Pacific Mountain Region

* Postponed (COVID-19) * Leadershift: Mental Health First Aid - Kamloops
2020-03-25 08:00 - 2020-03-26 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul's Road, Kamloops, BC, Canada
This event has been postponed as we all work together, faithfully and generously, to flatten the curve of COVID-19 in our Regional Council, and across Canada. Please check with the event organizer for specifics. For ways of being together, while being physically apart, you’re warmly invited to online worship with many communities of faith across the region. See the listings here.: https://pacificmountain.ca/creative-ways-to-worship-at-a-distance/ Blessings, PMRC Staff
Full details about this important 2-day training course, course facilitators, course start and end times, and accreditation are on the LeaderShift website: Mental Health First Aid Training

Quick & Dirty Streaming: How to stream a church service with what you likely have lying around
2020-03-24 10:30 - 11:30
If you’re looking for a quick and simple, yet effective way to stream your worship service to the members of your community in this time of physical distancing, join Allan Buckingham from CnA media Consulting to look at ways to bring a familiar, yet different, Sunday morning experience to the members of your Community of Faith.
This really is about a good quality worship experience with little to no technical know how or extra equipment. Duct tape may end up being involved.  : )

The Basics: Getting Started with Zoom™
2020-03-24 09:30 - 10:30
This Online Engagement Session is an exciting and important joint project of LeaderShift and the PMR First Third Ministry Network! Join Pacific Mountain Regional Council staff member Mauricio Araujo or Pamela Evans to get from “I have no idea how to start” to “Hey look! I’m ready to host an online meeting!” Mauricio will cover setting up an account, and introduce the basic actions of scheduling a meeting, inviting participants, and beginning your Zoom™ meeting.

* Postponed (COVID-19) * Young Adult Retreat
2020-03-20 - 2020-03-22 | Springbrooke Retreat Centre, 22778 72 Avenue, Langley, BC, V2Y 2K3, Canada
This event has been postponed as we all work together, faithfully and generously, to flatten the curve of COVID-19 in our Regional Council, and across Canada. Please check with the event organizer for specifics. For ways of being together, while being physically apart, you’re warmly invited to online worship with many communities of faith across the region. See the listings here.: https://pacificmountain.ca/creative-ways-to-worship-at-a-distance/ Blessings, PMRC Staff
First Third Ministry: Young Adult Retreat for those aged 18-35. More information and registration here.

Native Ministry AGM
2020-03-13 17:00 - 2020-03-15 12:00
Meeting in the Mountain View Room at the PMRC office site in Burnaby.

First Third Ministry: Duncan to Nelson Exchange
2020-03-12 - 2020-03-16

Mental Health First Aid Training - Penticton
2020-03-11 - 2020-03-12 | Penticton United Church, 696 Main Street, Penticton, BC, V2A 5C8, Canada
Full details about this important 2-day training course, course facilitators, course start and end times, and accreditation are on the LeaderShift website: Mental Health First Aid Training

Theological Banquet - with Rev Janet Gear
2020-03-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W3, Canada
The Theological Banquet is an inspiring, one-day workshop that fosters language, identity and understanding in your community of faith.
God connects with each of us in unique ways. We search for words and images to speak about our profound experience – that’s Theology! In her research, Rev. Janet Gear has identified five distinct ways United Church people tend to express their ‘theologies’ – that’s the Theological Banquet.
LeaderShift is pleased to be sponsoring Janet’s leadership in a number of areas across the Pacific Mountain Regional Council this 2020 year.

At a workshop near you, come and discover which of the five theological streams fits for you, and which ones you encounter strongly in your community of faith. Learn about the Theological Banquet, savouring the blessings and gifts of these different ways. After the workshop we hope you will be more able to sit at the common table with people who share similar and different theological ideas and practices.
$25: event fee for this location toward the venue rental
$20: optional overnight accommodation add-on, for participants wanting to stay overnight. Meals are not provided with overnight accommodation.
NOTE: Bring a bag lunch.

Faith Quest - Island
2020-02-28 - 2020-03-01 | Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W3, Canada
First Third Ministry: Faith Quest – Island

Leadershift: Theological Banquet - Chilliwack
2020-02-22 | Carman United Church, 7258 Vedder Road, Chilliwack, BC, V2R 4E4, Canada
With Rev. Janet Gear

Imagine Children's Retreat - Regional Event
2020-02-21 16:00 - 2020-02-23 12:00 | Stillwood Retreat Centre, 44005 Watt Rd, Lindell Beach, BC, V2R 4X9, Canada
First Third Ministry: Imagine Children’s Retreat – Regional Event

Clergy Day Apart - North Vancouver
2020-02-20 09:30 - 14:30 | Lynn Valley United Church, 3201 Mountain Hwy, North Vancouver, BC, V7K 2H4, Canada
Clergy Day Apart: a one-day retreat for Paid Accountable Ministry Personnel
Facilitated by Lorie Martin
Soup and Sandwich lunch included

Mental Health First Aid Training COURTENAY
2020-02-19 - 2020-02-20 | St. George’s United, 505 6th Street, Courtenay, BC, Canada
NOTE:

To ensure that you get the most up-to-date information, to ask questions, and to download posters, please go the LeaderShift website for details of this event.
Online Registration for all Mental Health First Aid Training locations is open now.

