Pacific Mountain Region

Apartheid-Free Communities: Roots Theology, & a Path Forward
2026-06-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul's Road, Kamloops, BC, Canada
A Justice Ministry Offering
Apartheid-Free Communities: Roots Theology, & a Path Forward
Thursday June 4, 2026
In-Person at Kamloops United Church
On June 4, 10am- 2pm at Kamloops United Church, explore living out our 2025 Regional Apartheid-Free Communities Pledge. Learn about the Quaker roots of the movement, develop your communication skills around anti-apartheid and anti-Zionist dialogue, and connect with the vibrant networks of Palestinian Solidarity work in our region. Registration coming soon!
Registration coming soon!

8th Annual General Meeting
2026-06-04 14:00 - 2026-06-07 14:00
Pacific Mountain Regional Council’s 8th Annual General Meeting
Thursday June 4, 2026 – Sunday June 7, 2026
Location: Kamloops, BC
You’re invited to join us for our 2026 Annual General Meeting June 4-7 at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops featuring Special Guest, The Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence.
Check out our AGM webpage for details about registration, online participation, accommodation, proposals, nominations, pre-AGM events and more!

Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
2026-06-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
A Guranteed Liveable Income Working Group Offering
Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
Sunday June 7, 2026
Online via Zoom
Our Guaranteed Livable Income Pentecost Book Study this year will be focused on “Radical Trust” by Evelyn Forget & Hannah Owczar. This book features stories from the lives of people who would be positively affected by a GLI in Canada, and Forget & Owczar expertly weave in the economics, social science, health and human dignity elements to make an eloquent and urgent case for GLI. It is a great read, and we expect to have people joining from across the country.
This book is available now from Massy Books, McNally Robinson and ARP Books. It will soon become available at the United Church Bookstore UCRD.
Registering early will help us to connect you with resources and reading groups for the study.

Register Here!

Sussex Office Closure
2026-06-08 08:00 - 2026-06-09 17:00
Dear Friends,
The PMRC Office is closed Monday June 8 – Tuesday June 9 and re-opening Wednesday June 10, 2026 due to the travel and working dates of the 8th Annual General Meeting. There will be no Community Connections on June 3 and June 10.
Thank you for your understanding and patience while you wait for replies to emails and phone messages once the Office re-opens on June 10. Some staff may be checking emails and phone messages during the office closure dates; specific details may be available in individual staff voicemails and autoreplies.
May this time of community, discernment, business and worship – whether participating in the General Meeting, and in your own communities of faith and ministry – be a time where we all are Connecting, Collaborating, Cultivating. We give thanks to God for the call to be the church, and be God’s love in the world! Amen.
Blessings,
PMRC Office

Leading Adaptively in Your Context: Online Clergy Cohort with the Rev. Clara King
2026-06-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Online
A LeaderSHIFT Offering with Rev. Clara King
Leading Adaptively in Your Context: Online Clergy Cohort with the Rev. Clara King
February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, 2026.
Online via Zoom

Registration fee: $350

Be refreshed by new ideas from the forefront of research
Find encouragement in a supportive environment of fellow leaders
Discover new tools and skills to meet the challenges ahead

Join leadership educator Clara King on a 5-month journey that will transform how you lead.
Adaptive challenges confront us on all sides. Adaptive leadership is a set of skills to help your congregation face those challenges and find new life. But there is a big difference between knowing about adaptive leadership and being able to put it into practice.
This 5-month program helps to bridge that gap, helping you learn to lead adaptively in your context, in response to the challenges that your faith community is facing, specifically. Combining cutting-edge material from noted leadership educator Clara King, together with transformative group process and personalized 1:1 coaching, this program will encourage you, inspire you, and support you in the good, hard work of faithful leadership, wherever you are.
This 5-Month Program Includes:
– Highly interactive monthly zoom meeting, including adaptive leadership teaching and breakout discussions with a consistent small group
– Monthly one-to-one coaching sessions with Clara to workshop specific adaptive challenges in your context, and integrate learning with your leadership practice
Cohort gatherings will meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 10am-12pm (Pacific), 11am-1pm (Mountain): February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, 2026.
The Rev. Clara King is an ordained priest in the Anglican Diocese of Calgary, and a PhD Candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary in California. For twenty years, Clara has used adaptive leadership in congregations and regional ministry, as a church consultant, and leadership coach. She has taught adaptive leadership for clergy and lay leaders in Canada and the United States since 2018. Clara taught Leading Adaptively through the EDGE Network with the United Church of Canada, and is a teacher and mentor in the Leader’s Way Program for clergy at Yale Divinity School. Clara’s PhD research focuses on the most effective way to teach adaptive leadership to clergy.

