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Technology Workshop: Using Technology Effectively in Your Congregation Saturday, March 27, 2010 10 am to 3:30 pm Frankford United Church, Frankford, ON Three workshops, each run at the "101" and "Advanced" Level: Websites, Technology in Worship, and Social Networking. Participants may choose 2 workshops. Cost $20, including , break, lunch and handouts. Cost $20. Register by emailing or mailing the registration form to the Conference Office, P.O. Box 700, 67 Mill Street, Frankford, ON K0K 2C0. See the flyer for more information. Workshop flyer and registration Clergy Day Apart Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Waring House, Picton, ON Guest speaker: Tim Scorer Tim Scorer is a master of experiential spiritual formation. Tim brings his passion for transformational faith and his practical experience with community organizations, congregations, and retreatants. He is author of Experiencing the Heart of Christianity (for groups) and co-author of Living the Heart of Christianit ) for individuals), and the editor of the free e-newsletter, Christian Books INSIGHT, which connects people of the emerging Christian Way. Tim was a long-time member of the management team at Naramata Centre, a retreat education centre of The United Church of Canada. To register, email the Conference Office or telephone 1-888-759-2444 or 613-98-1051. Racial Justice Training (note 4 different dates) The United Church of Canada has committed itself to being a racially just community and has created and adopted an anti-racism policy statement in 2000. The four goals of the church’s policy are: participate fully, organize for diversity, act justly, and speak to the world. Workshops are being planned for the winter/spring of 2010; all ministry personnel are expected to attend one of the workshops, but workshops are open to all who wish to attend. Regional Workshops are happening in the Spring and Fall. Oshawa/Cobourg/Belleville will be at Trinity United Church, Cobourg on April 22, 2010. Kingston/Renfrew will be at Smiths Falls, Trinity on May 11, 2010. Peterborough/Lindsay will be at Westdale United Church in Peterborough, September 29, 2010 and: Conference Wide will be at Frankford United Church on October 23, 2010. Watch your mailbox in the next week or so for a letter with more detail. To register, call the Conference Office at: 888-759-2444 or 613-398-1051. "Earth Angels": UCW 48th Annual General Meeting Westminster United Church, Belleville April 14, 2010 Guest speakers are Cathy Paul, minister at St. Mark's, Cannifton and John Patterson, Lindsay Presbytery. Details and Registration Spiritual Gifts Inventory April 17, 2010 9 am to 1 pm Cambridge St. United Church, 61 Cambridge Street North, Lindsay, ON Cost $15. Each of us has gifts. Spiritual gifts are given to build and strengthen community. To use our gifts effectively, we must first discover what they are. In this workshop we will discover together the spectrum of spiritual gifts, identify some of our own particular gifts and find ways to support others as they discover their spiritual gifts. To register, email the Conference Office or telephone 1-888-759-2444 or 613-98-1051. Leadership Consultation April 27, 2010 10 am to 3 pm St. Matthew's United Church, Belleville Further details will be posted as available. Contact Jackie Harper at 613-968-7859 for details and check back to this page or watch future mailings. "Nuts and Bolts": A Youth Leaders Workshop May 1, 2010 9:30 am to 4:30 pm King Street United Church, Trenton, ON You will gain basic skills, knowledge and confidence in leading youth and children's ministries -- the "nuts and bolts" of youth leadership. To register, email the Conference Office or telephone 1-888-759-2444 or 613-98-1051. "Sounding the Bamboo" A Conference for Racialized Women: Racial/Ethnic Minority and First Nations Women May 13-16, 2010 Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB The theme for the national gathering of racial/ethnic minority women and Aboriginal women is “Eve, Mary, White Feather and US…”. There is a dynamic program designed, with opportunities for worship, conversations, learning, networking, storytelling, and much more. The early registration fee for Sounding the Bamboo 2010 is $225 per person, including accommodations and meals. We encourage you to apply to your Conference office for financial assistance in helping defer the costs for attending the event. Intercultural and Diverse Communities in Ministry have grants for the individual who needs support. Early registration deadline is March 31, 2010. Full details Registration form FireWorks Conference Annual Meeting Brockville Memorial Centre, Brockville, ON May 28-30, 2010 Details will be available as planning progresses. Full details as available The Journeys of Black Peoples in The United Church of Canada Providence Renewal Centre, Edmonton, AB June 24-27, 2010 The Journeys of Black Peoples is a movement to address the unique concerns of Black peoples in the United Church. The 2010 National Gathering will be inspired by the story of Pentecost (Acts 2). God's Spirit moved and created a different kind of church community: diversity in the togetherness. This is a time for worship, workshops, reflection, fellowship, and contributing to the church as a whole. Registration form Further details on United Church website

Technology Workshop: Using Technology Effectively in Your Congregation
Saturday, March 27, 2010 10 am to 3:30 pm
Frankford United Church, Frankford, ON
Three workshops, each run at the "101" and "Advanced" Level: Websites, Technology in Worship, and Social Networking. Participants may choose 2 workshops. Cost $20, including , break, lunch and handouts. Cost $20.

