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SUMMARY:Imagine Family Retreat at Camp Pringle
DESCRIPTION:A retreat for families of all makes and shapes\, across the Pacific Mountain Regional Council – on Vancouver Island! Bursary funds are available if that helps you family be able to attend! Please don’t let the retreat fee keep you from participating.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/imagine-family-retreat-at-camp-pringle/
LOCATION:Camp Pringle\, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd\, Shawnigan Lake\, BC\, V0R 2W3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:RE-ENTRY with First Third Ministry
DESCRIPTION:A three-part\, small group time for congregational ministry leaders to meet and discuss what First Third Ministry is like in their context – and imagine together\, “What’s next?” How can we imagine our ministry post pandemic? What will our programs look like? How will they be different? Join a small group of leaders (volunteer & paid) from a variety of locations and contexts to re-imagine ministry in this new way. Register here.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/re-entry-with-first-third-ministry/
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SUMMARY:Townhall Meeting: Guaranteed Livable Income
DESCRIPTION:Click here to view the recording of this meeting. \n  \nJoin Rev Rhian Walker\, moderating this important conversation with former moderator Lois Wilson\, senior policy analyst Harvey Stevens\, and more! \nPoverty can happen very quickly to anyone. What would happen to our social if Canada created a guaranteed livable income program for all? The United Church of Canada is calling on all churches to help advocate for a GLI. This townhall will lay out the elements of the GLI\, hear from someone whose life would benefit from the GLI\, and provide concrete next steps you and your congregation could take on for Oct 19th. (Zoom access details are at the bottom of this post.) \n\nQuestions and Answers Concerning a Guaranteed Livable Income\n\nWhat is a Guaranteed Livable Income? \n\nA Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI) is a payment to individuals or families by government (federal and/or provincial/territorial) that covers the cost of basic necessities (food\, shelter\, clothing transportation and community participation) and is not conditional on meeting employment criteria in order to qualify for the benefit.  However\, demographic conditions such as age and residency or citizenship may be imposed as eligibility requirements. \n\nHow can a GLI be Administered?\n\nGovernments use two methods for designing and administering guaranteed incomes – as a demogrant and as a refundable tax credit. A demogrant is a fixed amount of income paid to all families or individuals\, regardless of their income level.  The amount is not reduced (clawed back) by the amount of income the family or individual has.  However\, the benefit could be considered as taxable income by government.  A current example is the Alaska Permanent Fund which issues an annual dividend to each person who has been a resident of the state for the full calendar year and not incarcerated.  The 2020 dividend is $992. \nBy comparison\, a refundable tax credit (RTC) provides families or individuals with no other income a maximum benefit – the Guarantee – which is then reduced as the family’s or individual’s other sources of income increase.  The reduction (clawback) rate can vary.  A current example of a RTC is the Old Age Security benefit.   All seniors with incomes up to $77\,580 receive the full annual value of the OAS benefit ($7\,370).  For those with higher incomes\, the benefit is reduced at the rate of 15 per cent\, such that those with incomes greater than $126\,713 get no OAS benefits. \nA refundable tax credit that offers a livable guarantee is substantially less expensive than a demogrant of equal value because the benefit only goes to those whose income is low enough to qualify for a full or partial benefit.  A refundable tax credit is most efficiently administered through the personal income tax system. \n\nDoes Canada Already Have Guaranteed Income Programs?\n\nThe federal government presently offers three guaranteed income programs – two for seniors and one for children.  The two seniors programs are Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement for low income seniors.  The Canada Child Benefit provides a benefit to children under 18 years of age. The demographic group not covered by any existing guaranteed income program is adults aged 18-64[1].  Provincial social assistance and federal Employment Insurance are the only income transfer programs available to these two groups but the programs impose employability and contribution tests in order to qualify. \n\nWhat is a Livable Income\n\nCanada now has an official poverty line.  