PMRC Financial Townhall
2020-10-08 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Vancouver)

Nourishing the Soul of the Preacher
2020-10-14 10:30 - 12:00, 2020-10-21 10:30 - 12:00, 2020-10-28 10:30 - 12:00
Each week we come to a text or theme and sit with it, think about it, work with it, leave it alone, struggle with it, write it, and finally dare speaking.
6 weekly online sessions: Wednesdays September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28
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2020 Annual General Meeting
2020-10-16 - 2020-10-17

STEWARDSHIP BUZZ! 6 Steps to Take Right Now!
2020-10-20 10:30 - 12:00, 2020-11-03 10:30 - 12:00
This dedicated online time together will be packed with amazing information about how to inspire your people about Stewardship. You will learn the difference between “fund raising” and “stewardship” and how to define actual stewardship from scarcity culture.
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Imagine! a Children's Retreat - Island
2020-10-23 - 2020-10-25 | Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W3, Canada
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Confronting Whiteness, with Anna Colina White
2020-10-25 13:30 - 16:30
Whether you are new to this journey or have been unpacking your White privilege for decades, this workshop will help you develop personal skills for confronting systemic racism.
Learn more about how we as white people can show up for each other and racialized people in our lives.
We will gain skills to support us in moving the dial on our allyship/accomplice work for justice as communities of faith.
You’ll have the chance to talk to other White folks about topics ranging from “How do I deal with my racist uncle?” to “What’s White culture?” to “Wait, I’m a Settler?!”
The course comes out of decades of anti-racism work led by people of colour, and a persistent ask for White folks to engage in our own work of confronting whiteness individually, interpersonally, and organizationally.
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Special Information Townhall: Palestinian Network, with Treena Duncan and Guest Rev. Keith Simmonds
2020-10-29 13:00 - 14:30
Special Information Townhall: Palestinian Network, with Treena Duncan and Guest Rev. Keith Simmonds, former human rights observer in Palestine
Rev. Keith Simmonds served as an Ecumenical Accompanier in Palestine and Israel from January through March of this year, where he witnessed and reported on human rights violations carried out upon Palestinian Children in Occupied Palestine.
Click here for Keith’s presentation.
Click here for the discussion afterwards.

Townhall Meeting with Treena Duncan and Rev. Blair Odney
2020-11-04 13:00 - 14:30
Nov 4 Townhall: Cross-PMRC Check-in and Resource Sharing
Join Treena and Blair for a conversation with one another, about what we have learned during COVID that might inform future ministry, share what’s working for your setting so that others may learn, and look ahead to strategies and ideas for Christmas season and worship times.
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Postmodern Prophets: 4 Windows on our World, with Emily Scott
2020-11-07 13:30 - 15:00
It takes guts to do ministry, to be resilient in facing the challenges and suffering of the world we serve, and courage to try to do something about it. Emily M D Scott knows all about that in her work as a church planter and founder of St Lydia’s Dinner church, which spanned a dinner church movement across N. America. Join Emily as she speaks from her book For all who Hunger: Communion in this shattered world on the topic of resilience (and how we might bring more of it into the world).
Prophets tell us what is up ahead, bring bold ideas, and stay connected to the Divine so they speak from the heart. In this 4 part series, Postmodern Prophets: 4 Windows on our World, some of our best post-modern prophets share what is on their hearts and minds to inspire, challenge and intrigue us. Preachers, teachers, and rabble rousers welcome!
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Let Go: Leaning into the Future without Fear, with Matt Miofsky
2020-11-10 09:30 - 11:00
If you are a member or leader in the United Church of Canada, you are experiencing familiar structures, expectations, and habits changing as we face massive shifts in our church and social and political orders. Pandemic, elections, virtual church – you can imagine roaming through the unknown, trying on different approaches. and searching for ideas to orient yourself. Where are we? Who are we? God is calling us to unfamiliar and unknown territory. Join Matt Miofsky, lead pastor of The Gathering to explore together God’s call to trust in a future we cannot fully see — and to let go even more than we thought possible to rest in that trust.

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, with Bob Joseph
2020-11-15 12:00 - 16:00
This is a launch event for a LeaderShift book study to help broaden our individual and communal knowledge base across the Regional Council, about the legislation that shapes Indigenous lives today. As a church we have committed to implementing the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – but how complete is your knowledge about the Indian Act itself? Since 1876 the Indian Act has dictated and constrained the lives of Indigenous Peoples. Deeper awareness of the legacy of the Indian Act will contribute to our collective capacity to pursue true reconciliation.

Let Go: Leaning into the Future without Fear with Matt Miofsky
2020-11-17 09:30 - 11:00, 2020-11-24 09:30 - 11:00
Three-week seminar, starting November 10

Townhall Meeting with Special Guest Jason Byassee
2020-11-18 13:00 - 14:30
Nov 18 Townhall: with Guest Jason Byassee
Treena and Blair will be joined by Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee, who teaches preaching at the Vancouver School of Theology. Jason will present on his forthcoming book, Northern Lights: Resurrecting Church in the North of England. It’s about growing congregations in places where churches purportedly ‘can’t’ grow. Some folks will know of Jason’s other books, and particularly his work with Matt Miosky in ‘8 Virtues of Rapidly Growing Churches‘. Jason just spoke with the Chinook Winds townhall at the end of October, and it was fabulous. We’re excited Jason can join PMRC’s townhall this November.

