Pacific Mountain Region

Social Media and Hate: A Virtual Workshop
2026-05-21 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Vancouver) | Online
An Affirming Ministries Offering with Hazel Woodrow
Social Media and Hate: A Virtual Workshop
Thursday May 21, 2026
Online
We’ve all seen hate show up in our social media feeds. But understanding how these messages spread online – and why they can sometimes be difficult to recognize at first – takes more than good intentions.
Join us for a virtual workshop with Hazel Woodrow, Education Program Manager at the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, as she walks us through the strategies hate movements use to spread messaging online, how those strategies affect different communities, and what each of us can do to push back.
This workshop is designed to be accessible across a wide range of experience with social media and online culture. No prior expertise is needed – and even those who spend a lot of time online may find new ways of understanding how these tactics operate at a structural level.
Registration: Pay-What-You-Can (suggested $10)
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-media-and-hate-a-virtual-workshop-tickets-1988931917907

Office Closure ~ Victoria Day
2026-05-18 | BC

Re:Union - Vancouver Island Young Adult Retreat
2026-05-16 13:00 - 2026-05-18 13:00 | Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W3, Canada
A First Third Ministry Offering
Re:Union – Vancouver Island Young Adult Retreat
Saturday May 16 – Monday May 18, 2026
In-Person at Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd., Shawnigan Lake BC
RE:UNITED BY RE:UNITE
Calling young adults from Vancouver Island! United Church folks and friends, we invite you to travel to Camp Pringle, surrounded by the beauty of Shawnigan Lake, for a weekend of rest, community, and fun.
Re:Union – Vancouver Island Young Adult Gathering | Event Registration | Chinook Winds & Pacific Mountain Regions UCCan Store

Queer & Faithful Cinema: “Proper Pronouns”
2026-05-15 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.

Toward 2035 PMRC Online Gathering
2026-05-14 13:00 - 15:30 | BC
You’re invited to join Treena Duncan and Kathy Davies for an online conversation about the future of the church on May 14, 1:00-3:30pm PT. Together, we’ll explore the United Church’s Toward 2035 vision, reflect on regional insights, and imagine a shared path forward for ministry. All are welcome! Join by zoom here.
Treena and Kathy are also visiting local communities across the region to discuss Toward 2035 in-person. Click here to register for a gathering near you.

Church Planters Retreat
2026-05-13 13:00 - 2026-05-15 13:00 | The United Commons, 932 Balmoral Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada

Leading Adaptively in Your Context: Online Clergy Cohort with the Rev. Clara King
2026-05-13 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-08 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-11 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!

Leaders Online Gathering
2026-05-12 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater
Leaders Online Gathering
Tuesday May 12, 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!

Godly Play: Onsite Core Training Intensive
2026-05-07 18:00 - 2026-05-10 17:30 | Jubilee United Church, 6000 Sussex Avenue, Burnaby, BC, V5H 3C2, Canada
Godly Play: Onsite Core Training Intensive
Thursday May 7 – Sunday May 10, 2026
In-Person at 6000 Sussex Ave., Burnaby BC
Godly Play Core Training (In person Intensive) takes place over twenty-two contact hours. Participants will have one – one hour session via Zoom pre-event with a small group and a Trainer to workshop their Sacred Story storytelling skills.
The training will cover: development and practice of both roles (Doorperson & Storyteller); and all story genres – Sacred, Parable, Liturgical Action with the fourth genre, silence, woven throughout. There are also plenaries on creating sacred space, supporting the community of children, children’s spirituality, the Godly Play environment and getting started. Reading, reflecting and practicing stories between sessions is also part of the work.
We use an action/reflection model with some leader presentations and a lot of interaction. All learning will take place in a prayerful and playful atmosphere with creative and experienced Godly Play trainers. There are lots of things you can learn from a lecture, but Godly Play is learned from the inside out!
Click here for more information and registration!