It is called the Market Basket Measure (MBM).  It is constructed by identifying and pricing a basket of goods and services deemed to provide a “modest\, basic standard of living”.  The items included in the market basket are food\, clothing and footwear\, shelter\, transportation and other expenses.  Specific levels of consumption have been specified for each item to meet the needs of a family of four persons including two adults and two children.  That basket is priced annually by Statistics Canada for specific regions within each of the ten provinces but not the territories or First Nations communities.[2]  The total cost of the basket of goods and services is the MBM poverty line (threshold) for each region. \nA national GLI would have to use one MBM threshold as the measure of the maximum benefit (Guarantee) which would be the overall average of each region’s threshold\, weighted by the number of people living in that region.  For 2019\, the national weighted average MBM for the four person family was $44\,860.  For a single adult\, the average MBM threshold was $22\,430.  For two\, three\, five and six person households\, the national MBM thresholds were $31\,720\, $38\,850\, $50\,155 and $54\,942\, respectively. \n\nHow much would it cost to provide a Guaranteed Livable Income to all Canadians? \n\nThe short answer is that it depends on how it’s designed.  The four key components in the construction of a GLI\, designed as a refundable tax credit\, are \n\nthe value of the Maximum Benefit (Guarantee);\nthe rate at which that Guarantee is clawed back against other income (Benefit\n\nReduction Rate or BRR); \n\nthe definition of the income used to claw back the value of the Guarantee; and\,\nthe demographic unit used to calculate the value of the GLI.\n\nThe net value of a GLI is the value of the Guarantee less the per cent of family income used to reduce the Guarantee.  Thus\, the higher the value of the Guarantee\, the greater the cost; and\, the higher the Benefit Reduction Rate\, the lower the cost. \nThe following table shows the cost and coverage of a national GLI under two different levels of the Guarantee and two Benefit Reduction Rates for 2019.[3] \n\n\n\n  \nGuarantee/ \nMaximum Benefit\nBenefit Reduction Rate\nAverage Net  \nFamily Benefit  \nNumber of Families with a Benefit (Millions)\n  \nTotal Cost \n($ Billions)\n\n\n75% of MBM Threshold\n20%\n$9\,519\n14.08\n$134.2\n\n\n75% of MBM Threshold\n40%\n$7\,153\n8.19\n$58.6\n\n\n100% of MBM Threshold\n20%\n$14\,785\n16.03\n$237.1\n\n\n100% of MBM Threshold\n40%\n$11\,221\n10.84\n$121.6\n\n\n\nSource:   Statistics Canada\, Social Policy Simulation Database/Model\, version 28.1.  Calculations by the author. \n\nWhere would the money come from to pay for a GLI?\n\nThere are a variety of sources available to the federal and provincial governments to pay for a national GLI\, including: \n\nCancellation of some existing income transfer programs;\nClosure of tax loopholes/expenditures;\nIncreases in personal and corporate income taxes;\nRemoval of selected non-refundable tax credits;\nImposition of new taxes;\nGrowth of the national economy and attendant tax revenues;\nReductions in government expenditures for health and other services due to the positive impact of a GLI.\n\nIn 2019\, the Basic Income Canada Network (BICN) released a paper showing how a Guaranteed Livable Income could be designed and financed.[4]  Chapter 4 of the paper identified $202.6 Billion in revenue that could be raised from both federal and provincial sources to finance two of the BICN’s proposed GLI options.  The itemized list of revenue sources presented in that chapter have been re-grouped according to the above list and the total revenues presented in the following table: \n\n\n\nIncome Source\nTotal Revenue ($Billions)\n\n\nCancellation of Federal Income Transfer Programs1\n$58.8\n\n\nCancellation of Provincial Income Transfer Programs2\n$16.2\n\n\nClosure of tax loopholes3\n$27.2\n\n\nIncreases in Personal Income Taxes\n$8.2\n\n\nIncreases in Corporate Taxes\n$17.4\n\n\nRemoval of Selected Non-refundable tax credits4\n$74.9\n\n\nTOTAL REVENUE\n$202.7\n\n\n\nNotes: 1 Includes the Working Income Tax Benefit\, GST Credit\, Guaranteed Income Supplement\, Old Age Security and Spousal Allowance.  2 Includes social assistance.  3 Includes a range of items like the  partial inclusion of capital gains\, the employee stock option deduction\, meals & entertainment deduction.  