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Pinga

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Barriers to participation or engagement

I am curious what people's thoughts are regarding barriers to participation and engagement in this site, especially as they compare to say other online communities or church communities.

 

I propose that

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Behold! 2011 - We Are Many, We Are One

Hello! We thought we would take this opportunity to announce Behold! 2011, The United Church of Canada's upcoming intercultural conference. April 30 is the early bird registration date, so please help us get the word out about this conference to anybody who may be interested. Thank you! 

For more information, please see our website: 
http://events.united-church.ca/behold

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Only "Canadians"?

I found statements that make my Japanese being feel a little awkward in here.

 

Please read the citation below and guess what makes me awkward.

 

"WonderCafe is a daring effort by The United Church of Canada to reach out to Canadians who may not attend church in new and exciting ways. WonderCafe isn't just "selling" the denomination. It's creating a new context for Canadians to talk about spirituality and faith.

 



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Changing face of Canada

Today’s newspapers are full of stories about the changing face of Canada, including Statistics Canada’s projections that minorities will be majorities in two Canadian cities by 2031.



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: From fear to joy

Welcome to my blog—a place to reflect with me on God’s abundant healing of soul, community, and creation. I hope you will visit often and be part of this sacred conversation.

In various messages, I have been describing Mary’s turning from fear toward joy as a theme of Advent.

Even in such a perilous time as hers, with reasons to be afraid, Mary allowed her heart to turn from fear to joy.
 
Even in such perilous times as ours, with reasons to be afraid, we too are called to allow our hearts to turn from fear to joy.
 
For when we liberate our imaginations, reason is put into its proper place, and hope flourishes.
 
Last weekend in Winnipeg at the RiverRunning intercultural conference, I heard extraordinary stories of people turning from fear to joy, thereby inspiring others to do the same. Embracing one another across diverse cultures, it is exciting to see United Church congregations sharing a common mission with diverse expressions.
 
              
Left to right in foreground: Stan McKay, Laura Mariko Cheifetz, me, and Katalina Tahaafe-Williams. Photo by Alcris Limongi.
 
Knox United Church, for example, figures that there are between 80 and 90 cultural groups represented in its congregation. Not surprisingly, Knox’s congregational materials radiate a lively embrace of the 40th General Council’s reaffirmation about becoming an intercultural church (much more than multicultural), with activities that range from the Jesus FlickFest to the Rainbow Community Garden.


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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: A community of visible, tangible love

Welcome to my blog a place to reflect with me on God's abundant healing of soul, community, and creation. I hope you will visit often and be part of this sacred conversation.

 

I trust that Thanksgiving was a blessed time for you and yours, as it certainly was for me. I’m grateful for all of your posted insights about kinship with creation—a theme that seems most poignant at the height of our liturgical Season of Creation.

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