ALBERTA AND NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADAServing The Province of Alberta, Northeastern British Columbia, The Northwest Territories, and The Yukon
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Annual Video license available for ANW Congregations
Alberta and Northwest Conference has established a Conference-wide licensing agreement to provide a special rate for Congregations wishing to show movies as part of the activities and programs they provide. Becoming a member of this agreement means that you are not...
Thank you, Jane Bowe-McCarthy
It is with a mix of sadness and deep gratitude that we mark the end of Jane Bowe-McCarthy's service as Archivist for Alberta and Northwest Conference. Jane came to the position with a Masters of Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia. Beginning in...
Conference welcomes new Archivist
Angie Friesen has been appointed the new Archivist for Alberta and Northwest Conference. She has worked at the Provincial Archives of Alberta in several different roles over the past three and a half years and has been filling in at the ANWC Archives for just over a...
Lethbridge Choirs sing for Canadian Foodgrains Bank
By Dr. Kathy Yamashita The Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFB) is a partnership of 15 church and church-based agencies working together to end global hunger. Together, there are 30 denominations represented. The United Church of Canada is one of these denominations. Church...
Naramata seeks presenters & ideas for 2018 programs
Deadline Extended to Monday, December 4 The Naramata Centre Program Team is busy planning for next summer! The team is seeking programming ideas and leadership that would appeal to people engaged in ministry (clergy or lay), and to church members interested in...
Grad student seeks help with research project
Greetings Alberta Northwest Conference! My name is Kim Curlett. I am a final year student in the Masters of Divinity degree program at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am also a candidate for ordination in the United Church of Canada. I am...
Truly and Humbly: Memories of the First Apology
We have been asked to distribute as widely as possible the following video called Truly and Humbly: Memories of the First Apology. It is a one-hour film about the first apology to aboriginal congregations at the 1986 General Council. The film is a project of Manitou...
Update from Naramata Centre
By Barb Green Summer 2017 Summer in Naramata began with a great deal of rain, stormy weather, and swollen creeks due to a large snow pack melting in the mountains. As a result, like many properties on Lake Okanagan, the Centre lost its dock in a storm. There was a...
Introducing Iridesce
My name is Aaron Miechkota, and I'm writing as the Project Coordinator of Iridesce: The Living Apology Project. You may be aware that at the General Council 42, the Church voted to have a national project originally named "The Living Apology Project". This motion...