4 These include the basic exemption\, pension income credit\, caregiver credit\, student loan    interest credit and others. \nIn its report\, Platform for Tax Fairness[5]\, Canadians for Tax Fairness identified a range of new taxes that could be levied which would target the wealthiest Canadians and corporations and would raise $40+ Billion in additional tax revenues. \nIn addition to these direct and immediate sources of funding is the additional tax revenue generated by the macro economic stimulus effect of providing low income individuals and families with additional income.  A December 2020 report prepared by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis – Potential Economic Impacts and Reach of Basic Income Programs in Canada – indicates that providing Canadians with a GLI would lead to increased employment of between 298\,000 and 346\,000 people\, grow the national economy by between $178 and $199 billion and generate between $46 and $52 billion in taxes over the first five years of the program. \nFinally\, as noted below\, there may well be savings to government from reductions in the cost of other health and social programs due to the positive impact of a GLI on the lives of its recipients.  However\, there are no hard numbers for Canada on the size of those savings. \n\nWhat is the effect of a GLI on people’s willingness to work?\n\nBetween the late 1960’s and 1970’s four social experiments were conducted in the United States and one in Canada (Manitoba) to determine the effect of a Guaranteed Income on working age adults’ level of work effort.  The one Canadian experiment found that male heads worked 1 per cent fewer hours\, secondary earners in two parent families worked 3 per cent fewer hours and female heads worked 7 per cent fewer hours.  It is worth noting that a federal/provincial/territorial evaluation of the National Child Benefit program that started in the late 1990s found that the female spouse’s labour force participation also declined with the receipt of the child benefit but they used the extra hours for home-related work such as child rearing\, care of dependent elderly family members and furthering their education. \n\nWhat other effects does a GLI have on the lives of recipients?\n\nThe most immediate effect is to raise their income and lift many of them out of poverty.  For example\, a national GLI featuring a Guarantee equal to the MBM poverty line with a benefit reduction rate of 40 per cent would lower the national rate of poverty by 58 per cent.  This immediate increase in income would generate the following positive spin-off effects\, as documented in a recent article in the public health journal\, Lancet Public Health[6]: \n\nTeens more likely to remain in and complete high school;\nImproved academic performance\nReduction in low birthweight babies and higher birthweights associated with higher benefits;\nLower probability of child obesity at age 3;\nLess use of hospitals due mainly to fewer accidents or injuries and mental health diagnoses;\nImproved mental health due in part to less financial stress;\nReduction in young adult obesity;\nReductions in criminal activity;\n\nQualitative evidence gleaned from both the Dauphin site and those who participated in the recent Ontario Basic Income Pilot project show that the provision of a guaranteed income had wide spread positive effects on participants.  Many recipients reported improvements in their physical and mental health\, labour market participation\, food security\, housing stability\, financial status and social relationships. Basic income also had a noticeable impact on the use of health services\, with many of the survey respondents indicating less frequent visits to health practitioners and hospital emergency rooms.  For a significant number of participants\, basic income purportedly proved to be transformational\, fundamentally reshaping their living standards as well as their sense of self-worth and hope for a better future.[7] \n\nWhat is the political opposition to adopting and implementing a GLI?\n\nLikely the biggest barrier to implementing a GLI is the cost\, particularly now that the pandemic has increased the federal deficit from $20 Billion in 2019/20 to a projected $381 Billion for 2020/21 and the federal government’s reluctance to raise taxes to pay for programs and services.  In addition\, a review of the federal government’s 2018 Poverty Reduction plan[8] reveals a clear preference for reserving income transfer programs for children and seniors.  The only programs in its plan for working age adults are increases to the Canada Workers Benefit and the funding of a national housing strategy.  This preference is likely grounded in the federal government’s reluctance to paying those deemed employable a guaranteed income.  Also\, some argue that a commitment to a permanent income support program will increase the structural deficit problem facing the federal government such that\, even when the economy is operating at full capacity\, the government runs a deficit.  