General News and Announcements

November 19, 2008

At the end of June 2008, David and HyeRan Kim-Cragg and their children Noah and Hannah (London Conference) bade farewell to colleagues and friends in Korea, after three years of service with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea. The Kim-Cragg family will be on home assignment through December 2008 and will be based in Toronto Conference for their mission interpretation speaking engagements and activities.

Nanette McKay, Scott Douglas, and their son Noah (Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario) left the Fiji Islands at the end of August and returned to Winnipeg. Nanette and Scott served with the Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy (ECREA). Nanette and Scott will be on home assignment through December 2008, and will be based in the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario for their mission interpretation speaking engagements and activities.

Pete and CathyAnn Hoyle (Hamilton Conference) returned in September from mission service with the Moravian Church of Nicaragua. Pete begins new work with Halton Presbytery; CathyAnn will be on home assignment through December 2008, and will be based in the Hamilton Conference for mission interpretation speaking engagements and activities.

The Kim-Craggs, the McKay-Douglases, and CathyAnn are all available for mission interpretation possibilities outside their home Conferences.

For more information, please contact:

• Patti Talbot
  People in Partnership, Justice, Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit
  The United Church of Canada
  3250 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON  M8X 2Y4
  Tel: 416-231-5931 ext. 4018
  Toll-free: 1-800-268-3781
  E-mail: Patti Talbot