Toward 2035: Conversations Across Pacific Mountain Region
2026-05-07 18:00 - 21:00 | BC
Toward 2035: In-person Conversations with Treena Duncan and Kathy Davies
Thursday May 7, 2026
In-Person at Lakeview Multicultural United Church (1600 Cliff Ave., Burnaby BC )
You’re invited join us for a region-wide conversation about the future of the church.
Seven in-person gatherings will take place across the province, bringing local communities of faith together to connect with one another and with the wider region. In these conversations, we’ll explore the United Church’s Toward 2035 vision, reflect on data specific to your local area, and begin imagining a shared path forward for sustaining and strengthening our ministry.
This is a space for connection, curiosity, and collaboration. Together, we’ll share wisdom, listen deeply, and consider new ways of working alongside neighbouring communities of faith.
All are welcome, active and retired ministry personnel, lay leaders, and anyone who feels called to engage in shaping the future of the United Church in their local context.
If you have any questions, please email Kathy Davies, Pastoral Relations and Community of Faith Team Lead
Click here to register!

Toward 2035: Conversations Across Pacific Mountain Region
2026-05-06 13:00 - 16:00 | BC
Toward 2035: In-person Conversations with Treena Duncan and Kathy Davies
Wednesday May 6, 2026
In-Person at Gladwin Heights United Church (3474 Gladwin Rd., Abbotsford BC )
You’re invited join us for a region-wide conversation about the future of the church.
Seven in-person gatherings will take place across the province, bringing local communities of faith together to connect with one another and with the wider region. In these conversations, we’ll explore the United Church’s Toward 2035 vision, reflect on data specific to your local area, and begin imagining a shared path forward for sustaining and strengthening our ministry.
This is a space for connection, curiosity, and collaboration. Together, we’ll share wisdom, listen deeply, and consider new ways of working alongside neighbouring communities of faith.
All are welcome, active and retired ministry personnel, lay leaders, and anyone who feels called to engage in shaping the future of the United Church in their local context.
If you have any questions, please email Kathy Davies, Pastoral Relations and Community of Faith Team Lead
Click here to register!

Leaders Online Gathering
2026-04-28 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater
Leaders Online Gathering
Tuesday April 28, 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!

Toward 2035: Conversations Across Pacific Mountain Region
2026-04-23 13:00 - 16:00 | BC
Toward 2035: In-person Conversations with Treena Duncan and Kathy Davies
Thursday April 23, 2026
In-Person at Central Okanagan United Church (721 Bernard Ave., Kelowna BC)
You’re invited join us for a region-wide conversation about the future of the church.
Seven in-person gatherings will take place across the province, bringing local communities of faith together to connect with one another and with the wider region. In these conversations, we’ll explore the United Church’s Toward 2035 vision, reflect on data specific to your local area, and begin imagining a shared path forward for sustaining and strengthening our ministry.
This is a space for connection, curiosity, and collaboration. Together, we’ll share wisdom, listen deeply, and consider new ways of working alongside neighbouring communities of faith.
All are welcome, active and retired ministry personnel, lay leaders, and anyone who feels called to engage in shaping the future of the United Church in their local context.
If you have any questions, please email Kathy Davies, Pastoral Relations and Community of Faith Team Lead
Click here to register!

PMRC Town Hall
2026-04-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
A Pacific Mountain Region Offering
PMRC Town Hall
Tuesday April 21, 2026
Online via Zoom
All are warmly invited to join this monthly regional gathering offered for all people in Pacific Mountain region.
Guest presenters, time of prayer or worship, regional updates, encouragement, and opportunities for connection make Pacific Mountain Region Town Halls meaningful and relevant! The most up-to-date information about scheduled town hall times (or any changes to its schedule) is found on our calendar: PacificMountain.ca/events.
Town Hall Gatherings are hosted with Zoom, but you do not need an internet connection to join the Town Hall! Can call-in using one of the phone numbers below and participate as if a traditional conference call.
Zoom link: Town Hall – April 21, 2026
Blessings,
PMR Office

