GS 128 MINISTRY LEADERSHIP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH IN THE 2020s
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Easter Postlude
By Joyce SasseSubmitted by Catherine Christie Editors note: this is an Easter memory from Joyce Sasse, reproduced from her ebook, Gleanings from a Prairie Pastor (available for downloading from Centre for Rural Community Leadership and Ministry, www.circle-m.ca) One Easter Sunday I spoke about how Beethoven, at the darkest point in his life, wrote the magnificent musicContinue reading “Easter Postlude”
Postcard Project
The Postcard Project was hatched in those days when getting together still seemed far off. We were just beginning to plan for a Rural Routes Through the Holy gathering in June 2022. Standing in those uncertain days our planning group spoke about the reality we knew – not everyone was online and, even if theyContinue reading “Postcard Project”
Starting A Podcast For Your Church
By Martin Dawson (Retired Minister in Cornwall, PEI)Submitted by Martin Dawson As many of the people connected to UCRMN know, I am an enthusiast of old-time radio programs, which makes me very interested in the use for audio for church purposes. Recently, I have been working with a rural minister in the recording and editingContinue reading “Starting A Podcast For Your Church”
Rural Routes Through the Holy: Thrive Where You Are
Submitted by Catherine Smith From June 16 – 18, 2022 the second Rural Routes Through the Holy gathering will be held at Camp Ta Wa Si, Johnston Point, NB. We’d like to invite you to a space of nurture for those in rural congregations and for the communities in which they live. Rural Routes isContinue reading “Rural Routes Through the Holy: Thrive Where You Are“
Video Greetings: At Christmas, or Anytime
Submitted by Connie Sykes, from Frontier, SK The pandemic has pushed us into trying things that we probably wouldn’t have considered before. Making more use of technology is one of those things that we hadn’t quite imagined could help us as a pastoral charge, until we found ourselves having to stay apart. Only a weekContinue reading “Video Greetings: At Christmas, or Anytime”
Canada participates in 24-hour prayer
Submitted by Catherine Christie As reported in Feb. newsletter, on March 7 and 8 , the International Rural Churches Association (IRCA) held a global prayer event. Canada hosted 2 of the hours. UCRMN member Catherine Smith from New Brunswick, instigator of Rural Routes through the Holy (check out https://hemofthelight.com/ruralroutes/ ) was first, beginning on screen atContinue reading “Canada participates in 24-hour prayer”
IRCA Round The World in 24 Hours Monday 7 – Tuesday 8 March Schedule
Hour CT Local time Host Group or country 1 9.00 Wartburg Seminary Welcome & Bible Study with Dr. Craig Nessan 2 10 Wartburg Seminary Keynote Rev. Melanie Mullen 3 11.30 Prayer & connecting in community 4 12.00 Stories from WTS Students 5 13.00Continue reading “IRCA Round The World in 24 Hours Monday 7 – Tuesday 8 March Schedule”
Importance of story
By Rev. Dr. Donna Mann Is a story important? Why is a story significant? Whose story is central? My dad was a great storyteller. He could tell a story about any of his cattle, why they liked pulped turnips before their oats. Why did they enter the milking area in the same order every night?Continue reading “Importance of story”
Our Greatest Canadian Story, Almost Forgotten Until Now
By Joyce Sasse This article is made up of the review notes by Joyce Sasse on the book, Men Against the Desert by James H. Gray, published in 1968 by Western Producer Prairie Books. The disastrous conditions of the 1930s and the incredible work that saved the Prairies is a history-making story that has broughtContinue reading “Our Greatest Canadian Story, Almost Forgotten Until Now”