Meet a Moderator Nominee: Stewart Folster
The Record sent a handful of questions to each nominee for moderator of the 2014 General Assembly. They took some time during the busy Advent season […]
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Meet a Moderator Nominee: Calvin Brown
The Record sent a handful of questions to each nominee for moderator of the 2014 General Assembly. They took some time during the busy Advent season […]
Community News – December 2013
Team PWS&D Raises Over $10,000 in Toronto Marathon A team of runners raised about $10,500 for Presbyterian World Service and Development in the Scotiabank Toronto […]
Report on the Life and Mission Agency’s November Meeting
The Life and Mission Agency committee met in November to hear from LMA staff about their work, to chat with the General Secretary, and to […]
Presbytery of West Toronto Pledges $100,000 for Typhoon Haiyan Relief
On Nov. 12, the Presbytery of West Toronto voted to donate $100,000 toward Presbyterian World Service and Development’s Typhoon Haiyan emergency appeal. The funds will […]
Richard Topping Installed as Principal of VST
A couple of hundred well-wishers gathered at Shaughnessy Heights United Church on Friday (October 18) to celebrate the installation of Richard Topping as principal of Vancouver School of Theology.
PWS&D Launches Emergency Appeal
Presbyterian World Service and Development has launched an emergency appeal to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The devastating tropical cyclone, which is one of […]
Community News – October 2013
Prayers for Peace As the United States considered military strikes against Syria, churches across the globe called for prayer. The heads of the World Communion […]
‘Chilling and Painful’
Aboriginal children in six residential schools across the country, including one run by the Presbyterian Church, were subjects in nutrition experiments in the 1940s and 50s, a food historian has revealed.
Faith in the Flood
Rev. Drew Burnand arrived in High River, Alta., days after June’s devastating flood almost washed it away. He said it was like “something out of a sci-fi movie.” The streets were empty of people and coated with a thick layer of mud. Train tracks were twisted. Asphalt in a parking lot was rippled.
To Learn and Grow
Interfaith visitors over the years have included representatives of Muslim and Jewish faiths. The committee thought it would be important to educate ourselves about faiths beyond the Abrahamic traditions.
When the Floodwaters Came
When the floodwater comes, you are in shock. But, when it starts to subside, you find yourself saying “thank-you.”
Reflections on the Flood
Life changed dramatically for over 100,000 residents of southwestern Alberta on June 20. Four lost their lives. Tens of thousands lost their homes. A weather […]
Community News – September
Free Camp for Lac-Mégantic Kids Weeks after their town was devastated by a train derailment and explosion that killed 47 people and leveled the downtown, […]
Community News – July-August 2013
Kettle Honoured, Again After a distinguished career as a Presbyterian padre, Rev. Dr. David Kettle is preparing for a new role as secretary general of […]
Love Your Neighbour
As a first-time commissioner to the General Assembly, I have seen how our church is thriving from coast to coast.
Agents of Hope
This was to be a pivotal year for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. On the agenda was the much-anticipated report of the Theological Commission on Same-sex Relationships and the Ministry.
Travelling is Education
In Malawi it is widely believed that education is not only acquired through formal education, but also through merely travelling to different parts of the world.
Worship and Communion
On Sunday evening, hundreds of commissioners and fellow worshippers converged on Vaughn Community, a church complex in Thornhill, Ont. The thriving Korean-speaking congregation, which is […]
Sunday’s Business in Brief
The assembly continued its promotion of “good news stories” with presentations from several ministers from across the country. Their stories often begin with churches that […]