Northern Spirit Regional Council

Grace United Church (Edmonton) Fall Bazaar
2022-11-19 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Edmonton) | Grace United Church, 6215 104 Ave, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Bake sale, new and new-to-you gifts, crafts and Christmas items.
Lunch for $10 – adults, $5 – children under 12.
Santa will be visiting from 11-1!

Ardrossan United Church - Turkey Supper
2022-11-19 17:00 - 20:00 | Ardrossan United Church, 22 Main Street, Ardrossan, AB, Canada
November 19, 2022
Two Settings 5:00 and 6:30pm
Adults: $25
Children $10
Under 6 Free
Call 780-464-7235
22 Main Street, Ardrossan

Live theatre: Join us for the play 5-South
2022-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 | St Paul’s United Church Grande Prairie, 10206 100 Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0V6, Canada
A One Act, Comedy Play – written and performed by Rebecca Merkley
This captivatingly honest, and often hilarious, solo performance revisits the author’s journey in the psych ward, secluded away on the 5th floor in the south wing of the hospital.
This is a fundraiser for St. Paul’s United Church, Grande Prairie – 10206 100 Avenue
Tickets are $20.00 (Adults); $15.00 (Seniors or Students)
In Person Tickets through GPLT Box Office 780-538-1616
Livestream Tickets through the Church Office 780-532-2415

Night: an exploration series
2022-11-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-12-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
This 6 part contemplative spirituality series will invite us to explore and embrace the theme of ‘Night’. We’ll explore and dig deeper into the meaning of celestial bodies, northern lights, nocturnal animals, and solstice and more! November 16 – December 21, 2022. 7:00pm -9:30pm MST on zoom. Cost: $88.00. Register at https://www.emberwood.ca/stillpoint/night
Emberwood is a project of Spiritual Seekers United in Community, affiliated with the United Church.

Christmas Craft Sale @ Spirit of Hope United Church
2022-11-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Spirit of Hope United Church, 7909 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Come celebrate the holiday season with us!
Christmas Craft Sale hosted by the Spirit of Hope United Church Ladies’ Group
Saturday, November 26, 2022 – 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Spirit of Hope United Church
7909 82 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6C 0Y1
Join us for fellowship and fun!
– Holiday gifts
– Seasonal baking
– Local vendors
– Crafts
– Beef on a bun
– Pie
– And more!

Songs for the Season
2022-11-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Camrose United Church, 4829-50 Street, Camrose, AB, T4V 1P6, Canada
Join us for the Camrose Camerata, the Camrose and area children’s choir, Embellish handbells, and more! All welcome. Freewill offering.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas
2022-11-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square Northwest & Corner of 99 Street &, 102 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 4X8, Canada
A BENEFIT FOR U of A STUDENT SUPPORT
Join in this festive tradition heralding Advent and Christmas through scripture readings and song. Thrill to the music of the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus and Handbell Ringers. Sing carols along with the Davis Concert Organ!
All Seats: $25 (plus service chg.); Winspear Box Office: (780) 428-1414.
Sponsors: University of Alberta Interfaith Chaplains & Mixed Chorus, and University of Alberta and The King’s University Departments of Music Benefit – U of A Student Support

Jesus and the Marginalized conversation and learning
2022-11-29 12:30 - 14:30 | Zoom
Jesus and the Marginalized: Jesus Christ for Koreans in The United Church of Canada author conversation, November 29, 11:30AM Pacific, 12:30PM Mountain, 1:30PM Central. Hosted by the Western Intercultural Ministries Network, a 90-minute workshop and followed by a brief annual meeting for this grassroots network of intercultural ministry that covers Western Canada. All welcome!
Jesus and the Marginalized: Jesus Christ for Koreans in The United Church of Canada, co-authored by Rev. Dr. Ohwang Kwon, and Dr. Don Schweitzer, explores the meaning of Jesus for Koreans in the United Church of Canada, and in the Canadian context. The authors discuss the marginality that Koreans experience in Canada and also examines how Jesus enables Koreans to withstand this, and live prophetically in their liminal situation. Join us for a conversation and small group discussion with Rev. Dr. Ohwang Kwon on this new book.
Rev. Dr Ohwang Kwon, MDiv, PhD, is currently minister at the United Churches in Stettler, Erskine and Big Valley, Alberta. He has served communities of faith in Canada, the United States and in the Republic of Korea engaged in diverse kinds of ministries. Rev. Dr. Kwon has a particular interest pursuing the solidarity between evangelism and ecumenism and by relating the gospel to current social and cultural issues such as democracy and justice.
Zoom details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86467673009
Meeting ID: 864 6767 3009

