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SUMMARY:Office Closure ~  Good Friday
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URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/office-closure-good-friday/
CATEGORIES:Holidays / Office Closures
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260407
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SUMMARY:Office Closure ~ Easter Monday
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URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/office-closure-easter-monday/
CATEGORIES:Holidays / Office Closures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260407T180000
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SUMMARY:Deconstructing Bad Theology
DESCRIPTION:An Affirming Connections Offering with Jaye Brix\nDeconstructing Bad Theology\nTuesdays: March 31\, April 7 & 14\, 2026\nOnline via Zoom\nBad theology hurts. \nIt 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. \nJoin 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. \nExploring 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 \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/deconstructing-bad-theology-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Justice":MAILTO:kmitchellfoster@united-church.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260408T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260408T140000
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SUMMARY:Leading Adaptively in Your Context: Online Clergy Cohort with the Rev. Clara King
DESCRIPTION:A LeaderSHIFT Offering with Rev. Clara King\nLeading Adaptively in Your Context: Online Clergy Cohort with the Rev. Clara King\nFebruary 11\, March 11\, April 8\, May 13\, June 10\, 2026.\nOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\n\nRegistration fee: $350 \n\nBe refreshed by new ideas from the forefront of research\nFind encouragement in a supportive environment of fellow leaders\nDiscover new tools and skills to meet the challenges ahead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin leadership educator Clara King on a 5-month journey that will transform how you lead. \nAdaptive 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. \nThis 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. \nThis 5-Month Program Includes: \n– Highly interactive monthly zoom meeting\, including adaptive leadership teaching and breakout discussions with a consistent small group \n– Monthly one-to-one coaching sessions with Clara to workshop specific adaptive challenges in your context\, and integrate learning with your leadership practice \nCohort 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. \nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\nClick here for more information and registration!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/leading-adaptively-in-your-context-online-clergy-cohort-with-the-rev-clara-king-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:LeaderSHIFT UCCan,PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="LeaderSHIFT":MAILTO:leadershift@united-church.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260414T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260414T143000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T221642Z
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SUMMARY:Leaders Online Gathering
DESCRIPTION:A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater\nLeaders Online Gathering\nTuesday April 14\, 2026\nOnline Via Zoom\nFirst Third Ministry hosts a monthly gathering of United Church leaders who are in ministry with children\, youth and families\, across the church. \nLed by First Third Ministry’s Minister for Leadership Support & Development: Rev. Michelle Slater!\n​\nJoin us for an online cohort group discussions\, comprised of check-ins\, resource-sharing\, and monthly themes to discuss! \nClick here for more information! \nClick here to register for the Zoom link!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/leaders-online-gathering-apr-14-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:First Third Ministry,PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Third Ministry":MAILTO:FirstThirdMinistry@united-church.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260414T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T180302Z
UID:22223-1776189600-1776195000@pacificmountain.ca
SUMMARY:Deconstructing Bad Theology
DESCRIPTION:An Affirming Connections Offering with Jaye Brix\nDeconstructing Bad Theology\nTuesdays: March 31\, April 7 & 14\, 2026\nOnline via Zoom\nBad theology hurts. \nIt 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. \nJoin 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. \nExploring 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 \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/22223/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Justice":MAILTO:kmitchellfoster@united-church.ca
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260419T170000
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SUMMARY:Festival of Faith North
DESCRIPTION:A LeaderSHIFT Offering with Rev. Dr. Andrew Richardson & Christy Guenter\nFestival of Faith North\nFriday April 17 – Sunday April 19\, 2026\nIn-Person at Trinity United Church\, Prince George BC\nGather with lay leaders\, volunteers and ministers from across PMRC for a weekend of learning\, connection\, and celebration! \nTogether\, 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! \nThis 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 \nWorkshop Leadership: \n\nRev. Jenny Carter\nRev. Pamela Evans\nTreena Duncan\nRev. Kendra Mitchell-Foster\n\nClick here for more information: Festival of Faith North — LeaderSHIFT UCCan \nRegistration opens February 1\, 2026
