COVID-19 has challenged us to find ways to serve and reach our people and communities in new ways. Through the recent Chinook Winds Technology and Ministry survey this past Summer, Tech volunteers, Ministry Personnel and Church staff identified your accelerated …
A message from Executive Minister Treena Duncan Friends, Today, Chinook Winds Region has enjoyed the sun again with beautiful blue skies after the howling winter winds and snow over the weekend. The seasons have changed, and our gaze falls towards …
With COVID-19 and most communities of faith in Chinook Winds offering worship online, church leaders have also been concerned that no one gets missed — particularly older congregants who aren’t tech-savvy. Some older church members just won’t go online and …
Looking for ways to participate in weekday or Sunday worship? The following are available in Chinook Winds Region (Central and South Alberta): Sunday Morning Worship Bashaw- Ponoka (AB) United Churches — Rising Spirit 10:30 am MT. Prairie Spirit Pastoral Charge …
Ronald Heifetz, author of The Practice of Adaptive Leadership and Leadership without Easy Answers was the Theme Speaker at the Pacific Mountain Region’s General Meeting in October. Heifetz applied his research on adaptive leadership to faith communities providing sound insight to how Ministers and …
Originally to take place in-person in Calgary and Vancouver last March, Leaning into the Future without Fear will now happen in November over three Tuesday mornings Below Matt Miofsky offers a two-minute introduction to the online seminars that will be offered on November 10, …
St. Matthew’s United Church, Calgary, worshipped for the last time in its building last Sunday but its ministry will continue to live on in new and significant ways. Sunday’s decommissioning service took place as a result of two years of faithful, …
The Chinook Winds Community of Faith Strategy Group would like to let you know that through the generosity of Mission and Service Fund donors, another season of Mission Grant Funding Proposals will be received for 2021 during October. The …
Geoffrey Simmins joins the staff of Chinook Winds Region in September 2020 as the Hospital Ministry Coordinator. This 10-hour per week time-limited position, generously supported by the Mission and Service Fund, is an exciting initiative led by Wilma Clark and …
With Radical Inclusion as theme for the Chinook Winds Regional Council’s Meeting September 15-17, worship leaders sought out artwork from within Alberta that depicted the theme. Chinook Winds Region Presiding Officer Helen Reed and Vicki McPhee, Symons Valley United Church …
