Each day we are confronted with news about the trucker convoy. Each day we are asked to believe their rhetoric about the curtailing of rights and freedoms while excusing the symbols of hate, the coopting of the trauma of residential …
Responding to Changes in Provincial COVID-19 Restrictions
A Message from Executive Minister Treena Duncan Last week Author and Lutheran Minister Nadia Bolz Weber published a sermon called Between Exhaustion and the Deep. It’s based on Luke 5 where Jesus encourages fishermen who are tired after a …
SOULeader for Ministry Personnel
SOULeader is for Chinook Winds ministry personnel from our many diverse settings to come together in prayer, support and collegiality. SOULeader is hosted by the Ministry Personnel Support Working Group team and Regional Staff as part of our collective mission …
In Solidarity with Baptist 2SLGBTQ+ Community
From Vicki McPhee, Presider, and Treena Duncan, Executive Minister, Chinook Winds Regional Council The Chinook Winds Regional Council of The United Church of Canada in Central and South Alberta wishes to convey its solidarity with the Baptist 2SLGBTQ+ community of …
Featuring Communities of Faith & Ministries
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 …
Happy Lunar New Year, Friends
By Chris Mah Poy Although it’s been a difficult start to 2022, there is something rejuvenating about shedding the old year and welcoming the new. On February 1st 2022 we enter the third cycle of the Chinese Zodiac, saying farewell …
Introducing Fish Creek United Church
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 …
Invitation to the Chinook Winds Regional Campus Ministry Conversation
First Third Ministry is pleased to invite you to a Campus Ministry Conversation on Friday, January 28th or Saturday, January 29th. We’re grateful for this opportunity to give campus ministry leadership a platform to share experiences of campus ministry during …
Stephen Harper steps down as Pastoral Relations Minister
By Stephen Harper It is with much thought and consideration that I have decided to tender my resignation and end my time as the Pastoral Relations Minister of the Chinook Winds Regional Council. It is with a heavy heart that …
Indigenous Ministry Events for February through April
Right Relations Circle. Every fourth Tuesday each month. Zoom link HERE Wednesday, February 23 – Indigenous Pink Shirt Day (Anti-bullying day). More details and registration HERE. Tuesdays, March 8 through April 12. Lenten Series 2022. Wisdom of the Elders. Traditional …