However\, structural deficits arise because there is insufficient tax revenue being generated which is due\, in part\, to the existence of the kind of tax loopholes described above. \nPrepared by Harvey Stevens\, member of Young United Church in Winnipeg\, whose history of involvement with the Guaranteed Income topic/issue includes:\n– working for the Mincome Manitoba Guaranteed Income Experiment as a researcher between 1974 and 1976;\n– co-authoring 3 peer-reviewed journal articles on the design of a Guaranteed Income for Canada between 2014 and 2017;\n– undertaking the modeling for the Basic Income Canada Network’s paper\, Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada\, in 2019; and\, \n– providing the Special Committee on Poverty of Prince Edward Island with costed options for implementing a Basic Income program for that province in 2020. \nJanuary 2021 \n[1] The GST credit and the Climate Action incentive offer unconditional benefits to this group but they are very small amounts.\n[2] For more information about the MBM\, go to the Statistics Canada website and look up the document\, Report on the second comprehensive review of the Market Basket Measure. Cat. No. 75f00002m.\n[3] The Canada Child Benefit’s (CCB) definition of the demographic unit (the nuclear family) and the Canada Revenue Agency’s ‘net’ family income  have been applied to all households living off reserve in the 10 provinces in 2019 to arrive at the cost of the four options. \n[4] See\, Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada. https://www.basicincomecanada.org/policy_options\n[5] See\,  https://www.taxfairness.ca/sites/default/files/resource/c4tf_draft_federal_election_2019_platform_proposals_.pdf\n[6] See: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30005-0/fulltext\n[7] See: https://labourstudies.mcmaster.ca/documents/southern-ontarios-basic-income-experience.pdf\n[8] See: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/poverty-reduction.html \n\nTownhall meeting on Zoom\nJune 16\, 2021 1pm PT/ 2pm MT
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhall-meeting-guaranteed-livable-income/
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SUMMARY:Celebration of Ministry & Sunday Worship
DESCRIPTION:The June 13th Celebration of Ministry and Sunday Worship will be held online\, inviting all communities of faith and United Church people across the Regional Council to attend this important and meaningful worship experience. \nStreaming from Highlands United\, we will celebrate Commissionands\, and experience the gift of Nadia Bolz-Weber preaching. \nClick here for the YouTube worship link to share with your communities of faith.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/celebration-of-ministry-sunday-worship/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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SUMMARY:General Meeting 2021 "With Hope and Abundance"
DESCRIPTION:All Details for the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Pacific Mountain Regional Council are here (click). \nGathering Together and Business of the Council: Friday June 11\, Saturday June 12\nThe 3nd Annual General Meeting Gathering of the Pacific Mountain Regional Council will be held entirely online\, using the event platform Whova. \nCelebration of Ministry & Sunday Worship: June 13\nThe June 13th Celebration of Ministry and Sunday Worship will be held online\, empowering all communities of faith and United Church people across the Regional Council to attend this important and meaningful worship experience. \nThe Celebration of Ministry will be live-streamed from United Online (Highlands United)\, and Nadia Bolz-Weber will be our preacher. Click here for the YouTube worship link to share with your communities of faith.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/general-meeting-2021/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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SUMMARY:The Gathering Place
DESCRIPTION:This is a project of the Ministry Personnel Support Team (formerly Spiritual Care Network)\, welcoming United Church ministry personnel together for community and collegial support. \nThe Gathering Place will happen on Zoom \nTuesdays 10-11:30am PT / 11am-12:30pm MT \nJoin us online at 10am on the 2nd Tuesday of the month for ninety minutes of being in community. Check-in\, pray\, laugh\, share sacred stories and maybe even sing a little – together. The Gathering Place is FREE and open to all Ministry Personnel in the Pacific Mountain Region\, and hosted by the PMRC’s Ministry Personal Support Team! \nFor more information contact Marc Coulombe: mcoulombe@united-church.ca \nRegister to get the Zoom access here (click).