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/festival-of-faith-north-2026-2/
LOCATION:Trinity UC – Prince George\, 3555 5th Ave\, Prince George\, BC
CATEGORIES:LeaderSHIFT UCCan,PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="LeaderSHIFT":MAILTO:leadershift@united-church.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260420T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T130000
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SUMMARY:Radical Hope: A Clergy Retreat
DESCRIPTION:A LeaderSHIFT Offering with With Rev. Therese DesCamps and Robyn Froese\nRadical Hope: A Clergy Retreat\nMonday April 20 – Thursday April 23\, 2026\nIn-Person at Naramata Centre\n\n\n\n\nRetreat Overview\n\nBeginning 3pm\, Monday\, April 20\nClosing with lunch at 12pm\, Thursday\, April 23\nPrivate accommodation\, all meals and snacks provided\nAfternoon optional experiences included\, such as Healing Touch\, Cranial-Sacral Therapy\, Yoga\, Forest Bathing/Wild Church\, and Spiritual Direction\n\nRegistration Information\n\n$775 per person (private accommodation)\nRegistration: https://app.amilia.com/store/en/chinook-pacific-uccan/shop/programs/98110?subCategoryIds=6316175\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThough the fig tree does not blossom and no fruit is on the vines;\nthough 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) \nThe 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. \nWhat 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? \nOur 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. \nYou 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. \nFor more information and registration: Radical Hope Clergy Retreat — LeaderSHIFT UCCan
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/radical-hope-a-clergy-retreat/
LOCATION:Naramata Centre\, 460 Ellis Street\, Naramata\, BC\, V0H 1N0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:LeaderSHIFT UCCan,PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="LeaderSHIFT":MAILTO:leadershift@united-church.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260421T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260421T113000
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SUMMARY:Clergy Prayer Circle
DESCRIPTION:A Ministry Personnel Support Team Offering\nClergy Prayer Circle\nThird Tuesday of the month: April 21\, 2026\nOnline via Zoom\nA Time for Connection\nAll 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. \nIf 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 \nIf 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. \nWe look forward to welcoming and praying with you. Please extend this invitation to active ministry personnel in your networks. \nClick here for more information!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/clergy-prayer-circle-april-21-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ministry Personnel,PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260421T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260421T150000
DTSTAMP:20260505T043102
CREATED:20251009T221658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T200333Z
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SUMMARY:PMRC Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:A Pacific Mountain Region Offering\nPMRC Town Hall\nTuesday April 21\, 2026\nOnline via Zoom\nAll are warmly invited to join this monthly regional gathering offered for all people in Pacific Mountain region. \nGuest 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. \nTown 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. \nZoom link: Town Hall – April 21\, 2026 \nBlessings\,\nPMR Office
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/pmrc-town-hall-apr-21-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events,Town Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260423T160000
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SUMMARY:Toward 2035: Conversations Across Pacific Mountain Region
DESCRIPTION:Toward 2035: In-person Conversations with Treena Duncan and Kathy Davies\nThursday April 23\, 2026\nIn-Person at Central Okanagan United Church (721 Bernard Ave.\, Kelowna BC)\nYou’re invited join us for a region-wide conversation about the future of the church. \nSeven 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. \nThis 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. \nAll 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. \nIf you have any questions\, please email Kathy Davies\, Pastoral Relations and Community of Faith Team Lead \nClick here to register!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/toward-2035-conversations-april-23/
CATEGORIES:PMRC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260428T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260428T143000
DTSTAMP:20260505T043102
CREATED:20260127T204623Z
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SUMMARY:Leaders Online Gathering
DESCRIPTION:A First Third Offering with Michelle Slater\nLeaders Online Gathering\nTuesday April 28\, 2026\nOnline Via Zoom\nFirst Third Ministry hosts a monthly gathering of United Church leaders who are in ministry with children\, youth and families\, across the church. \nLed by First Third Ministry’s Minister for Leadership Support & Development: Rev. Michelle Slater!\n​\nJoin us for an online cohort group discussions\, comprised of check-ins\, resource-sharing\, and monthly themes to discuss! \nClick here for more information! \nClick here to register for the Zoom link!
URL:https://pacificmountain.ca/event/leaders-online-gathering-apr-28-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:First Third Ministry,PMRC Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Third Ministry":MAILTO:FirstThirdMinistry@united-church.ca
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