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.
Welcome to our new Executive Assistant
We welcome Chantal Winslow as the new Executive Assistant! She will work with Northern Spirit, Living Skies, and Prairie to Pine, as well as areas of work that include all three Regional Councils....
November 8 Indigenous Veterans’ Day gathering and history
November 11 is a day for all veterans, marking the moment when the World War I guns and slaughter in Europe finally stopped in 1918. Tuesday November 8, 2022 is an additional day honouring Inuit,...
Welcome to admin coordinator Chloe Burns
Northern Spirit is delighted to announce the hiring of our new administrative staff, Chloe Burns. Chloe lives and works in Treaty 6 territory, Edmonton, Alberta. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from...
Temporary coverage of the office coordinator’s work
Office coordinator Kathy Jackson retired September 30 and after 25 years of ministry, she leaves big shoes to fill. An earlier attempt at hiring fell through, so Kathy’s work, and support for...
Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022
Honouring Orange Shirt Day/ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Friday September 30, 2022 “When you wear an orange shirt it’s like a little bit of justice for us Survivors in our lifetime,...
Being Good Relations Network summer 2022 news
Summer greetings, Being Good Relations Network and all interested in receiving these updates, It has been a busy and sometimes difficult summer for many: from the joy of many powwows, culture camps,...
Healing Haunted Histories land and community gathering, Aug 27-28
All are invited to this time of land-learning, teachings, listening, and decolonizing: Decolonizing Ourselves: Healing Haunted Histories gathering Muskeg Lake Cree Nation SK, 27 August 2022, 1:00PM-...
Acimowin Opaspiw Society rebirths Ashmont United Church building
We’re living in a difficult period of numbers decline for many parts of the United Church, even as we also explore new ways of being in ministry. Out of that decline and related property releases...
New Vocational Minister for our Regional Council
(PDF version of this announcement.) Rev. Marlene Britton, General Council staff, writes. "I am delighted to announce that the Rev. Laura Fouhse will join the Office of Vocation team in the Ministry...
Northern Spirit leadership and staff updates
Welcome to new chair of the Regional Council, Helen Reed; thank you to Gord Waldie Gord Waldie has finished a two-year term of chairing the Regional Council through the continued impacts of the...
