$35 Million Bequest Given

Judith JardineThe United Church in BC has become a primary beneficiary of one of the largest charitable donations in BC history.

The late Judith Jardine left close to $35 million to the Vancouver Foundation to establish the W. E. Jardine Memorial Fund. That money will be invested in perpetuity, with one half of its annual income, estimated to be approximately $700,000, to be given each year to the British Columbia Conference.

The other half of the income is for the benefit of the Vancouver Foundation itself. As Canada's largest Community Foundation, Vancouver Foundation supports the charitable sector in British Columbia.Other beneficiaries of the estate are the School of Medicine at the University of BC ($6.4 million) and the Vancouver School of Theology ($50,000).

Position Posting: Lower Mainland Conference Minister

The British Columbia Conference of The United Church of Canada is looking for a full-time professional to provide leadership for a coordinated and efficient personnel management and support system within the four Presbyteries of the Lower Mainland (Fraser, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver South, Westminster). For more information and a full job description, please click here.

Application deadline: Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Leadership Development Series

FOUNDATIONS ~ TRANSITIONS ~ SUPERVISION

The Leadership Series provides opportunities for leaders to gain competency and confidence in their practice of leadership. The series encompasses a number of different initiatives, varying in focus and time commitment. Some will be responsive to locally identified concerns and delivered locally, others will be offered in partnership with Naramata Centre.

Celebration of Ministry Service

Start Date: 
May 25 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

The BC Conference Celebration of Ministry will take place on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 3:00 pm at Queens Avenue United Church (529 Queens Ave. New Westminster @ 6th Street).

This Conference Worship service is the one during which Ordination, Commissioning and Admitting Ministers happens! There are three people being Ordained to the Ministry of Word, Sacrament & Pastoral Care, two being Commissioned the Diaconal Ministry of Education, Service & Pastoral Care, and one person being Admitted from another Denomination.

Making Room for Women

Making Room for Women logoMaking Room for Women is a coordinated effort to identify and preserve personal papers of women in The United Church of Canada, and the records of organizations in which they have participated.

An important part of this initiative is an oral history program. The national church and the conferences are now beginning to identify women who have been influential in the United Church over the past several decades, and preserving their stories.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Please take time to attend the Truth and Reconciliation event in your area and to join us in Vancouver for the National TRC Event, September 18-21, 2013.

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Conference Calling 35

April 2013

Dear Friends,Doug Goodwin

It has been a long time since I preached regularly but I had the opportunity on the Sunday after Easter. While any time to preach is a good time, there is an added – what shall I call it? – burden or responsibility in the season of Easter because in order to preach resurrection you really have to believe resurrection.

You have to have confidence that there really is Good News in the story you are asked to proclaim, even when you do not fully feel or understand it yourself. And you have to be able to proclaim it without being trite, especially when faced by the Boston bombings or the many troubles and anxieties in the hearts of those listening.

New in the Archives

Frank RunnallsNew in the Archives section of this site is the beginning of online video and audio resources.

We have a video that was presented at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the UCW and an audio interview of Bob McLaren, Norah Hughes, Bill Robinson, Frank Runnalls, Annie May McLachlan and Lydia Gruchy. Check them out at the Archives Virtual Page.

Sowing Promise, Growing Leaders

Sowing Promise LogoSowing Promise, Growing Leaders is a leadership development program about looking with respect into the mysteries of ministry, developing skills and strategies that will help, and finding relationships to sustain us. When we gather at Naramata Center October 20-25, 2013, and April 27-May 2, 2014. The focus will be on ministry in The United Church of Canada and especially on the British Columbia context.

Application Deadline: June 15, 2013

Click here to view brochure. For more information, please consult bwolff [at] bc [dot] united-church [dot] ca (Brenda Wolff).

BC Conference on Facebook

favebook-logoBC Conference now has a Facebook page: "Like" the page and receive regular, informal news and comment from the staff of BC Conference about the events, work, and people of our church.

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