Photo gallery and music and video resources below
What a wonderful four days of inspirational talks, music, business, hearing about the work of the wider church and participating in theme sessions and workshops to enliven our ministries! The Chinook Winds Regional Gathering 2024 took place at McDougall United Church, Calgary, from May 2-5, with people attending in person and online. The meeting culminated with the Celebration of Ministry service on May 5 with the admission, commissioning and ordination of nine people (above photo by Richard Betts).
Thank you to the many volunteers including those of the theme and worship committee chaired by Andria Irwin, who curated multi-faceted theme sessions for the event theme, Glimmers of Glory: Holding the Light. The theme drew inspiration from Stuart Kestenbaum’s poem, Holding the Light.
We were also blessed with more than 30 local arrangements volunteers from McDougall, Ogden and Red Deer Lake United Churches who were involved in hosting refreshments, welcoming, moving tables and chairs, decorating, live-streaming technical support and more!
You’ll find all of the following in this special edition of the Chinook Winds newsletter
- 75-photo gallery
- music resources from the meeting
- video resource links
- our new General Council commissioners
- our new Chinook Winds Executive members
- those admitted, ordained, commissioned to the order of ministry