This section presents information about global service opportunities and the process and qualifications required.
See an example of overseas service on the United Church's YouTube channel
. Read Awakening to a Painful Reality
[PDF: 2 pp/69 KB], a reflection on learnings gained through global service.
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Conference facilitators share information about current requests for personnel from United Church partners and the process of discernment and application.
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Global partners invite the United Church to send people to work with them in God's mission. Global partner organizations also offer United Church people short-term learning opportunities.
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A description of the United Church's process of discernment and application toward overseas service.
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The United Church seeks to appoint overseas personnel in response to requests from overseas partner churches and agencies.
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The United Church seeks to share with partner churches and agencies God's mission, embodied in Jesus Christ, for wholeness, love and justice for all people and creation.
The Policy Handbook for Overseas Personnel
[PDF: 99 pp/546 KB] has been prepared by The United Church of Canada to set out the regulations that define the relationship between the United Church and overseas personnel appointed by the United Church.