MandS 2024: May 5. People in Syria are still experiencing the devastating aftermath of the February 2023 earthquakes. Mission and Service partner the Middle East Council of Churches continues to be hard at work providing hope.
continue readingMandS 2024: May 12. Mission and Service supports local ministry by providing academic bursaries for students studying to become ministers and theological leaders.
continue readingMandS 2024: May 19. Project Ploughshares, one of our Mission and Service partners, is a Canadian peace research institute with a focus on disarmament efforts and international security.
continue readingMandS 2024: May 26. Your gifts to Mission and Service help support Silver Spire United Church’s shower and laundry program.
continue readingMatthew shares the story of his call to leadership: "The Spirit will not relent in the pursuit of abundant life. My greatest hope is that leaders…will rise up in response to the times."
continue readingAdam shares the story of his call to leadership: "So often we all get caught up in the bottom line... When we do that, we forget that we are ... children of God, and God is constantly speaking to us through a variety of means."
continue readingMelanie shares the story of her call to leadership: "It is an exciting and challenging time to be part of the church… I rejoice for all the various ways that the United Church is wrestling with what it means to be church in this time."
continue readingJohn shares the story of his call to leadership: "My minister ... suggested that I enter ministry. At first glance I thought he was out of his mind. After much prayer and reflection ministry called me with the holy sledge hammer."
continue readingCarolyn shares the story of her call to leadership: "The greatest part of ministry is the people with whom I celebrate and lament."
continue readingHewitt shares the story of his call to leadership: "From an earlier age of 9, I knew that ministry was my calling and vocation. I [was] always…willing to have deep conversations with people about God."
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