Click here for more information and registration!

Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
2026-06-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
A Guranteed Liveable Income Working Group Offering
Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
Sunday June 14, 2026
Online via Zoom

Our Guaranteed Livable Income Pentecost Book Study this year will be focused on “Radical Trust” by Evelyn Forget & Hannah Owczar. This book features stories from the lives of people who would be positively affected by a GLI in Canada, and Forget & Owczar expertly weave in the economics, social science, health and human dignity elements to make an eloquent and urgent case for GLI. It is a great read, and we expect to have people joining from across the country.
This book is available now from Massy Books, McNally Robinson and ARP Books. It will soon become available at the United Church Bookstore UCRD.
Registering early will help us to connect you with resources and reading groups for the study.

Register Here!

Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
2026-06-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
A Guranteed Liveable Income Working Group Offering
Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
Sunday June 21, 2026
Online via Zoom

Our Guaranteed Livable Income Pentecost Book Study this year will be focused on “Radical Trust” by Evelyn Forget & Hannah Owczar. This book features stories from the lives of people who would be positively affected by a GLI in Canada, and Forget & Owczar expertly weave in the economics, social science, health and human dignity elements to make an eloquent and urgent case for GLI. It is a great read, and we expect to have people joining from across the country.
This book is available now from Massy Books, McNally Robinson and ARP Books. It will soon become available at the United Church Bookstore UCRD.
Registering early will help us to connect you with resources and reading groups for the study.

Register Here!

Leaders Online Gathering
2026-06-23 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater
Leaders Online Gathering
Tuesday June 23, 2026
Online Via Zoom
First Third Ministry hosts a monthly gathering of United Church leaders who are in ministry with children, youth and families, across the church.
Led by First Third Ministry’s Minister for Leadership Support & Development: Rev. Michelle Slater!
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Join us for an online cohort group discussions, comprised of check-ins, resource-sharing, and monthly themes to discuss!
Click here for more information!
Click here to register for the Zoom link!

Queer & Faithful Cinema: “The Iridesce Theatre Presentation”
2026-06-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
A Affirming Connections & Pacific Mountain Region Affirming Ministry Offering
Queer & Faithful Cinema
Monthly Online Screenings: Friday May 15, June 26, July 17, August 7
Online via Zoom
PIE to Pride season is full of ways to engage your community and dive into Queer Theology. Join us for four monthly film screenings, each film featuring real life stories of people who have navigated queerness in the context of church, community and family. A discussion will follow each film that will touch on elements of Queer Theology and Liberating Theology to support the expansion of our own experiences and to support the authentic exploration and articulation of our own faith.
**Disclaimer** As documentaries, these films may contain occasional language profanity
Register here:
May 15 Registration – “Proper Pronouns” follows four transgender ministers in North Carolina as they fight intolerance and discrimination in the Bible Belt and battle narrow-mindedness within the religious community, fellow state natives, and their families.
June 26 Registration – At General Council 42 the church voted to have a national project of story-sharing and dialogue with people affected by the Church’s 1988 decision. These stories would then help the church to discern if, and how, it might live into an apology to the church’s LGBTQ and Two-Spirit people. “The Iridesce Theatre Presentation” is a play in three acts. All the words of the script have emerged from the Iridesce Project, and are the memories and words of Iridesce participants.
July 17 Registration – “Wonderfully Made — LGBTQ+R(eligion)” is a combined fine art project and feature-length documentary that together strike at the root of anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics. The message, however, applies to any religious tradition that does not fully embrace our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters.
August 7 Registration – “A Queer’s Guide to Spiritual Living” Blending zine-inspired animation, spoken word, and poetry with insightful interview footage, this lo-fi documentary collage follows four queer people from different religious backgrounds as they explore the intersections of faith and queerness.

Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
2026-06-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
A Guranteed Liveable Income Working Group Offering
Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
Sunday June 28, 2026
Online via Zoom

Our Guaranteed Livable Income Pentecost Book Study this year will be focused on “Radical Trust” by Evelyn Forget & Hannah Owczar. This book features stories from the lives of people who would be positively affected by a GLI in Canada, and Forget & Owczar expertly weave in the economics, social science, health and human dignity elements to make an eloquent and urgent case for GLI. It is a great read, and we expect to have people joining from across the country.
This book is available now from Massy Books, McNally Robinson and ARP Books. It will soon become available at the United Church Bookstore UCRD.
Registering early will help us to connect you with resources and reading groups for the study.