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/the-gathering-place-5/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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UID:9319-1622831400-1622835000@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Calls to the Church: Listening to the Wisdom of the Elders
DESCRIPTION:4 evenings\, starting June 1
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/calls-to-the-church-listening-to-the-wisdom-of-the-elders-4/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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UID:9317-1622745000-1622748600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Calls to the Church: Listening to the Wisdom of the Elders
DESCRIPTION:4 evenings\, starting June 1
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/calls-to-the-church-listening-to-the-wisdom-of-the-elders-3/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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UID:9257-1622728800-1622732400@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Financial Forum
DESCRIPTION:Pre-General Meeting Financial Forum\nThursday June 3rd\, 2-3pm PT / 3-4pm MT\nHosted by the Region’s finance council\, Houston and Treena to provide and update to people who are interested about the regions finances.\nTo attend this gathering\, please tick the box Financial Forum in the main General Meeting registration form.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/financial-forum/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210602T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T182129Z
UID:9314-1622658600-1622662200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Calls to the Church: Listening to the Wisdom of the Elders
DESCRIPTION:4 evenings\, starting June 1
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/calls-to-the-church-listening-to-the-wisdom-of-the-elders-2/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210602T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210602T143000
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CREATED:20210223T232857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T223010Z
UID:8147-1622638800-1622644200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Townhall Meeting: COVID Reopening Plans
DESCRIPTION:Click here for the recording of the Zoom Meeting.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhall-meeting-3/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210601T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210601T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T175758Z
UID:9310-1622572200-1622575800@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Calls to the Church: Listening to the Wisdom of the Elders
DESCRIPTION:Four evenings\, listening together\nThis four-session series will highlight the Calls to the Church approved at the 2018 General Council. The Calls to the Church document articulates the Indigenous Church’s vision for the ongoing development of Indigenous Peoples’ mission and ministry and communities of faith within The United Church of Canada. It outlines pathways for the whole church to continue to walk in the Spirit of Christ toward justice\, healing\, and reconciliation. \nFour evenings \n\n\nJune 1 – 4\, 2021 \n\n\n6:30 -7:30 pm PT / 7:30 -8:30 pm MT \n\n\nFree \n\n\nRegister here.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/calls-to-the-church-listening-to-the-wisdom-of-the-elders/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210519T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210519T143000
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CREATED:20210511T172207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T172207Z
UID:9102-1621429200-1621434600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Townhall Gathering ~ Affirming Ministry Update
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Affirming Process committee join the Townhall in preparation for the June 11-13 General Meeting. \n  \nJoin the Townhall \nWednesday  May 19\, 2021\n1-2:30pm PT / 2-3:30pm MT \nhttps://united-church.zoom.us/j/96617102734?pwd=SWtGbnVGV0VzekdpVmVSM3VPWjVJZz09 \nMeeting ID: 966 1710 2734\nPassword: 749983 \n  \nOne tap mobile\n+15873281099\,\,96617102734# Canada\n+16473744685\,\,96617102734# Canada \n  \nDial by your location\n* Please use local numbers when feasible to save costs for the church. * \n+1 587 328 1099 Canada \n+1 647 374 4685 Canada \n+1 647 558 0588 Canada \n+1 778 907 2071 Canada \n+1 438 809 7799 Canada \n855 703 8985 Canada Toll-free \nMeeting ID: 966 1710 2734 \nFind your local number: https://united-church.zoom.us/u/abANn1n4O3
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhall-gathering-affirming-ministry-update/
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UID:8947-1620727200-1620732600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:The Gathering Place
DESCRIPTION:This is a project of the Ministry Personnel Support Team (formerly Spiritual Care Network)\, welcoming United Church ministry personnel together for community and collegial support. \nThe Gathering Place will happen on Zoom \nTuesdays 10-11:30am PT / 11am-12:30pm MT \nJoin us online at 10am on the 2nd Tuesday of the month for ninety minutes of being in community. Check-in\, pray\, laugh\, share sacred stories and maybe even sing a little – together. The Gathering Place is FREE and open to all Ministry Personnel in the Pacific Mountain Region\, and hosted by the PMRC’s Ministry Personal Support Team! \nFor more information contact Marc Coulombe: mcoulombe@united-church.ca \nRegister to get the Zoom access here (click).