Western Intercultural Ministries Network workshop and AGM
2022-11-29 12:30 - 14:30 | Zoom
Jesus and the Marginalized: Jesus Christ for Koreans in The United Church of Canada author conversation, and short Network AGM: November 29, 11:30AM Pacific, 12:30PM Mountain, 1:30PM Central. Hosted by the Western Intercultural Ministries Network, a 90-minute workshop and followed by a brief annual meeting for this grassroots network of intercultural ministry that covers Western Canada. All welcome!
Jesus and the Marginalized: Jesus Christ for Koreans in The United Church of Canada, co-authored by Rev. Dr. Ohwang Kwon, and Dr. Don Schweitzer, explores the meaning of Jesus for Koreans in the United Church of Canada, and in the Canadian context. The authors discuss the marginality that Koreans experience in Canada and also examines how Jesus enables Koreans to withstand this, and live prophetically in their liminal situation. Join us for a conversation and small group discussion with Rev. Dr. Ohwang Kwon on this new book. Please click here for full details. Share widely.

Mill Woods United Church Christmas Craft Market
2022-12-03 10:00 - 16:00 | Mill Woods United Church, 15 Grand Meadow Cres, Edmonton, AB, T6L 1A1, Canada
December 03 from 10-4pm
The Christmas Market has been happening for over two decades. We have a variety of vendors selling items from handmade products to commercial vendors such as Norwex and Epicure on both floors of our church. There is usually a hot lunch with soup put together by our Heavenly Hospitality group for purchase at the downstairs concession on the date of the sale. Entry to our sale is by donation. This fundraiser supports the life and work of our church in the community of Mill Woods.

Weekly ministry personnel gatherings
2022-12-06 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-12-13 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-12-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
All Ministry Personnel are invited to join colleagues every Tuesday at 1pm over Zoom for conversation, support and information sharing. Vocational Minister, Laura Fouhse, will be hosting the gatherings while Earl is away. NOTE: we will not meet on December 27th. Join the Zoom meeting at:
Join the Zoom meeting at: https://united-church.zoom.us/j/87847286336?pwd=[REDACTED]

Ministry Personnel Lunch
2022-12-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Muttart Conservatory, 9626 96a St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6C 4L8, Canada
Please join your colleagues for an informal clergy lunch on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton. Please RSVP: catherine@stpaulsunited.org.

Talking Hands Spirited Arts Writing Workshop
2022-12-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 st, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1N3, Canada
Wednesday December 7, 7:00 to 9:00 pm, in the Club Room at Robertson-Wesley 10209 123 st.
This workshop will use simple hand gestures as our starting point to explore past and present together and to create written conversations, stories, poems, or other language pieces.

A Service of Lessons & Carols
2022-12-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 st, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1N3, Canada
December 11 at 4:00 pm at Robertson-Wesley 10209 123 st.
This gentle candlelight service is a classic tradition, with a series of scripture readings that take us through the story of God’s promise, Israel’s longing and waiting, and the fulfilment of the promise in the birth of Christ. In person and online: please click here.

Blue Christmas
2022-12-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123 st, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1N3, Canada
December 18 at 7:00 pm at Robertson-Wesley 10209 123 st.
Christmas is a holy time that is not always happy. It brings up so many memories that can heighten our feelings of grief or sadness, pain or loneliness. This is a service of quiet reflection, remembrance and peace. We hope that this service will bring a sense of peace in this sacred season with quiet music, scripture, silence and candle light. Everyone is welcome. In person and online: please click here.

Deep Winter Song
2022-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Southminster-Steinhauer United Church, 10740-19 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, T6J 6W9
Deep Winter Song Winter Solstice celebration, December 18, 2022, at 7pm MST, live at Southminster-Steinhauer United Church, 10740 19 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB.
Traditional and modern songs of winter, inspiring stories & poetry, angelic voices, delightful and mystical moods, beautiful projections, a time of Sacred Sound Journey, and a Solstice Fire Ritual.

