United Church Publications

Share our Mission and Service stories as a congregation! Weekly readings describe how gifts to are used to support all the partners and ministries that uphold and further the work of our church in Canada and around the world. Use Minutes for Mission at home, during worship, at meetings, and with Sunday schools and confirmation classes. Include the short snippets in your publications, or project them during times of offering. Promote Mission and Service by placing the insert in your Sunday bulletin, or use any of the suggested congregational ideas at your own church.

Minutes for Mission 2012

• Download 2012 Minutes [RTF: 56 pp/503 KB]
• Download 2012 Snippets [RTF: 3 pp/69 KB]
• Download 2012 Congregational Ideas [RTF: 2 pp/55 KB]
• "Minutes" en français (12) [RTF: 13 pp/131 KB]
• Download 2012 Bulletin Insert  [PDF: 1 p/344 KB]

A print version (in English only) of the book is available free from UCRDstore. A DVD with the video clips below will also available be available in early January 2012. Shipping and handling charges apply.

Note: Two copies of the Minutes for Mission 2012 book were mailed to each pastoral charge in December.

2012 Video Clips

Download these HD video clips for projection or sharing! You can also watch many of these clips on our YouTube Playlist. See our Media Help page if you have problems playing the files.

• Investing in Farming [MP4: 2:30 /140 MB]
• Hope for HIV Patients [MP4: 2:52 /165 MB]
• All God's Children [MP4: 1:35 /89 MB]
• Come to the Table [MP4: 6:06 /192 MB]
• Los Quinchos [MP4: 2:13 /126 MB]
• Schools Build Communities in Haiti [MP4: 3:38 /204 MB]
• Friends Catering [MP4: 2:41 /158 MB]
• Camping Counts [MP4: 2:32 /146 MB]
• New Bolivian Partners [MP4: 2:55 /172 MB]
• ARI Rebuilds [MP4: 3:30 /208 MB]
• A Church with a Boat [MP4: 2:17 /131 MB]
• The Jouneys of Black Peoples [MP4: 4:13/245 MB]

Previous Publications

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  Minutes for Mission 2011

  More stories about the work we do together as a United Church.

  • Download 2011 Minutes [RTF: 55 pp/356 KB]
  • Download 2011 Snapshots [RTF: 4 pp/68 KB]
  • Download 2011 Snippets [RTF: 2 pp/52 KB]
  • Neuf "Minutes" en français [RTF: 2 pp/52 KB]

2011 Video Clips

Download these HD video clips for projection or sharing! You can also watch many of these clips on our YouTube Playlist. See our Media Help page if you have problems playing the files.

• A Lending Story [MP4: 4:50 /280 MB]
• A Ministry in French [MP4: 3:10 /192 MB]
• ICEA School Angola [MP4: 1:49 /101 MB]
• M&S 101 [MP4: 2:45 /158 MB]
• Mandate Magazine [MP4: 2:13 /132 MB]
• Microfinance [MP4: 5:10 /310 MB]
• Music from Mozambique [MP4: 9:13 /536 MB]
• Shaping the Intercultural Church [MP4: 3:30 /205 MB]
• Touring the Archives [MP4: 5:05 /42 MB]
• Update on Haiti [MP4: 5:15 /319 MB]
• We Are Camp [MP4: 1:18 /72.5 MB]
• What is ACT Alliance? [MP4: 3:23/24 MB]