Mental Health First Aid Training NANAIMO
2020-02-07 - 2020-02-08 | St Andrew’s United Church Nanaimo, 311 Fitzwilliam St, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Mental Health First Aid Training VICTORIA
2020-02-05 - 2020-02-06 | FirstMetropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

Clear Space Clergy Retreat Loon Lake :: Spiritual Care Network & LeaderShift
2020-01-27 - 2020-01-30
NOTE:

To ensure that you get the most up-to-date information, to ask questions, and to download posters, please go the LeaderShift website for details of this event.

Faith Quest Youth Retreat - Lower Mainland
2020-01-24 15:00 - 2020-01-26 11:30 | Stillwood Retreat Centre, 44005 Watt Rd, Lindell Beach, BC, V2R 4X9, Canada
First Third Ministry: Faith Quest Youth Retreat – Lower Mainland

Theological Banquet with Rev Janet Gear
2020-01-11 10:00 - 15:00 | Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W3, Canada
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed to March 7.

Regional Council Christmas Open House - You're Invited!
2019-12-13 13:00 - 16:00
All United Church people who find themselves close to 4383 Rumble Street on Friday, December 13th, 2019 are warmly welcome to join the Pacific Mountain Regional Council staff and ministers in a jolly Open House gathering, meeting our new Executive Minister Treena Duncan and Regional Staff, and celebrating the Mystery of Christmas in community and with tasty treats!
Extend this invitation to your colleagues, friends in Christ, youth groups, seniors gatherings, and beyond. All are welcome! Event time, location and contact numbers are below.
Do help us plan! Let us know that you’re attending by clicking here.

Warmly,
Brenda Wolff, and the PM Regional Council Staff

Beyond Good Intentions
2019-11-23 09:00 - 17:00

Evolve YAYA Regional Conference
2019-11-08 - 2019-11-11 | Stillwood Retreat Centre, 44005 Watt Rd, Lindell Beach, BC, V2R 4X9, Canada
This event takes place on the territory of the Soowahlie First Nation.

VST Rituals and Practices for Intergenerational Programming
2019-10-24 - 2019-10-26 | Vancouver School of Theology, 6015 Walter Gage Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rituals and Practices for Intergenerational Programming

Holy Shift- Size-Mic Upgrade
2019-10-04 19:00 - 2019-10-06 12:00
Full details & Registration on the LeaderShift website

Mental Health First Aid Course
2019-09-25 08:30 - 2019-09-26 16:30 | Jubilee United Church, 6000 Sussex Avenue, Burnaby, BC, V5H 3C2, Canada
This 2-day, in depth course is for adults who interact with youth and people of all ages at church, school, activities, social services, in families, with friends and in community. Course content covers the four most common mental health disorders, including substance related, mood related, anxiety and trauma related, and psychotic disorders. Course participants leave well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with young people, and those of all ages, in their lives.
This event takes place on the territory of the Coast Salish first nations.

M&P 101 Workshop-Victoria
2019-09-21 09:30 - 15:30 | Cadboro Bay UC, 2625 Arbutus Rd,, Victoria, BC, V8N 1W4
What?
M&P 101
The role of the Ministry and Personnel (M&P) Committee using the newly revised M and P Handbook 2019
The M&P Committee and the Church Board/Council
Who?
M&P Committee Members
Board or Council members or anyone who is interested!
When?
Saturday, Sept 21, 2019
9:30 am – 3:30 pm (doors open at 900 am)
Where?
Cadboro Bay United Church
2625 Arbutus Rd, Victoria BC
Cost?
There is no charge for this event! Please register so that we know how many people to expect and have enough materials available for everyone. Please bring a bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.
For more information please contact Gail Miller Regional Minister at gmiller@united-church.ca.
Register Online Here
This event takes place on the territory of the Songhees First Nation.

