To Be Transformed
Presbyterians love meetings. A meeting can be a beautiful expression of the way the Spirit works in community. I consider this to be one of the great strengths of our tradition. However, it’s also true...
View ArticleThe 20th Anniversary of the Church’s Confession to Aboriginal Peoples
“This is the 20th anniversary of this special moment in the relationship between the Presbyterian Church in Canada and indigenous peoples,” said Chief Phil Fontaine in his remarks to the assembly....
View ArticleThe Big Picture
When I arrived at General I had no idea what to expect. How could over 200 people attend the same meeting and get anything done? What will happen when people disagree?
View ArticleSome General Assembly Business in Brief
The Book of Reports and minutes of assembly are available for download on the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s website. Elders and Baptism If presbyteries and the next General Assembly approve a...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Pension Plan Update
The assembly approved a number of measures to provide more funds for the church’s pension plan. Effective July 1, the plan requires an estimated $325,000 per month over and above current contributions....
View ArticleThe Horizon of Hope
While I was working on my dissertation, I was also serving in spiritual care, in palliative care, in pediatric trauma. Here I was writing and thinking about these big picture ideas about hope when I...
View ArticleHonouring Nicholas
Pat pleaded, “What are you saying?! How long does he have?” The oncologist replied, “With kids I’ve known with this kind of tumour, it is usually a matter of months, though sometimes we can be...
View Article‘A Cause Anyone Can Support’
The Presbyterian Church has a long history when it comes to caring for women and children.
View ArticleBe a Blessing
The story of Kim Phuc’s life is one of resurrection. At the age of nine, she was caught in a napalm attack near her home in Trang Bang, in southeast Vietnam.
View ArticleStalwart WMS Member Remembered
Joanne Instance, national president of the WMS between 2001-2004, passed away in Winnipeg on May 23 at the age of 78. In an email to church offices staff, WMS executive director, Sarah Kim shared the...
View ArticleHonouring Women of Faith
Six incredible women received inaugural Woman of Faith awards at a gala dinner on May 18. All six have spent their lives serving God and serving others, and have helped advance the cause of women’s...
View ArticleWhen God Calls
The Montreal Arabic Presbyterian Church is not located in Montreal; since 2010, it has rented facilities in an Evangelical Baptist church on the adjacent island of Laval. But it was not always so.
View ArticleA Century of Service
The Women’s Missionary Society was formed on May 15, 1914 when three women’s groups came together at Knox, Toronto.
View ArticleBurst Forth
For each woman, the event was extraordinary—out of the ordinary—a time of leaving our various small corners to experience the vast, worldwide family of God.
View ArticleThe Putin Problem
The late-July cover story in the Economist, “A web of lies,” focused partly on the responses by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and the Russian media to the July 17 killing of 298 civilian passengers...
View ArticleScience and Faith
I was ordained as a minister nearly 25 years ago, but prior to that I enjoyed my first vocation as a geologist. When I made my shift in vocation known, one of my colleagues said I was moving from the...
View ArticleBecoming Neighbours
“Canada’s darkest secret is being exposed; more importantly, it is being exposed with our younger generation.” Those were the emotional and difficult words of Eugene Arcand, residential school survivor...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing
With the encouragement of my parents and my friends, I decided that I might as well give this conference a try. I still felt quite skeptical about attending, as I associated CY with the typical “Bible...
View ArticleFaith Through Life
We started in an era when churches were many-membered, full of developing youth and rich in community. We are the PYPS of yesteryear.
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