Brighouse United Church

07/01/2023

After 97 years, we had our last service at Brighouse United Church on June 24, 2023. It was a beautiful service honouring the members and the life of the church. We are moving forward with grace knowing we will take many memories with us as we look forward to our new church families. We did it well.

06/19/2023

Preserving language enables future generations to engage in their rich culture in a rounded and essential way. In partnership with Mission and Service, the Mohawk Language Bible is expected to be available in Fall 2023. Read more about this project: http://ow.ly/qQGP50OIbSc

[Image credit: Page from Bible copyright © Canadian Bible Society; landscape: Lindsay Vautour]

06/19/2023

Happy Father's Day to all the dads and to those individuals who've shown us the meaning of fatherhood.

06/14/2023

05/30/2023

Pastors Jason and Tim talk with Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan about the majestic Hebrew Scriptures, how Christians can mindfully approach them, and what it means to live within a minority religious tradition.

05/30/2023

No one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
— 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7

[Image: Svetlana Vorotniak / iStock]

05/26/2023

Last week we released our initial findings from the BC Eviction Mapping project. The project is the first of its kind in BC, and our first official systems change project that challenges the systems that keep people trapped in cycles of poverty, homelessness, and marginalization. Work on this projec...

05/26/2023

For Thursdays in Black, the Moderator and members of the General Council Office staff are proud to be a community of people at The United Church of Canada who speak out against gender-based violence.

Learn more about the Thursdays in Black movement: http://ow.ly/U9Lb50OwZJo

05/25/2023