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/the-gathering-place-4/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210505T140000
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UID:8885-1620219600-1620223200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Red Dress Day ~ a Special Shared Townhall
DESCRIPTION:Video Resources from this event are available on the PMRC YouTube Channel. \nJoin us for Red Dress Day on Wednesday May 5\nWe commemorate the lives of Indigenous Women\, Girls and Two Spirit people who have been lost in our community. We look to our history\, the decisions and catalysts that have created the inequalities Indigenous people face today. As we seek to rectify our relationships and reconcile with our Indigenous neighbours in the Calls to Action and the Calls to the Church\, we share space with Indigenous Women\, Girls and Two Spirit People who have suffered and continue to suffer by remembering their lives and pledging to do better in our work to help them find equality and justice. \nPacific Mountain & Chinook Winds Shared Townhall Gathering \nDate: May 5 2021\nTime: 1pm PT / 2pm MT (1 hour)\nLink: https://united-church.zoom.us/j/98231867711?pwd=ZEhqU0xGVTBvdTBoOFYrYWNVTXk1dz09 \nFilm Screening: Highway of Tears\nTime: 6 PM PST (2 hours)\nLink:  https://united-church.zoom.us/j/95360654491\nFor more information contact Tony Snow at tony.snow@hillhurstunited.com. \nRed Dress Beaded Pin\nTreena Duncan bought the pin shown above from Gwen cMcCarthur\, an Indigenous maker who is part of a Facebook group called “Shop Indigenous Women’s Market“. Thanks for the photo\, Treena!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/red-dress-day-a-special-shared-townhall/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210502T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210502T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210412T172432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210412T172432Z
UID:8300-1619982000-1619987400@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Regional Youth Virtual Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:Regional Youth Virtual Trivia Night. The PMR First Third Ministry team is hosting an online trivia night for youth around the Pacific Mountain Regional Council! All youth and youth groups and leaders are warmly invited to make this Virtual Trivia Night one of your Youth Group nights in May – or an extra one\, if you meet on other nights too. Come join regional leaders Jake Highfield\, Sarah Prestwich\, and Robyn Garland on Zoom for an evening of fun games\, social connection\, and cool prizes!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/regional-youth-virtual-trivia-night/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210429T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210218T173920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T173920Z
UID:8116-1619722800-1619727300@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Young Adult Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass
DESCRIPTION:4-week study\, starting April 8
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/young-adult-book-study-braiding-sweetgrass-4/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210218T173750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T173750Z
UID:8114-1619118000-1619122500@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Young Adult Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass
DESCRIPTION:4-week study\, starting April 8
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/young-adult-book-study-braiding-sweetgrass-3/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210421T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210421T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210412T202319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T005005Z
UID:8311-1619010000-1619015400@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:PMRC Townhall - this Wednesday\, with Guest Rev Gary Paterson!
DESCRIPTION:Click here for the recording of the meeting. \n\nA Place At The Table\nWednesday April 21\, 2021\n1pm PT/ 2pm MT\nWe’re coming together with Chinook Winds for a special Affirming Town Hall featuring former United Church of Canada Moderator\, Rev. Gary Paterson! \nGary will share theological reflections\, rooted contextually and in story\, on what it means to be Affirming\, working through the “Wesleyan Quadrilateral” of Scripture\, Tradition\, Reason and Experience. As we explore more about what it might mean to be ‘Affirming’\, join in faithful reflection alongside someone who has walked the Affirming journey in an intimate way for many decades. \n 
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/pmrc-townhall-with-affirming-ministry-committee-guests/
CATEGORIES:News,PMRC Events,Town Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210415T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210218T173618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T173618Z
UID:8112-1618513200-1618517700@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Young Adult Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass
DESCRIPTION:4-week study\, starting April 8
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/young-adult-book-study-braiding-sweetgrass-2/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210414T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210414T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210309T215003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T215003Z