Click here for a recording of the Zoom Meeting

Confronting Whiteness, with Anna Colina White
2020-11-20 09:30 - 12:30
Whether you are new to this journey or have been unpacking your White privilege for decades, this workshop will help you develop personal skills for confronting systemic racism.
Learn more about how we as white people can show up for each other and racialized people in our lives.
We will gain skills to support us in moving the dial on our allyship/accomplice work for justice as communities of faith.
You’ll have the chance to talk to other White folks about topics ranging from “How do I deal with my racist uncle?” to “What’s White culture?” to “Wait, I’m a Settler?!”
The course comes out of decades of anti-racism work led by people of colour, and a persistent ask for White folks to engage in our own work of confronting whiteness individually, interpersonally, and organizationally.

Developing Online Small Group Leadership Skills, with Rev. Rhian Walker
2020-11-22 13:30 - 16:00
Small groups are places of depth and connection in our communities of faith. But now that we aren’t meeting face to face, how do we build relationships and intimacy for learning when we are staring at screens? In this short workshop, we will explore how to create engaging small groups for an online format. Material covered will include how to create a format that builds relationships, exercises and techniques to try, how to manage pacing, and how to make Zoom work for you (instead of against you).

Postmodern Prophets: 4 Windows on our World with Amir Hussain
2020-12-05 13:30 - 15:00
Prophets tell us what is up ahead, bring bold ideas, and stay connected to the Divine so they speak from the heart. In this 4 part series, Postmodern Prophets: 4 Windows on our World, some of our best post-modern prophets share what is on their hearts and minds to inspire, challenge and intrigue us. Preachers, teachers, and rabble rousers welcome!
Amir Hussain, a Canadian Muslim, is Chair and Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, the Jesuit university in Los Angeles. He teaches courses on religion, with a focus on contemporary Muslim societies in North America. Amir has a long involvement with the United Church of Canada. He is an adherent member of Trinity – St. Paul’s in Toronto, and most recently taught an online course this summer at the Naramata Centre.
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Faith Leaders For Such a Time as This, with Rev. Bev Brazier and Rev. Andy O'Neill
2021-01-12 10:00 - 11:30
While this time is disorienting, challenging and requires rapid adaptation for all church leaders, it doesn’t stop the essential practice of faith: to pay attention to the life and faith of our community, to the challenges and opportunities of these circumstances, and to the wisdom of our tradition.
What is being unveiled for us in these times? For good, or for ill, what are we beginning to catch glimpses of about ourselves, and about God.
Led by Rev. Bev Brazier and Rev. Andy O’Neill, gather with colleagues for 4 weeks to explore the spiritual questions that arise during a crisis, the theologies that are guiding us, and how we respond to the needs of our communities right now.

The Gathering Place
2021-01-12 10:00 - 11:30
This is a 3-month pilot project of the Ministry Personnel Support Team (formerly Spiritual Care Network), welcoming United Church ministry personnel together for community and collegial support. Registration for the Zoom access is here (click).

LIFE HACKS: Making Online Worship Work - Little Tech Things than make a Big Difference, with Frank Zieginson
2021-01-18 13:30 - 15:00
Now that we have all scrambled to put our worship online, we might be wondering “How do I make this look and sound better? How do I do this when I don’t have a George Lucas-level budget?” Frank helped manage that exact challenge at Lynn Valley United. Frank will walk through some tips, tricks and techniques to shoot worship with a laptop or a camera, how to design backdrops, and some simple editing tricks to make things look polished.

Faith Leaders For Such a Time as This, with Rev. Bev Brazier and Rev. Andy O'Neill
2021-01-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-02-02 10:00 - 11:30
Four week course, starting January 12

LIFE HACKS: Creating Video Outreach - Simple Production Tech and Tips, with Rev Greg Powell
2021-01-19 10:00 - 11:30
Pandemic restrictions forced many congregations to learn video production overnight. For many of us, it’s all still a mystery! In this basic intro course, Rev. Greg Powell touches on most aspects of video production, including the importance of good content, what equipment you’ll need, some basics in lighting and sound, and several other considerations. You’ll come away from this course with the confidence to start your own project and some clear ideas of where to focus your learning next.

LIFE HACKS: Developing Online Small Group Leadership Skills, with Rev Rhian Walke
2021-01-20 13:30 - 16:00

Townhall Meeting with Treena Duncan and Rev. Blair Odney
2021-01-20 14:30 - 16:00
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Jan 20 Townhall: Welcome the New Year
Join Treena and Blair as we greet the New Year in our first Townhall meeting in 2021.
Information for the Zoom meeting is below.

Topic: PMR Townhall meeting
Time: Jan 20, 2021 02:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Click here for the recording of the Zoom Meeting

LIFE HACKS: Fostering Engaging Worship - Tools and Testimony, with Rev Karen Verveda and Kathy Davies
2021-01-21 10:00 - 11:30
How do you make the most of a live platform to engage people in a worship experience? We will explore this intention from planning to presiding online, including discussing the use of multi-media, creative arts and multi-sensory experiences to invite congregational participation and engagement. We will look at ways to promote connection and involvement over the long haul. This workshop will be most beneficial to those using a live interactive online platform such as Zoom.

Faith Leaders For Such a Time as This, with Rev. Bev Brazier and Rev. Andy O'Neill
2021-01-26 10:00 - 11:30
Four week course, starting January 21
