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The Healing Fund supports healing initiatives for survivors of the residential school system and its ongoing intergenerational impacts.
We’re still discovering the many ways in which the intercultural vision can be applied. Here are some things you can do as a leader, as an individual, and as a faith community to take up the intercultural vision.
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Children and Youth
Children, youth, and young adults are valued members of our faith communities, with much to give and to receive.Programs for Youth and Young Adults
Programs and events that promote faith, mission, service—and fun—for children, youth, and young adults.
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Resources
Ideas and resource materials that will help you connect with youth and young adults in your community.
Vision Fund
The Youth and Young Adult Vision Fund offers grants to members and ministries of the United Church.Summer Student Grant
Financial support for congregations hiring a youth or young adult in a church leadership program over the summer.
Clusters and Networks
Resources for creating or joining a cluster or network.
Getting Started with Clusters and Networks
Definitions of clusters and networks and whom to contact for information.
Clusters and Networks Technology Resources
Digital tools to help your cluster or network stay connected.
Disability and Inclusion
We are committed to becoming an open, accessible, and barrier-free church, where there is full participation of people with disabilities.
Embracing the Spirit
New approaches to worship are popping up, or waiting to be developed, across the church. This program aims to nourish their growth.
Spur Innovation
Allow us to help people in your own faith community that have innovative ideas about how to be church in today’s society.
Innovation Grants
People with new ideas for the church can get help to make their dream a reality.
How to Grow Your Idea
Learn more about the three different types of grants.
Ongoing Support
Learn more about the resources that are available to innovative faith communities and grant recipients.
Join the Learning Network
The Learning Network is a network of people and communities who wish to share ideas, learn from each other’s mistakes, and support innovation in faith communities across the country.
Embracing the Spirit e-Newsletter
Embracing the Spirit has a newsletter to keep the network up to date on new initiatives and to help connect us with each other’s work.
Gender, Sexuality, and Orientation
We are committed to being a welcoming church that is opposed to discrimination against any person on any basis, including gender and gender identity.Indigenous Ministries
Indigenous spirituality, leadership, and participation are vital to the life of the United Church.
All My Relations
The Indigenous contribution to the church is honoured by the Mohawk phrase “Akwe Nia'Tetewá:neren”—all my relations—on the crest.Indigenous Communities and Leadership
Access support to develop property, engage youth, build leaders, and speak out for justice.
Healing Fund
The Healing Fund supports healing initiatives for survivors of the residential school system and its ongoing intergenerational impacts.
Calls to the Church
Calls to the Church emerged from a process of discernment by the Indigenous church.
Support for National MMIWG Inquiry Participants
Transformative legal and social changes are needed to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
Intercultural Ministries
The intercultural vision is about more than inclusion—it’s about a radical welcoming that calls all of us to change.Leadership from the Margins
We are all challenged to change the ways our communities worship, live, and work together.Vision for Becoming an Intercultural Church
When we affirm and welcome a variety of expressions of faith, it deepens our understanding of God and of each other.Biblical Background to Interculturalism
Becoming an intercultural church moves us to the very beginning of our faith.Ways of Becoming an Intercultural Church
This is an exciting time of Spirit-led questioning, experimenting, and mutual learning.
Strengthening Congregations
Our faithful and lively congregations are key witnesses to God's inclusive love in the world.
United Church Women (UCW)
The UCW’s mission is to love God; foster Christian commitment, faithfulness, and spirituality; and promote respect and love for all God’s creation.
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