Kootenay Faith Fest 2019
2019-06-21 - 2019-06-23 | Nelson United Church, 602 Silica Street, Nelson, BC, V1L 4N1
This June, as spring turns to summer, United Church people from across our entire Pacific Mountain Region are invited to spend time with the network that was formerly Kootenay Presbytery – exploring community, relationship and covenant in our evolving church times!
The Kootenay Faith Fest planning team is thrilled to bring Rev Carol Howard Merritt, north to Nelson BC, from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Carol “is a minister whose writing, speaking, and teaching is anchored in theological wisdom and sociological insight. She’s a sought-after keynote speaker, especially on the topic of ministering in a new generation. …The award-winning author of Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation, Reframing Hope: Vital Ministry in a New Generation, and Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God After Experiencing a Hurtful Church. Carol is a frequent contributor to books, websites, magazines, and journals. She is a regular writer at the Christian Century where her blog is hosted.”
Join the Festival
At Kootenay Faith Fest, Carol will invite us into creative, reflective conversation, re-imagining – and healing – in our progressive, multi-generational Christian contexts.
Diverse Workshop Leaders offer sessions to engage our body, mind and spirit.
Youth meet together in age-specific program and community.
Special time is reserved for now-and-future Cluster building across the generations and ministry areas.
Freedom for visiting, adventuring, and being with one another is held in all the spaces in between.
Registration Details
The Kootenay Faith Fest 2019 is for all United Church people in congregational and community ministry across our Region – whether in leadership, membership, located in the Kootenay’s, or beyond.
Youth are encouraged to register!

Individual registration is $50.
The Whole Group Rate for 7-12 people from the same faith community is $325 for the whole group (13 or more, add $50 per person).
Accommodation and travel costs are the responsibility of participants.
Billeting is an option and a travel bursary can be available upon application.
Contact Brenda Wolff in the Region Office for more information.

Register Now!
Kootenay Faith Fest 2019 is a LeaderShift Event with Nelson United Church and the former Kootenay Presbytery. We acknowledge, with respect, the traditional territories of the Sinixt and Ktunaxa people on which this event is a guest.

The Inaugural General Meeting of the Pacific Mountain Region
2019-05-30 19:00 - 2019-06-02 19:00
From Whitehorse in the North, to the coastal islands on the West, to the mountain town of Banff in the East, and across the hills and valleys, watersheds and plains of our Region, United Church people of all ages will gather the 2019 General Meeting of the Pacific Mountain Region. We’ll gather as delegates and leaders, as volunteers, visitors and observers, as participants and leaders of the Children’s Program and the Youth Program, and more. We’ll pray, play and explore what God is up to. We’re excited to get into the questions of where the Spirit is at work, and how we will participate in that work. The sacred story Esther will support us “for such a time as this”. Yes, there will be technical work to do but it won’t be just business as usual.

M&P 101 Workshop-Trinity UC in Vernon
2019-05-25 09:30 - 15:00
What?
M&P 101
The role of the M&P Committee using the newly revised M and P Handbook 2019
The M&P Committee and the Church Board/Council
Who?
M&P Committee Members
Board or Council members or anyone who is interested!
When?
Saturday, May 25th, 2019
9:30 am – 3:00 pm
Where?
Trinity United Church Vernon
3300 Alexis Park Drive. Vernon, BC
Cost?
There is no charge for this event! Please register so that we know how many people to expect and have enough materials available for everyone. Please bring a bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.
For more information please contact Allison Rennie Regional Minister at arennie@united-church.ca
To Register: https://form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/MandPWorkshop-Vernon

M&P 101 Workshop - South Arm UC in Richmond
2019-05-25 09:00 - 15:30 | South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 1K2, Canada
What?
M&P 101
The role of the M&P Committee using the newly revised M and P Handbook 2019
The M&P Committee and the Church Board/Council
Who?
M&P Committee Members
Board or Council members or anyone who is interested!
Open to all in the lower mainland.
When?
Saturday, May 25th, 2019
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Where?
South Arm United Church
11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond BC
Cost?
There is no charge for this event! Please register so that we know how many people to expect and have enough materials available for everyone. Lunch is available for $15 per person (please pay at the door). Coffee and tea will be provided.
For more information please contact Marc Coulombe Regional Minister for the Lower Mainland mcoulombe@united-church.ca
To Register: https://form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/MandP101_SouthArmUC

May Retreat South at Camp Fircom
2019-05-17 - 2019-05-20 | Camp Fircom, Gambier Island, BC, Canada
Calling all youth, young adults and leaders across the Pacific Mountain Region…
Two retreats… one weekend…
From May 17-20, 2019, May Retreat North will be held at MacKenzie Camp, Armstrong, BC, while May Retreat South at will be held at Camp Fircom on Gambier Island.
For more information and to register, visit the May Retreat website.