UID:8203-1618394400-1618401600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Deepening Pastoral Practice Amidst Continuing Pandemic Realities
DESCRIPTION:Deepening Pastoral Practice Amidst Continuing Pandemic Realities   with Dr Julie Clayton and Michael Collins \nThis four-week workshop equips you with a framework to assess and evaluate where you currently find yourself in pastoral practice. \nYou’ll determine what is needed to address the ongoing traumatic waves that impact pandemic-ridden congregations. \nSpecific attention will be given to understanding the complex nature of family systems and how they impact an individual\, a family unit\, and the larger congregational community. \nYou’ll be empowered to respond with deepening holistic healing strategies that are trauma-informed and trauma-oriented.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/deepening-pastoral-practice-amidst-continuing-pandemic-realities/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210413T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210413T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210309T215734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T215734Z
UID:8206-1618308000-1618315200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Renewing Leadership: Core\, Character\, Competence\, Call\, Community
DESCRIPTION:RENEWING LEADERSHIP FOR MINISTRY PERSONNEL IN THE PM AND CW REGIONAL COUNCILS\nThis multi-week program invites you to connect and reconnect with your core gifts and strengths\, to reflect on God’s call as you experience it now and align once again with the essential character you bring to your ministry leadership. Over the 6-week course you will meet online in large and small groups\, complete a 360 assessment (purposefully receiving feedback from a cross section of people who you respect and trust) culminating in a one-on-one coaching session. Upon finishing the Renewing Leadership process\, you will have a personal plan for moving forward with what has emerged in the course. This course is facilitated by Allison Rennie\, LeaderShift Director\, and LeaderWise.org colleagues Deborah Rundlett and Okokon Udo. Renewing Leadership is for Ministry Personnel in the Pacific Mountain and Chinook Winds Regional Councils only. Space is limited to 18. The $1100 actual cost per person is subsidized by LeaderShift to make this opportunity available at $550 per participant.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/renewing-leadership-core-character-competence-call-community/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210409T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210411T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210309T220224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T220224Z
UID:8210-1617973200-1618149600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:This Changes Everything: Festival of Biblical Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:his Changes Everything: The Peacebuilding Power of Scripture Telling\nJoin Dr Tom Boomershine\, acclaimed speaker\, author and founder of the Biblical Storytelling Movement\, and other workshop leaders from across Canada for theme presentations\, worship & praise\, workshops for newcomers\, workshops for experienced tellers\, and the Epic Telling of Mark (this is sooooooooo cool). LeaderShift is thrilled to be sponsoring this event with the Network of Biblical Storytellers Canada.The cost is $50 per person (or $30 if you register before March 15). A group rate of $25/ person when coming with 5 or more is available across the registration window (no date restrictions).
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/this-changes-everything-festival-of-biblical-storytelling/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210408T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210218T173409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T173409Z
UID:8109-1617908400-1617912900@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Young Adult Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass
DESCRIPTION:Join book club facilitators Rev Graham Brownmiller and Rev Deb Walker\, and a small group of other young adults four Thursday evenings in April. Registration is open now\, and the book study is free. If you have your own copy of the book\, or can borrow a copy\, you’re all set. If you need a free copy sent to you by the First Third Ministry Team\, let us know in the registration form. \nBraiding Sweetgrass\, Indigenous Wisdom\, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants – an extraordinary book written by Robin Wall Kimmerer – asserts that plant life has been our oldest teachers\, and continue to teach us about life\, beauty\, hardship and change. Robin covers issues about language\, colonization\, purpose\, and sustainability. From Muskrat Magazine\, “Braiding Sweetgrass contains too many marvelous gems of wisdom to do justice to in a small review but to close let me leave you with a simple yet profound notion that is transformational for me every time I reconnect with it: “… all gifts are multiplied in relationship”.  What more can I say? If you want your mind blown and your spirit expanded check out Kimmerer’s book.”
