If you want to start a discussion, ask why the number of people in the pews of the main line churches in Canada, and especially in the United Church, has declined precipitously since the 1960s.

The usual answer you will hear most often is that churches have moved away from God and have taken on a larger role in politics or made decisions which people disagree with.

Positions Available: The British Columbia Conference of The United Church of Canada currently has three Conference Minister Positions available.

SG posted the following blog by Gretta Vosper in one of the Observer question threads. However, I think goes enough beyond the topic of that thread and is important enough it its own right to merit its own thread. Here it is:

http://www.grettavosper.ca/essential-agreement/

Originally published as http://notthechurchlady.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-impossible-dream-by-not-the-church-lady-aka-kelly-galbraith/

I would like to pose a question to those who have considered ministry or are in that field. What was your "call" to ministry? Was it a specific event or vision, or something more subtle? I am asking partly out of curiousity, and partly because I personally have not experienced a specific event, but rather it just seems like the natural path for me.

Wondercafe afficienados will be interested to know that Wondercafe was featured in the national media (CBC radio) this morning (Feb 27/2013).It was in the context of how different churches were perceived by younger demographic groups. Unfortunately, Wondercafe was portrayed as a recruiting tool for the UCCan (which was and is not its purpose).

Only in Kitchener, Ontario do a United Church congregation and a Jewish synagogue work together and share a building.

Read more: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/united-church-of-canada-s-stance-on-israeli-...

Someone mentioned that WonderCafe does not enlighten them or provide a place to speak about one's Christian Faith. (If I read it right.)

What topics would all of you like to discuss from a Christian perspective on WC?

I hesitate to post this for any number of reasons, but I think it might prove useful for both me and others, so here goes. Please read my whole post before answering. Note the bold text near the end. I will call out anyone that I think is going down the wrong road.