Recently the Outreach Committee presented you with an appeal to help a second Yezedi girl reunite with her mother. Some new information has come to light which we would like to share with you. The girl has made it to a refugee camp in Iraq, after being purchased out of sex “slavery” by her family. …
On Friday, July 10th Corina from Green Horizons delivered a cheque for $6,360.00 raised via our Fertilizer Sale partnership with Green Horizons. Each time a customer quoted our Loyalty Code when ordering a Big Yellow Bag of Dirt or Mulch, Green Horizons made a contribution to Maple Grove United Church. In addition to the early-order …
60th Annual Maple Grove United Church Fertilizer Sale! Read More »
Although we have not been congregated at the church for service and other events, behind the scenes there has been busy bees keeping up with our outreach and looking after the needs of the church as they emerge. Congregational support This YTD Last YTD Brian Simpson and Gord Penley are working on the year …
The daycare is now opened. There are restrictions to space availability for the church visitors and the daycare. Please read carefully: We have installed sanitation stations throughout the church please use them. Please sanitize before and after you have signed in. Please stop at the membership desk as you will be required to sign in …
On behalf of the Maple Grove Search Committee, I am excited to announce that Reverend Kerry Stover, M.Div has been called to be the next spiritual leader of our community of faith. Kerry comes to us with a wealth of experience both in ministry and in the private sector. A lifelong member of the United …
Some of my colleagues have been bemoaning the fact that “news” from our United Church General Council office has been all about protocols and pragmatics during this time of pandemic lockdown (and now limited re-openings). What they are not hearing and missing is some theology for such times and circumstances. The Anglican bishops of Canada did …
An Invitation to TalkIn March 2017 United Church Moderator Jordan Cantwell wrote:“We need to name and examine our fears, prejudices, and assumptions. The privilege that many of us are born with may desensitize us to the injustice, exclusion, and hate that some in our community experience on a daily basis.” Only in that way can …
The request of the Outreach Committee to make window signs supporting Black Lives Matter is a call for us as Christians to bear witness to institutionalized racism against black people. It is not just a slogan, it is a baby step that we hope will encourage us to examine our own hearts and initiate conversations …