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/young-adult-book-study-braiding-sweetgrass/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210408
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210223T232430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T232430Z
UID:8143-1617753600-1617839999@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:No Townhall Meeting Today
DESCRIPTION:Join the next Townhall on April 21!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhall-meeting/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210107T223544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210107T223544Z
UID:7615-1616754600-1616761800@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going\, with Susan Beaumont
DESCRIPTION:4-week workshop\, starting March 5
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/how-to-lead-when-you-dont-know-where-youre-going-with-susan-beaumont-4/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210322T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210322T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210203T191350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T191350Z
UID:7979-1616437800-1616443200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Queer Virtue Lenten Series
DESCRIPTION:5-week series\, beginning February 22
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/queer-virtue-lenten-series-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210319T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210319T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210107T223358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210107T223358Z
UID:7613-1616149800-1616157000@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going\, with Susan Beaumont
DESCRIPTION:4-week workshop\, starting March 5
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/how-to-lead-when-you-dont-know-where-youre-going-with-susan-beaumont-3/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210317T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210317T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210311T203207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T005017Z
UID:8224-1615986000-1615991400@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Townhall: Conversations About Re-Opening
DESCRIPTION:Click here for the recording of the Townhall Meeting. \n  \nExecutive Minister\, Treena Duncan was privileged to be part of a gathering of Faith Leaders who were part of a consultation with Dr Henry to advise her on what the needs of faith communities are when considering re-opening. She will take the information gathered and use that to inform her recommendations in the coming week (or so). There may be further consultation as she develops her regulations. Treena requested that she provide information at the earliest possible time\, that she be clear and specific in her recommendations\, and that she make specific recommendations with respect to singing. \nIn this March 17 Townhall\, Treena will share some updates from the call with Dr Bonnie Henry\, and hopes to engage with you in a conversation about considerations for re-opening. \nWhat we know now is that there will likely be a lifting of restrictions (unless there is an unmanageable surge in cases) but it will be gradual. There will be a limit on numbers\, and it is unlikely that the number will be such that it allows for a full congregational gathering. We will still be required to follow social distancing and masking protocols. There will not be changes (yet) to protocols for those who have been vaccinated. Contact tracing will still be necessary for outbreaks\, so numbers will be small enough to not overwhelm that contract tracing system. The overarching message from Dr Henry in yesterday’s call was that the end is near\, but it is not there yet. We still need to remain vigilant\, and patient. In her words “the storm is not over”. \nJoin Treena for a Conversation About Re-Opening\n1pm PT Wednesday March 17\, 2021\n 
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhall-conversations-about-re-opening/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events,Town Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210316T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210316T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T215117
CREATED:20210308T175609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T175609Z
UID:8190-1615899600-1615906800@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:UCW Zoom Spring AGM Gathering
DESCRIPTION:A Time for Hope\nIt’s spring\, a time for hope to emerge. Fraser UCW members and friends will be inspired by RoseAnne Timbrell\, MA\, RCC\, member of the Tl’az’ten Nation and Assistant Professor at UFV\, with her presentation.  Clare Walker\, Pacific Mountain UCW President\, will share what is happening in the region.  Lift your spirits with our AGM\, music\, worship\, communion and remembrance. \nJoin us on March 16 – Everyone Welcome!\n1-3 pm PST  \nJoin the Zoom Meeting online:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86759893651?pwd=VXR2YTJySTFrT3NsZVhKeE5kYnRMZz09 \nJoin by Phone  +1 778 907 2071 \nMeeting ID: 867 5989 3651\nPasscode: 713288 \nThe event handout for gathering participants will be posted soon. \n  \nPacific Mountain UCW\n\nPacific Mountain UCW is one of many United Church Women groups. For information about UCW membership\, structure\, mission and vision\, visit The United Church of Canada UCW handbook. \nPacific Mountain United Church Women Executive 2020-2021\nPresident – Clare Walker \n\n778-265-9066\nclareawalker@shaw.ca\n35 – 4360 Emily Carr Drive\, Victoria\, BC   V8X 4Y4\n\n Secretary – Winnie Kowalewich \n\n604-541-4674\nwmk4674@telus.net\n218 – 12890  17 Avenue\, Surrey\, BC  V4A 1T5\n\nFor other Executive members please contact either Clare Walker or Winnie Kowalewich. \nNewsletter &  Minutes\n\nClick here for the September 2020 Newsletter.\nClick here for the 2020 Report of the National UCW Annual General Meeting.\nClick here for the November 2020 Newsletter.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/ucw-zoom-spring-agm-gathering/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCW":MAILTO:wmk4674@telus.net
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