Clergy Prayer Circle
2026-04-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Online
A Ministry Personnel Support Team Offering
Clergy Prayer Circle
Third Tuesday of the month: April 21, 2026
Online via Zoom
A Time for Connection
All active ministry personnel serving in the Pacific Mountain Regional Council are invited to this hour of being in community, and sharing practices of check-in, prayer, laughter with one another. We look forward to welcoming all who can attend each Tuesday.
If it may be your first time coming to the Clergy Prayer Circle, please sign up to receive the link to the Zoom room: Form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/mpst-clergy-prayer-circle
If you’ve attended a Clergy Prayer Circle recently, the link for the upcoming gathering will be automatically sent to your email address. If you’re not sure, click the link above to sign up again.
We look forward to welcoming and praying with you. Please extend this invitation to active ministry personnel in your networks.
Click here for more information!

Radical Hope: A Clergy Retreat
2026-04-20 15:00 - 2026-04-23 13:00 | Naramata Centre, 460 Ellis Street, Naramata, BC, V0H 1N0, Canada
A LeaderSHIFT Offering with With Rev. Therese DesCamps and Robyn Froese
Radical Hope: A Clergy Retreat
Monday April 20 – Thursday April 23, 2026
In-Person at Naramata Centre

Retreat Overview

Beginning 3pm, Monday, April 20
Closing with lunch at 12pm, Thursday, April 23
Private accommodation, all meals and snacks provided
Afternoon optional experiences included, such as Healing Touch, Cranial-Sacral Therapy, Yoga, Forest Bathing/Wild Church, and Spiritual Direction

Registration Information

$775 per person (private accommodation)
Registration: https://app.amilia.com/store/en/chinook-pacific-uccan/shop/programs/98110?subCategoryIds=6316175

Though the fig tree does not blossom and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food… yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:17-18)
The prophet Habakkuk lived in a time of great turmoil and injustice. His short three-chapter book condemns both the corruption of his own people and the brutality of their enemies. Yet at the end of the book, as Habakkuk faces into famine and destruction, he sings of joy.
What enables this kind of hope? Is this a delusion, a spiritual bypass, a vindictive taunt of Israel’s enemies? Or is Habakkuk actually filled with a radical hope that is not dependent on good outcomes? And if this is radical hope, how do we get some of that?
Our time together at Naramata will explore how we face into the storm of the world we live in; how we are connected (and why this is wonderful and awful at the same time); our work of giving attention; how we allow prayer to heal and equip us; and the sacramental practice of letting go.
You can expect to leave this retreat feeling refreshed. Better yet, you can expect to identify the practices that will work in your own life, to settle more deeply into your own call to ministry, to connect with others for mutual support, and to rest in a radical revision of hope.
For more information and registration: Radical Hope Clergy Retreat — LeaderSHIFT UCCan

Festival of Faith North
2026-04-17 09:00 - 2026-04-19 17:00 | Trinity UC – Prince George, 3555 5th Ave, Prince George, BC
A LeaderSHIFT Offering with Rev. Dr. Andrew Richardson & Christy Guenter
Festival of Faith North
Friday April 17 – Sunday April 19, 2026
In-Person at Trinity United Church, Prince George BC
Gather with lay leaders, volunteers and ministers from across PMRC for a weekend of learning, connection, and celebration!
Together, we’ll explore the theme “Stronger Together: Cooperative Ministry” with keynote sessions, workshops, worship and more. We will also host a day long gathering for indigenous church leaders to connect and deepen relationship. Come be encouraged, share ideas, and leave renewed for the ministry we share!
This festival will include workshops strengthening our ministry together…like lay pastoral visiting ministry, affirming ministry, first third ministry, new forms of governance, conflict resolution, engaging in reconciliation locally, community partnerships, leading worship as a lay person, and workshops specific to leadership in the indigenous church
Workshop Leadership:

Rev. Jenny Carter
Rev. Pamela Evans
Treena Duncan
Rev. Kendra Mitchell-Foster

Click here for more information: Festival of Faith North — LeaderSHIFT UCCan
Registration opens February 1, 2026

