Go Jays!

Wishing warm Thanksgiving blessings to all who are celebrating! May your hearts be full as you gather and give thanks. We're so grateful be part of a team, community, network, and church striving to make real, positive change every day.

it's never too early or too late to think about the legacy you want to leave and how you can help sustain vital United Church ministry far into the with a gift in your Will. Visit centennialcampaign.ca to get started today.

The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children. Proverbs 13:22 God is calling us to create a meaningful legacy. What did you do this summer?

it's a love story baby just say yes centennialcampaign.ca

Amazing support for the Alvin Dixon Memorial Walk/Run, raising funds for Indigenous students pursuing post-secondary education. THANK YOU! You've donated nearly $28K, the most ever raised for this event BY FAR! Donations are accepted until the end of the month: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...

TS12 🤝 UCCan100 Legacy Building The Centennial Legacy Campaign is in full effect, visit centennialcampaign.ca for resources and more! 👯‍♂️

At the Alvin Dixon Memorial Walk/Run this morning in Calgary Blessings to all of the participants and supporters! #GC45 #YYZ

wishing a happy International Day of Friendship to our very best friends, @unitedchurchcda.bsky.social

happy 12th work anniversary to the Foundation Communications and Campaign Associate Jess Smith that's me! here's a blast from the past:

🎶 "Spirit divine, attend our prayers, and make this house your home." — Voices United #385, Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers

Oop-- if you were expecting our Fall grant round to open today... surprise! We're making some tweaks to our Seeds of Hope webpage that we hope will make applying for a grant a smoother process, and we need a little bit more time. Our Fall 2025 round will open August 1.

🎶 "To God whose boundless love has won salvation for us through the Son, to God all praise and glory be both now and through eternity." ❤️ 🌎 ✨ — Voices United #303, O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

🎶 "Teach me thy patience; still with thee , in closer, dearer company, in work that keeps faith sure and strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong" 💓 ✨ — Voices United #560, O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee

By POPULAR request we are pleased to share the video of the Foundation's 2025 Annual General Meeting featuring an address by the one and only Rev. Morgan Bell. Watch it now: youtu.be/GNk8mEB7ReY

Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only light, sun of Righteousness, arise, triumph o'er the shades of night. 🌌 🌠 💖 [from Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies Voices United #336]

we have a really fun socials takeover happening on our IG and FB this week, come check it out! www.instagram.com/p/DLS8GwxO06...

Send blessings to all our relations as you mark National Indigenous Peoples Day! What are you doing today to celebrate the heritage and diverse cultures of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities across Turtle Island?

what an amazing AGM we just had!

"The World needs us. It always has and it always will. This is our opportunity to put our faith into action and provide for the future of the Church." unitedchurchfoundation.ca/centennial-w...

Happy Father's Day! To our fathers and to elders, coaches, guardians, mentors, friends, teachers, role models, neighbours who provide fatherly care: thank you for the gift of your wisdom, guidance, time, support, and love.

Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity!* Trinity Sunday Blessings! Wishing you boundless joy, curiosity, and strength in the glorious Holy Mystery. [*from Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Voices United 315]

"It's important for each of us to consider leaving a legacy gift. Part of offering a legacy gift is to ensure communities have the capacity to continue to offer the very things that make a difference in each of our lives" - The Rev. Michael Blair. youtu.be/i56Gz_alam4

we'll be in Horseshoe Falls and Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regions this weekend. Will we see any of you there?

still buzzing from the Centennial celebrations in St. John's! Here's a photo of Sarah with Alan Hall and Kathy Brett at Topsail United Church.

We invite you to join us as a guest at the United Church of Canada Foundation’s Annual General Meeting! It's happening Thursday, June 19th at 12:00 pm Eastern and will be held by Zoom. Our special guest is The Rev. Morgan Bell. Comment below or DM to RSVP and we'll send you the link.

