Below you’ll find an ever-changing overview of our latest news. We also share important personal news in our Announcements section. Want to share Northern Spirit’s news easily with your community of faith or group? Visit our Newsletters page, where you can download PDFs of our weekly news. Share widely! Please note that all COVID-19 news will be posted here, as well as in the general newsfeed.
International Day for Persons with Disabilities
The Northern Spirit Affirm Committee has made a commitment to take a wide lens approach to inclusion and what it means to be an Affirming region and share that vision with our communities of faith....
Executive Minister Shannon McCarthy Sabbatical Announcement
Sabbatical Announcement I am pleased to share that I will be taking a sabbatical from Dec 1, 2025 to March 2, 2026. This period of intentional time away will allow me to focus on learning, renewal,...
Letter to Premier Smith from Alberta United Church Leaders
Click here to view this letter as a printable pdf. To The Honourable Danielle Smith, MLA Premier of the Province of Alberta Unit 307, 10800 97 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6 premier@gov.ab.ca 25 November...
A Letter from Church Leaders to the Alberta Premier, on the Trans Day of Remembrance
Click here to read this letter in pdf form. November 20, 2025 Premier Danielle Smith premier@gov.ab.ca Legislature Building Unit 307 – 10800 97th Avenue NW Edmonton AB T5K 2B6 Dear Premier Smith,...
A Pastoral Letter from Regional Alberta United Church Leaders
A Pastoral Letter from Regional Alberta United Church Leaders regarding the provincial government’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause in their labour dispute with the Alberta Teachers...
Online Intercultural Workshop and Western Intercultural Ministries Network AGM
Beyond the Chinese Face: Challenges Faced by Chinese in Canada: Explore aspects of the experience of the Chinese experience in Canada, followed by WIMN’s Annual Meeting. Thursday, November 20, 2025,...
New Northern Spirit Staff: Kevin Guenther Trautwein hired as First-Third Ministry Animator
Northern Spirit is very excited to welcome Kevin Guenther Trautwein as our new First-Third Ministry Animator! The First Third Ministry Animator will collaborate with the other First Third Ministry...
Inspiration and support for Orange Shirt Day 2025
September 30, and the preceding Sunday are important times for renewing our collective commitment to truth-telling and steps towards reconcili-action. Below are some resources to support your...
Call for AB to rescind permit for right wing Christian concert
The chairs of the Regional Council Executive and the Affirming Committee offer to our Region and its communities the following strong concern about an upcoming extremist right wing Christian concert...
Action for aid to Gaza, and for ending Canadian military sales to Israel
It is beyond difficult to witness the deliberate starvation taking place in Gaza, alongside continued deaths at the hands of the Israeli military, and a huge rise in extremist settler violence in...