Deconstructing Bad Theology
2026-04-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-04-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-03-31 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
An Affirming Connections Offering with Jaye Brix
Deconstructing Bad Theology
Tuesdays: March 31, April 7 & 14, 2026
Online via Zoom
Bad theology hurts.
It hurts the 2SLGBTQIAP+ community, it hurts our communities of faith, and it hurts folks who feel held down under the thumb of harmful language, tradition, and belief.
Join us for this three-week series inviting us all into a process of deconstructing the theologies that restrict us as we seek to expand our affirming ministry and as we live out faithful discipleship that celebrates diversity as sacred. We will learn together with Jaye Brix (they/she), an ex-pastor who uses their experience, education and creativity to help folks on their liberation journey, leaving behind church that hurts.
Exploring short-format teachings and longer-form documentary videos from Jaye Brix as tools to cracking open oppressive interpretation of scripture and religious culture. Exploring the roots of Queer Theology as a liberation theology for all, not just the 2SLGBTQIAP+ community. Jaye will join us for one of our sessions for conversation, and sharing insights of their work as it evolves
REGISTER HERE

Leaders Online Gathering
2026-04-14 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater
Leaders Online Gathering
Tuesday April 14, 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!

Office Closure ~ Easter Monday
2026-04-06 | BC

Office Closure ~ Good Friday
2026-04-03 | BC

Getting to Love Gen Alpha
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
A First Third Offering Offering
Getting to Love Gen Alpha
Tuesday March 24, 2026
Online via Zoom
Join us for a one‑hour session to help your community of faith begin discerning its next steps with Gen Alpha (those born after 2010) — through theological reflection, current research, and practical, hope‑filled insight.
Click here to register for the Zoom link!

Leaders Online Gathering
2026-03-24 13:30 - 14:30 | Online
A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater
Leaders Online Gathering
Tuesday March 24, 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!
​
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!

Clergy Prayer Circle
2026-03-17 10:30 - 11:30 | Online
A Ministry Personnel Support Team Offering
Clergy Prayer Circle
Third Tuesday of the month: March 17, 2026
Online via Zoom
A Time for Connection
All active ministry personnel serving in the Pacific Mountain Regional Council are invited to this hour of being in community, and sharing practices of check-in, prayer, laughter with one another. We look forward to welcoming all who can attend each Tuesday.
If it may be your first time coming to the Clergy Prayer Circle, please sign up to receive the link to the Zoom room: Form.jotform.com/PMR-UCC/mpst-clergy-prayer-circle
If you’ve attended a Clergy Prayer Circle recently, the link for the upcoming gathering will be automatically sent to your email address. If you’re not sure, click the link above to sign up again.
We look forward to welcoming and praying with you. Please extend this invitation to active ministry personnel in your networks.
Click here for more information!

National Affirming/PIE Day
2026-03-14 | BC
Celebrate PIE Day!
Public, Intentional, Explicit Inclusion of 2SLGBTQIA+ People
This year’s PIE Day theme, Crafting Community, takes creativity beyond music – celebrating woodworkers, crocheters, painters, gardeners, bakers, and all who create beauty and nurture connection.
Check out our materials page here for everything you need to make your event Public, Intentional, and Explicit! Includes graphics, posters, songs, brand-new worship templates (including our first-ever version Français), and much more!
Check out more about PIE Day here!

IMAGINE Children's Retreat - Vancouver Island
2026-03-13 08:00 - 2026-03-15 17:00 | Camp Pringle, 2520 W Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W3, Canada
A First Third Ministry Offering
Imagine Children’s Retreat – Vancouver Island
Friday March 13 – Sunday March 15, 2026
In-Person at Camp Pringle

IMAGINE: Children’s Retreat, a gathering for children who are 8 – 11 years old and those who lead them. A United Church of Canada event, where all people of diverse faith expressions, gender identities, and ways of being are warmly welcome! Together, we become a multi-age and inter-cultural community sharing playfulness, meals, and connection with one another in a safe and welcoming setting.
​Come wonder about and explore faith through stories, worship, music, drama, and more, and deepen your relationship with God.

Click here for more information and registration!