We 🤍 the 100 Tables project! If you'd like to learn more about it, it's one of the Centennial initiatives we're highlighting at our special webinar tomorrow (June 12)! Join us for 'Celebrating 100 Years: Honouring Our History, Looking to Our Future': unitedchurchfoundation.ca/upcoming-web...

ok, @canadahelps.org 👀

Supporting our church's unique, Spirit-filled ministries is a blessing. Today, as we begin our 2nd century, we give thanks for the beauty of Union and honour the gifts each denomination brought to it, and which each member and community of faith still bring. These gifts proclaim the glory of God!

A special Centennial initiative took root yesterday at Cowan Heights United Church at a ceremony for their future community park "Deeply Rooted'. Foundation Director Catherine Glover was on hand for the event. Catherine says, "It was a treat to be here for this!" Blessings!

Union Sunday Blessings!

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 (Acts 2:1) Celebrating the birth of the Church and the birth of the United Church on the same day? Feels like the Spirit at work! Pentecost blessings to you; may we act in Christ’s spirit and may our witness be to God's great glory

it was a beautiful warm day to lend a hand at Stella's Circle's Bonaventure Community Garden in St. John's, NL. Centennial celebrations are in full swing!

"United Church presence in the north is quite limited and Annauma’s goals align with our priorities: preservation and rejuvenation of Indigenous culture, support of Indigenous ways of being and knowing, and healing from the damage inflicted by colonialism." unitedchurchfoundation.ca/nunavut-comm...

"Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural, but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness." - Walter Brueggemann

can't believe our big sister is turning 100 in a few days! What are you doing to mark The United Church of Canada's centennial?

We're celebrating 100 years of The United Church of Canada with a special webinar! Join us Thurs June 12 at 12PM ET for Celebrating 100 Years: Honouring Our History, Looking to Our Future! With: Sarah Charters Alan Lai Cam Fraser & lots of Centennial fun! unitedchurchfoundation.ca/upcoming-web...

🫢 look what we got in the mail!!!! congratulations to the Rev. Sungmin Jung on the publication of your new book Finding Christ in Heroes and Heroines of the Hebrew Bible! Sungmin is one of two 2024 McGeachy Senior Scholars

We are happy to announce the results of our Spring 2025 grant round! Grants, scholarships and awards will support 62 people, projects, and ministries, and total over $390,000. Congratulations and blessings to all! Full list:

Creative God, thank you for the beautiful and varied identities of all of your children, wonderfully made as they are in your image. Help us to celebrate all identities, gender expressions, and love with the same fullness and joy you show to us. Diversity is a gift we are blessed to receive. Amen.

“The campus has huge numbers of environmental groups. When I was introducing our group, people were really intrigued, because it’s an intersection that a lot of people just kind of overlook. It’s more than just an environmental initiative, it’s for your own spirituality." Read more:

It's almost time for our Spring 2025 grant announcement! When do you think it will be?

Thank you to Anna Badillo of Urban Roots London and Foundation Director Catherine Glover of Siloam United Church for sharing the history of their partnership at our Coffee With webinar last week. Watch the full replay now on our blog: unitedchurchfoundation.ca/coffee-with-...

🐝 it's World Bee Day and we're just buzzing by to shout out all of the grantees and Foundation partners who are working to support a healthy bee population worldwide. you're un-bee-lievable!

Join Anna Badillo of Urban Roots London and Foundation Director Catherine Glover at our next 'Coffee With' webinar on Thurs May 22 as they discuss their food security work and the importance of community partnerships through land-based initiatives. Register: unitedchurchfoundation.ca/anna-catherine

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Last month, the Rev. Dan Hayward joined us to discuss his own experience as a disabled person in the church. He urged us to consider that overcoming barriers of attitude is just as important as removing physical barriers to entry in our church buildings.

We are excited to share our 2024 Annual Report: "Everything Coming Together for Good”! Visit 2024.unitedchurchfoundation.ca to check it out now. This report captures the ways we came together in 2024 in our shared commitment, faith, and collective generosity. Let us know what you think!

WHO'S READY FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT?! we're so excited.

ok, if you want to know how much our granting program has grown, take a look at this from our 2009 Annual Report. In 15 years, we've gone from 6 grants total, to 91 grant recipients just from Seeds of Hope alone in 2024! 🤯🤯 (shoutout to all these awesome orgs still grinding 15 years later!)