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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/
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SUMMARY:Townhall Meeting: COVID Reopening Plans
DESCRIPTION:Click here for the recording of the Zoom Meeting.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhall-meeting-3/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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: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/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210704T130000
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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:What's Next Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Email host Andria Irwin: airwin@united-church.ca to get the weekly Zoom link. ‘What’s Next Conversation’ happens Wednesdays in July and August (none on Aug 4). 10:30am-12pm PT/ 11:30am-1pm MT. Drop in! Join Andria of United Online and Rev Randy Boyd of Rural Connect to ask any of your pressing questions around a shift to integrated in-person/online ministry. Tech questions\, theological questions and questions like ‘how can I convince people to volunteer’ are all on the table.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/whats-next-conversation/
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Townhalls On Pause for July and August
DESCRIPTION:The PMRC Townhall meetings are paused for July and August. Any changes will be announced in News of Note (sign up here). You can also watch the News page on the PMRC web site (click here). We’ll see you again in September!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhalls-on-pause-for-july-and-august/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210708T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210708T143000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210609T211328Z
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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-2/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210630T175444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T175444Z
UID:9869-1626258600-1626264000@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:What’s Next Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Email host Andria Irwin: airwin@united-church.ca to get the weekly Zoom link. ‘What’s Next Conversation’ happens Wednesdays in July and August (none on Aug 4). 10:30am-12pm PT/ 11:30am-1pm MT. Drop in! Join Andria of United Online and Rev Randy Boyd of Rural Connect to ask any of your pressing questions around a shift to integrated in-person/online ministry. Tech questions\, theological questions and questions like ‘how can I convince people to volunteer’ are all on the table.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/whats-next-conversation-2/
CATEGORIES:News
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210721T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210721T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210630T175709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T175709Z
UID:9871-1626863400-1626868800@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:What’s Next Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Email host Andria Irwin: airwin@united-church.ca to get the weekly Zoom link. ‘What’s Next Conversation’ happens Wednesdays in July and August (none on Aug 4). 10:30am-12pm PT/ 11:30am-1pm MT. Drop in! Join Andria of United Online and Rev Randy Boyd of Rural Connect to ask any of your pressing questions around a shift to integrated in-person/online ministry. Tech questions\, theological questions and questions like ‘how can I convince people to volunteer’ are all on the table.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/whats-next-conversation-3/
CATEGORIES:News
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210722T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210722T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210609T211559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210609T211559Z
UID:9649-1626958800-1626964200@pacificmountain.ca
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-3/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210726T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210730T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T171822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T171822Z
UID:10080-1627290000-1627657200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Week 3 of Camp Spirit
DESCRIPTION:We have 4 locations this week. Registration is still open for some camps! \n\nPacific Spirit United Church\, Vancouver\nJubilee United Church\, Burnaby\nDuncan United Church\, Duncan\nUnited Churches of Langley\, Murrayville\n\nCamp Spirit continues your Child’s journey of Wonder – encouraging campers to explore faith through listening and experiencing the sacred stories\, enjoy times of creativity and science\, move to music\, share a meal together and ​appreciate getting to know one another! Trained\, screened staff & volunteers provide leadership and care while following health orders and camp’s comprehensive COVID-19 protocols.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/week-3-of-camp-spirit/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210727T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210727T154500
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T172507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T172526Z
UID:10083-1627396200-1627400700@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Leaders Online Gathering: Summer Club
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Rev Mary Nichol\, First Third Ministry Staff\, this recurring gathering time is for all those in leadership with Children\, Youth\, Families\, Young Adults in a United Church setting – whether paid or volunteer in dedicated ministry with children and families\, or a piece of your ministry.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/leaders-online-gathering-summer-club/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210728T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210728T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210630T175853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T180637Z
UID:9873-1627468200-1627473600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:What’s Next Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Email host Andria Irwin: airwin@united-church.ca to get the weekly Zoom link. ‘What’s Next Conversation’ happens Wednesdays in July and August (none on Aug 4). 10:30am-12pm PT/ 11:30am-1pm MT. Drop in! Join Andria of United Online and Rev Randy Boyd of Rural Connect to ask any of your pressing questions around a shift to integrated in-person/online ministry. Tech questions\, theological questions and questions like ‘how can I convince people to volunteer’ are all on the table.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/whats-next-conversation-4/
CATEGORIES:News
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210803T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210806T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T173617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T173617Z
UID:10086-1627981200-1628262000@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Week 4 of Camp Spirit
