As part of our Featuring Communities of Faith and Ministries in Chinook Winds Region, Regional Representative Mary Shearer writes from Ralph Connor Church in Canmore, AB. You’re encouraged to send stories about your own community of faith or ministry. Check …

We’re introducing a new project to empower us all to get to know the Communities of Faith and Ministries around Chinook Winds Region. Chinook Winds Region’s newsletters readers have shown that they want to hear about their United Church neighbours …

By Shelley Spence, Regional Representative Since 2013 the Faith Communities of St. Andrew’s United Church and Deer Park United Church in Calgary have worshipped together, celebrating our faith, and the presence of God in our lives. Over the past eight …

With dedicated volunteers and visiting clergy and musicians, Waterton United Church has a unique mission in Waterton Lakes National Park. Carol Watt, Waterton’s Council Secretary and ‘Keeper of the Keys,’ writes about the church’s evolving ministry. Waterton Lakes National Park …

 While COVID-19 eroded its previous fundraising methods, Sundre (AB) United Church initiated conversations in its community to reach out beyond its building in new ways.      Sundre United’s Joyce Wicks approached the former owner of the local IGA, Tom Mennear, who was …

By Rev. Marie Wedderburn   During the pandemic St. Andrew’s United, DeWinton, has stayed connected with one another in a variety of ways. At the beginning of the pandemic, we initiated a “buddy system” in which we agreed to stay …

By Arlene Hepburn,Regional Representative St. Andrew’s United Church Council, Cochrane recently approved being part of a local Helping Hands Society project to set up a Free Food Shed, that will complement Cochrane’s Food Bank. The intent is that donations not normally …