By Les Pearson, Board Chair This Epiphany Season is the right time to update you on our ministry’s progress of the Medicine Hat College Ecumenical Campus Ministry. The Board’s “glad tidings” include that beginning in late October and until January …
Affirming Ministries Regional Check-in on January 17, 2022
An invitation for Affirming Ministries in Chinook Winds Region for 2022!The Chinook Winds Affirming Working Group invites you to an Affirming Ministries Regional-Wide Check-in. Let’s begin the New Year with some sharing and ideas on Affirming Ministry plans for 2022. …
New Year’s Land Acknowledgement
Tony Snow, Chinook Winds Region’s Indigenous Minister: “The new year is a time to reflect on what we have been through and the steps we are taking to move forward. “Though we enter this year with hesitancy and some trepidation, …
Indigenous Christmas Eve Service 2021
The Indigenous Ministry Christmas Eve service with the Chinook Winds Region went live at noon on December 24, 2021. Many First Nations continue to follow their form of Christian faith while lifting up the Indigenous traditions and teachings of their …
Considering Omicron & In-Person Gatherings
By Treena Duncan, Executive Minister Friends,I have been receiving many emails wondering whether it’s safe to continue to gather in person. Throughout this pandemic, we have been called again and again to make difficult choices, to wade through the politics and …
God With Us, a Christmas Message from Presiding Officer Vicki McPhee
As we move towards the glad tidings and joy of Christmas Eve, I am reminded that our celebration of the Christ Child’s birth does not end when we leave church on Friday evening – or when the Livestream/Zoom worship service …
An Advent/Christmas Message from Treena Duncan
‘On this darkest day of the year, I offer prayers of thanksgiving for each you’ Also, Reminder of Current COVID-19 Restrictions for December 2021 Today is Solstice, the shortest, darkest day of the year. As many of you know, the …
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Province delays implementation of K-6 curriculum By Chris Mah Poy, Justice and Networks Support & First Third Animator, Chinook Winds Region This week, Alberta Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange announced that it would delay the implementation of the province’s draft …
Update from Chinook Winds Regional Executive
By Vicki McPhee, Presiding Officer The Chinook Winds Region (CWR) Executive met in mid-November. Once again, I find myself feeling grateful for the technology that permits us to gather from our many different locations. We are not meeting in person, …
The Four Vision Quests of Jesus
Indigenous Advent Study 2021 This year we explore the intersection of Indigenous faith and Christian Advent through the work of Bishop Steven Charleston (Choctaw Nation) “The Four Vision Quests of Jesus”. Join us in this journey of Indigenous Spirituality to …