Loving our neighbour and ourselves …
The 3rd Annual Meeting of Northern Spirit Regional Council will be held online via Zoom, Tuesday, May 4 and Thursday, May 6. 2021.
The sessions will be from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm (MDT).
A major item on the Agenda will be the election of Commissioners to the 44th General Council, meeting online in July, 2022. Nominations are now being sought for Commissioners from the Northern Spirit Regional Council.
To read the General Council Commissioner Position Description, please click here.
Nominations will be received using the Expression of Interest and Nominations Form found here.
Information about submitting Proposals to the Regional Council and/or the General Council can be found here.
The registration information and form will be sent to Communities of Faith, Ministry Personnel and Lay Representatives.
Communities of Faith: please submit to the Regional Council Office the names and contact information for your Lay Representatives, so that no one is missed.
As more information about the 3rd Annual Regional Council Meeting becomes available, it will be posted to this web page.
3rd Annual Meeting Workbook:
Regional Council Information, Business Items, Reports, and more Reports. This is the place to find out what will be addressed during the two online sessions, and to catch up on what has been “going on behind the scenes” in the Northern Spirit Regional Council.
As material is submitted it will be posted, and the links below will be enabled.
Regional Council Info
Pastoral Relations Status Report
Nominations Report
(Who’s Who in the Regional Council)
Accountability Reports
Western Intercultural Ministry Network
Women of the United Church Network
Annual Meeting Materials
Proposals for NSRC Action (Revised Actions after May 4 feedback)
Inaugural Regional Council Meeting (2019) Draft Minutes
2nd Annual Regional Council Meeting (2020) Draft Minutes
Meeting and Business Procedures
General Council Commissioner Nominees
Proposal 1: Community of Faith Meeting Quorum
Proposal 2: Commemorate Emancipation Sunday
Proposal 4: Expressing Deep Concerns with the Proposed Alberta K-6 Curriculum
Proposal 5: Criteria and Authority for a Regional Council to End a Pastoral Relationship
Additional Reports
The Second Annual Northern Spirit Regional Council Meeting was held the evenings of October 14 and 21, 2020, with approximately 170 people in attendance. Ministry Personnel, Lay Representatives from Communities of Faith, and Guests from all over the Northern Spirit region worshipped together, heard a report from the Affirming Task Group, and learned about and voted “Yes” to Remit 1: Amendment to Basis of Union Article 10.0.
To download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation from the Affirming Task Group, please click here.
A recording of Session 1, October 14, 2020, is posted here.
For a written summary of the evening, please click here.
A recording of Session 2, October 21, 2020, is posted here.
For a written summary of the evening, please click here.
For the full text of Remit 1: Amendment of Article 10.0 (Basis of Union), please visit: https://generalcouncil43.ca/council/remit
A view of the Celebration of Ministries Service at the Inaugural meeting of the Northern Spirit Regional Council, May 26, 2019, in Valleyview, Alberta.