Register Here!

Office Closure ~ Canada Day
2026-07-01

Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 1
2026-07-06
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 1
Monday July 6 – Friday July 10, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations:

Trinity United Church, Vernon

Day Camp

Golden Ears United Church, Maple Ridge

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Jubilee United Church – Rumble Site, Burnaby

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 2
2026-07-13
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 2
Monday July 13 – Friday July 17, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations:

Valemount Anglican United Church, Valemount

Day Camp

St. Andrew’s United Church, North Vancouver

Day Camp

The United Church Regional Office Complex – 6000 Sussex Ave., Burnaby

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Queer & Faithful Cinema: “Wonderfully Made — LGBTQ+R(eligion)”
2026-07-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Online

Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 3
2026-07-20
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 3
Monday July 20 – Friday July 24, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations:

Knox United Church, Terrace

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Trinity United Church, Prince George

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 4
2026-07-27
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 4
Monday July 27 – Friday July 31, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations:

St. Columba Anglican United Church, Port Hardy: 4 day camp starting Tuesday July 28

Day Camp

Oakridge United Church, ​Vancouver

Day Camp

Shiloh-5th Ave United Church at Sanctuary on 6th, ​ New Westminster

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Office Closure ~ British Columbia Day
2026-08-03

Camp Spirit '26 - Week 5
2026-08-04
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 5
Tuesday August 4 – Friday August 7, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations: 4 Day Camp

Pacific Spirit United Church, Vancouver

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Northwood United Church, Surrey

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Tsawwassen United Church, Delta

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Queer & Faithful Cinema: “A Queer’s Guide to Spiritual Living”
2026-08-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Online

Camp Spirit '26 - Week 6
2026-08-10
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 6
Monday August 10 – Friday August 14, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations:

Crossroads United Church, Delta

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

White Horse United Church, Whitehorse

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church, Vancouver

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 7
2026-08-17
A Camp Spirit Offering
Camp Spirit ’26 – Week 7
Monday August 17 – Friday August 21, 2026
In-Person
We offer Camp Spirit in different cities, towns and villages across BC and into the Yukon! Our camp locations are provided by host-United Churches in the town; we share their space for our week of camp. We love the connections that sharing space builds! More information on being a host community of faith is available from Regional Minister for Camp Spirit, Cathy Cryder.
Locations:

Smithers United Church at Camp Caledonia, Telkwa

Day Camp

Broad View United, Victoria

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Weird Church, Cumberland

Day Camp
Level Up Youth

Campbell River United Church, Campbell River

Day Camp

Day Camps for Children 6-11 yrs!

At Camp Spirit we value listening to & experiencing Sacred Stories, enjoying times of Creativity & Science, moving to Music, Sharing Meals together, and fostering Community, Friendships & Leadership!​​

Level Up Youth ​for People 12-14 years! (not offered at all sites)​

Camp Spirit Level Up Youth will connect with the same scriptures and themes as the campers, and focus on teamwork, skill building, fun and community while connecting to God at their level.

Click here for more information and registration!

Office Closure ~ Labour Day
2026-09-07

Office Closure ~ National Truth and Reconciliation Day
2026-09-30

Office Closure ~ Thanksgiving
2026-10-12

Pilgrimage to Guatemala: A Journey of Encounter, Community and Learning
2026-10-26 08:00 - 2026-11-06 17:00
A LeaderSHIFT Offering with World Pilgrim Global Education
Pilgrimage to Guatemala: A Journey of Encounter, Community and Learning
Monday October 26 – Friday November 6, 2026
In-Person
This is not a trip in the usual sense. It is a pilgrimage — an invitation to step out of our familiar rhythms and into a deeper way of seeing. Together, we will travel with World Pilgrim and Executive Minister Treena Duncan into the heart of Guatemala, not as visitors, but as learners and companions, open to being shaped by the people, the land, and the stories we encounter.
More information here: https://leadershiftuccan.org/guatemala-2026

Office Closure ~ Remembrance Day
2026-11-11

Office Closure ~ PMRC Staff Retreat
2026-11-30 08:00 - 2026-12-04 17:00

Office Closure ~ Christmas Break
2026-12-24 08:00 - 2027-01-01 17:00

Office Closure ~ Christmas Day
2026-12-25

Office Closure ~ New Year's Day
2027-01-01