Register by emailing or mailing the registration form to the Conference Office, P.O. Box 700, 67 Mill Street, Frankford, ON K0K 2C0. See the flyer for more information.
Workshop flyer and registration

Clergy Day Apart
Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Waring House, Picton, ON
Guest speaker: Tim Scorer
Tim Scorer is a master of experiential spiritual formation. Tim brings his passion for transformational faith and his practical experience with community organizations, congregations, and retreatants. He is author of Experiencing the Heart of Christianity (for groups) and co-author of Living the Heart of Christianit ) for individuals), and the editor of the free e-newsletter, Christian Books INSIGHT, which connects people of the emerging Christian Way. Tim was a long-time member of the management team at Naramata Centre, a retreat education centre of The United Church of Canada.
To register, email the Conference Office or telephone 1-888-759-2444 or 613-98-1051.

Racial Justice Training (note 4 different dates)
The United Church of Canada has committed itself to being a racially just community and has created and adopted an anti-racism policy statement in 2000. The four goals of the church’s policy are: participate fully, organize for diversity, act justly, and speak to the world. Workshops are being planned for the winter/spring of 2010; all ministry personnel are expected to attend one of the workshops, but workshops are open to all who wish to
attend.

Regional Workshops are happening in the Spring and Fall.

Oshawa/Cobourg/Belleville will be at Trinity United Church, Cobourg on April 22, 2010.
Kingston/Renfrew will be at Smiths Falls, Trinity on May 11, 2010.
Peterborough/Lindsay will be at Westdale United Church in Peterborough, September 29, 2010 and:
Conference Wide will be at Frankford United Church on October 23, 2010.

Watch your mailbox in the next week or so for a letter with more detail. To register, call the Conference Office at: 888-759-2444 or 613-398-1051.

"Earth Angels": UCW 48th Annual General Meeting
Westminster United Church, Belleville
April 14, 2010
Guest speakers are Cathy Paul, minister at St. Mark's, Cannifton and John Patterson, Lindsay Presbytery.
Details and Registration

Spiritual Gifts Inventory
April 17, 2010 9 am to 1 pm
Cambridge St. United Church, 61 Cambridge Street North, Lindsay, ON
Cost $15.
Each of us has gifts. Spiritual gifts are given to build and strengthen community. To use our gifts effectively, we must first discover what they are. In this workshop we will discover together the spectrum of spiritual gifts, identify some of our own particular gifts and find ways to support others as they discover their spiritual gifts.
To register, email the Conference Office or telephone 1-888-759-2444 or 613-98-1051.

Leadership Consultation
April 27, 2010 10 am to 3 pm
St. Matthew's United Church, Belleville
Further details will be posted as available. Contact Jackie Harper at 613-968-7859 for details and check back to this page or watch future mailings.

"Nuts and Bolts": A Youth Leaders Workshop
May 1, 2010 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
King Street United Church, Trenton, ON
You will gain basic skills, knowledge and confidence in leading youth and children's ministries -- the "nuts and bolts" of youth leadership.
To register, email the Conference Office or telephone 1-888-759-2444 or 613-98-1051.

"Sounding the Bamboo"
A Conference for Racialized Women: Racial/Ethnic Minority and First Nations Women
May 13-16, 2010
Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB
The theme for the national gathering of racial/ethnic minority women and Aboriginal women is “Eve, Mary, White Feather and US…”. There is a dynamic program designed, with opportunities for worship, conversations, learning, networking, storytelling, and much more.

The early registration fee for Sounding the Bamboo 2010 is $225 per person, including accommodations and meals. We encourage you to apply to your Conference office for financial assistance in helping defer the costs for attending the event. Intercultural and Diverse Communities in Ministry have grants for the individual who needs support. Early registration deadline is March 31, 2010.
Full details
Registration form

FireWorks
Conference Annual Meeting
Brockville Memorial Centre, Brockville, ON
May 28-30, 2010
Details will be available as planning progresses.
Full details as available

The Journeys of Black Peoples in The United Church of Canada
Providence Renewal Centre, Edmonton, AB
June 24-27, 2010
The Journeys of Black Peoples is a movement to address the unique concerns of Black peoples in the United Church. The 2010 National Gathering will be inspired by the story of Pentecost (Acts 2). God's Spirit moved and created a different kind of church community: diversity in the togetherness. This is a time for worship, workshops, reflection, fellowship, and contributing to the church as a whole.
Registration form
Further details on United Church website