DESCRIPTION:We have 4 locations this week. Registration is still open for some camps! \n\nPeninsula United Church\, Surrey\nJubilee United Church\, Burnaby\nThe AbbeyChurch & St Matthias Anglican\, Victoria\nMountainview United Church\, Hazelton\n\nCamp Spirit continues your Child’s journey of Wonder – encouraging campers to explore faith through listening and experiencing the sacred stories\, enjoy times of creativity and science\, move to music\, share a meal together and ​appreciate getting to know one another! Trained\, screened staff & volunteers provide leadership and care while following health orders and camp’s comprehensive COVID-19 protocols.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/week-4-of-camp-spirit/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210804T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210804T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210705T185706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210705T185706Z
UID:9917-1628082000-1628085600@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Townhalls On Pause for July and August
DESCRIPTION:The PMRC Townhall meetings are paused for July and August. Any changes will be announced in News of Note (sign up here). You can also watch the News page on the PMRC web site (click here). We’ll see you again in September!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/townhalls-on-pause-for-july-and-august-2/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210809T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210813T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T174242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T174242Z
UID:10089-1628499600-1628866800@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Week 5 of Camp Spirit Week
DESCRIPTION:We have 4 locations this week. Registration is still open for some camps! \n\nEagle Ridge United Church\, Coquitlam\nTrinity Memorial Church\, Abbotsford\nOak Bay United Church\, Victoria\nGitsegukla United Church\, Gitsegukla\n\nCamp Spirit continues your Child’s journey of Wonder – encouraging campers to explore faith through listening and experiencing the sacred stories\, enjoy times of creativity and science\, move to music\, share a meal together and ​appreciate getting to know one another! Trained\, screened staff & volunteers provide leadership and care while following health orders and camp’s comprehensive COVID-19 protocols.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/week-5-of-camp-spirit-week/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210810T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210810T154500
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T174717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T174800Z
UID:10092-1628605800-1628610300@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Leaders Online Gathering: Summer Club
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Rev Mary Nichol\, First Third Ministry Staff\, this recurring gathering time is for all those in leadership with Children\, Youth\, Families\, Young Adults in a United Church setting – whether paid or volunteer in dedicated ministry with children and families\, or a piece of your ministry.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/leaders-online-gathering-summer-club-2/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210811T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210811T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210630T180114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T180712Z
UID:9875-1628677800-1628683200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:What’s Next Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Email host Andria Irwin: airwin@united-church.ca to get the weekly Zoom link. ‘What’s Next Conversation’ happens Wednesdays in July and August (none on Aug 4). 10:30am-12pm PT/ 11:30am-1pm MT. Drop in! Join Andria of United Online and Rev Randy Boyd of Rural Connect to ask any of your pressing questions around a shift to integrated in-person/online ministry. Tech questions\, theological questions and questions like ‘how can I convince people to volunteer’ are all on the table.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/whats-next-conversation-5/
CATEGORIES:News
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210813T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T175338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210810T175600Z
UID:10094-1628877600-1628881200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Campus United Prayer Walk at Langara College
DESCRIPTION:Prayer Walks – Blessing University and College Sites Around the Pacific Mountain Regional Council \nA ministry of prayer and presence with Regional Campus Ministry Animator\, Daniel Martin. Join in with fellow United Church of Canada congregation members to walk campuses around BC\, bless the schools\, and see what college life looks like for post-secondary students.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/campus-united-prayer-walk-at-langara-college/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Campus United":MAILTO:DMartin@united-church.ca
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210817T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210817T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210809T213049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T213049Z
UID:10112-1629223200-1629226800@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Capilano University Prayer Walk
DESCRIPTION:Join in with fellow United Church of Canada congregations as we walk the campus\, bless the school\, and see what college life looks like for our local students. \nMeet outside the Capilano University Library.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/capilano-university-prayer-walk/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Campus United":MAILTO:DMartin@united-church.ca
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210818T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210820T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210723T165028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T202729Z
UID:10073-1629280800-1629475200@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Tech Tools and Testimony
DESCRIPTION:Online workshop sessions on issues in hybrid ministry practice\, and ‘return’ to in the building congregational experience. Coordinated by United Online and LeaderShift program leader Andria Irwin with additional workshop resource people. \n\n“Where can we find some inspiration for people offering creative hybrid models?” Aug 18\n“We’re building a system from the ground up — what technology should we be looking at?” also Aug 18\n“How Can I Offer a Hybrid Model with Poor / No Internet?” Aug 19\nAnd BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND\, “We’ve Decided to Keep Using Zoom. How Can We Do This Most Effectively?” Aug 20\n\nRegister here: LeaderShiftPM.ca/ttt
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/tech-tools-and-testimony/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210818T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210818T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T164416
CREATED:20210630T180300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T180750Z
UID:9877-1629282600-1629288000@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:What’s Next Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Email host Andria Irwin: airwin@united-church.ca to get the weekly Zoom link. ‘What’s Next Conversation’ happens Wednesdays in July and August (none on Aug 4). 10:30am-12pm PT/ 11:30am-1pm MT. Drop in! Join Andria of United Online and Rev Randy Boyd of Rural Connect to ask any of your pressing questions around a shift to integrated in-person/online ministry. Tech questions\, theological questions and questions like ‘how can I convince people to volunteer’ are all on the table.
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/whats-next-conversation-6/
CATEGORIES:News
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