Biblical Telling: A New Way Home
2023-02-03 - 2023-02-06 | Zoom
Storytellers from across Canada, India, the USA, and around the world gather to hone their bible telling skills and repertoire in a 2 ½-day Festival of Biblical Telling.
Workshops will cover a spectrum of topics: Biblical Telling 101, an introduction to performance criticism, biblical telling as a contemplative practice, sharing the Bible with children, starting small with little, tiny tellings, the ring shape found in biblical text, Deaf signing our telling, coaching from the world of drama on how to prepare a text, the connection between paperless music leading and paperless biblical telling, Godly Play, and the role of story in Indigenous wisdom and community.
You can find out more about us and the festival here.

Lighten Up: A Candlemas Contemplation
2023-02-03 09:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
“Lighten Up: A Candlemas Contemplation” … a Contemplative Gathering co-sponsored by St. Andrew’s College and the Living Skies Regional Council. Join us at either 10 am or 2 pm (Sask Time) on Friday Feb 3 for this hour-long contemplative pause as the light slowly returns.
Click here to register.
For more information, please be in touch with Dr. Bernon Lee, at bernon.lee@saskatoontheologicalunion.ca

Memorial Service for Omega Chilufya Bula
2023-02-06 06:00 - 08:00 | Zoom, Canada
Memorial Service for Omega Chilufya Bula: Monday February 6th 2023 at 8 AM EST (6 AM Mountain Time).
A great Tree has fallen
– (African proverb)
It is with broken hearts that people of The United Church of Canada mourn the passing of Omega Chilufya Bula, Beloved Justice Leader, Sister, Elder, Pioneer, Mentor, Friend and Colleague. Omega passed away in Lusaka, Zambia on January 31 2023. Her son Mwai Bula shared the sad news that Omega passed away from heart complications after a long battle with cancer.
Omega leaves an incomparable legacy of ecumenical leadership in the struggle for racial, gender, economic and social justice in her home country of Zambia, across the African continent, in The United Church of Canada, and globally. She served in the General Council Offices in the Division of World Outreach as Area Secretary for Southern Africa and Gender Justice, as the first-ever Racial Justice Minister, and as Executive Minister of the former Justice, Global and Ecumenical Relations (JGER) and Partners in Mission Units (PIM). Her commitment to partnership led to the formation of the Partner Council, and was instrumental in shaping the Principles of Global Partnership that guide the global partnership program of The United Church of Canada today.
The global ecumenical movement has lost one of its greatest leaders, and Omega will be deeply missed.
“Well done, good and faithful servant”.
(In Bemba): Ichibote cha kwa Lesa chende naimwe (God’s peace go with you)

The United Church of Canada is hosting an online space on Zoom on Monday, February 6th 2023 at 8 AM ET. where those who knew Omega Bula can gather to pray, to remember her, and to sing her soul to rest with God. Please join us. The Zoom link can be found on this page.
We ask for your help to share this email with those whom you know of who would wish to join the online memorial who may not be aware of the online gathering.
♥

Valentine’s Art Show and Tea @ Spirit of Hope United Church
2023-02-11 11:00 - 16:00 | Spirit of Hope United Church, 7909 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Join us for a delightful afternoon of tea, fellowship and art!
Date: February 11, 2023 – 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Spirit of Hope United Church (7909 82 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6C 0Y1)
Relax and enjoy a cup of tea while admiring artwork by local artists and connecting with others in the community.
Don’t miss out on this chance to connect and be inspired. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information, contact the Spirit of Hope United Church office at 780.468.1418 or officeadmin@spiritofhope.ca

Mill Woods Previously Loved Jewelry and Scarves Fundraiser
2023-02-11 13:00 - 17:00 | Mill Woods United Church, 15 Grand Meadow Cres, Edmonton, AB, T6L 1A1, Canada
SAVE THE DATE !
Saturday February 11, 1:00 – 5:00 PM.
Come, bring a friend for coffee, browse, or shop!!
CASH ONLY
Mill Woods United Church
15 Grand Meadow Crescent
(780)463 2202
