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.
For information only: Cost of living assignments update
On December 21 Community of Faith treasurers and administrators received information regarding the outcome from the triennial review of cost of living group assignments. The revised cost of living...
Introducing: United Church Rural Ministry Network
The United Church Rural Ministry Network was established in 2020 through a grant from Embracing the Spirit. There was a strong feeling that after the meeting of General Council 43 in 2018, which...
A question of care: an Advent message and appeal
PDF version of this letter Rev Helen Reed, Regional Council chair Many of us are now planning for Advent and looking forward to this time of preparing for celebrating the birth of God’s Hope, Peace,...
Stewardship Best Practices workshop opportunities
What would it mean for you to raise more money for your camp, chaplaincy or outreach ministry? More money means more ministry, right? More lives changed? More impact? Absolutely. Then don’t miss...
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....
Some key Regional Committees need your help!
At our October online gathering, we were invited to look at how we can work together to create a strong and connected Regional Council. We had conversations around what we have been missing, where...
Jesus and the Marginalized conversation and learning
Please join the Western Intercultural Ministries Network for a discussion and a brief AGM! You're invited to help this grassroots network thrive, and find new expressions of its ministry here in...
Being Good Relations community of faith updates
(Here are some updates from communities of faith involved in Being Good Relations, shared in the spirit of sparking your creative commitments and lifting your spirits. The Being Good Relations...
Blanket Exercises: Learning to be Good Relations
by Dianne Nikiforuk from Living Spirit United Church (Chair), Drayton Valley, AB. (This is another story in a series of updates from communities of faith involved in Being Good Relations, shared in...
Being Good Relations reflection: What does water teach us today?
By Cecile Fausak, Facilitator, Being Good Relations Leadership Group (The Being Good Relations Network covers Northern Spirit and Chinook Winds Regional Councils, and focuses on living out the TRC...
