Mission and Service Stories: 2024 (140.79 KB) (Word): Share these stories of the amazing work of Mission and Service in services, newsletters, and face-to-face conversations.
- Mission and Service Stories: Jan-April 2025 (111.68 KB) (Word): Share these stories of the amazing work of Mission and Service in services, newsletters, and face-to-face conversations.
- Mission and Service Stories: May - June 2025 (104.37 KB) (Word): Share these stories of the amazing work of Mission and Service in services, newsletters, and face-to-face conversations.
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