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.
Talking & Walking Together: A Letter from Our Chair
Hello Pastoral Charges, Communities of Faith, Ministers, Leaders and Lay members 😊: It takes a lot of people and places to make up a Region, a church family. Each one brings gifts and skills...
PLANNING FOR INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTH: BEING GOOD RELATIONS WEBINAR
April 22, 2 – 4 p.m. Indigenous History Month is approaching! How will you and your community of faith “Learn, Understand, Act” and observe Indigenous Day of Prayer on June 21? Join us for this...
Reports & Reminders
Hello Pastoral Charges, The Community of Faith Support Committee of the Northern Spirit Regional Council would like to remind you of some work that you need to add to your “to-do” list at the...
Annual Meeting Registration Now Open!
Registration for the 2023 Annual Meeting, to be held May 4-7, is now open! Click here to register. More information about the Annual Meeting can be found on this page, and info will continue to be...
Annual Meeting Preparation Continues…
Hello Friends, Excitement is in the air around the upcoming Annual Meeting to be held at Camrose United Church in Camrose May 4-7. Your planning committee is continuing to make decisions about how...
New Year Regional Reminders
PDF version of this letter from Rev. Helen Reed, Regional Council Chair Doing your end of year bits… When a year ends we all seem to hope that the next year will be more serene and calm and all will...
Mourning the Passing of Omega Chilufya Bula
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,...
Affirming PIE Day 2023 updates and invitations
To see this post in newsletter format, click here. And click here to see a January 2023 update from the Regional Council's Affirming Task Group. Greetings across the Prairies and North this cold...
Regional Council Affirming Task Group updates
(Please also see the PIE Day 2023 update and events invitations here.) The Affirming task group for the Regional Council continues its work. Next steps will be a draft Vision Statement and Action...
You’re invited: Being Good Relations Network survey
The Being Good Relations Network is a United Church-based network covering all of AB, Northeast BC, and Yellowknife, working alongside Chinook Winds and Northern Spirit Regional Councils. It also...
