Saturday’s Business in Brief
Saturday’s business began with the report of the Assembly Council, the body which carries out the work of the General Assembly throughout the year. Two […]
Community News
A Call for Acceptance
Pandit Roopnauth Sharma is the founder and spiritual leader of Ram Mandir, a Hindu temple, in Mississauga, Ont., and founder of Canada Hindu Heritage Centre. […]
‘That the Works of God Might Be Displayed’
I feel keenly that the honour of this award rests not only on the individual recipient: Abraham Berinyuu; but also on the Presbyterian Church in Ghana; the Republic of Ghana as a whole; and in particular the Northern Region and the University of Development Studies in Tamale where I live and work.
Friday’s Business in Brief
Two recommendations stirred some debate on the floor of assembly during the Friday evening sederunt. Option to Eliminate Synods An overture from the Synod […]
Community News – June 2013
Forty Years of Justice KAIROS celebrated 40 years of ecumenical justice work by Canadian churches with a moving worship service at the Church of the […]
General Assembly 2013
The 139th General Assembly is in session May 31 to June 3. Check out photos and reports from the assembly floor.
Opening Worship
The 139th General Assembly began with song and prayer. A praise band summoned the more than 200 commissioners to the gymnasium of Seneca College in […]
Community News – May 2013
Ploughshares Applauds Treaty Project Ploughshares, a peace and justice NGO supported by the Presbyterian Church, celebrated the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty at the […]
Community News – April 2013
Women and men pray together at the Noor Cultural Centre and Mosque, Toronto. Pastor speaks at Mosque The Noor Cultural Centre and Mosque invited Rev. […]
Community News – March 2013
Restoring Oldest PCC Church in Western Canada John Whiteway and June Thompson are two of the Friends of Historic Kildonan Church, a group dedicated to […]
Awareness and Hope
I am not an addictions counsellor or psychologist of any kind, but I am on my own healing journey from addictions.
Community News – February 2013
PCC Responds to Idle No More The church has issued a public statement in response to the Idle No More movement and Attawapiskat Chief Theresa […]
One Seamless Garment
I wasn’t in Malawi very long before I started questioning why things are the way they are. The way we consume resources while others go without raises disturbing questions of justice. It also highlights the way materialism seems to bankrupt our souls.
Community News – January 2013
PWS&D Joins Campaign Presbyterian World Service and Development joined 37 other organizations in a campaign to reverse cuts to federally-funded international aid and development programs. […]
The Warm Heart of Africa
John Vissers called his visit with a dying woman a holy moment. Not as mature in my faith, I found it difficult to be there. But Vissers’s words have become a meditation for me. In that basic cottage, on that hot day, I know we were somehow on holy ground.
Assembly Council Budgets for 2014
The Assembly Council spent the bulk of its November meeting dealing with finances. It endorsed a number of changes to the church’s pension plan and approved a set of 10 “budget principles” to guide the creation of the national church’s 2014 budget.
‘We Made a Little History this Year’
Rev. Dr. Dave Sutherland will stand as sole nominee for moderator at this year’s General Assembly. This is the first time there has been only only one candidate for moderator of the church’s highest court.
Community News – December 2012
Esther Lupafya, community health nurse, in Malawi. Discrimination on the Decline, AIDS Worker Says During the early decades of the HIV pandemic, “it was very […]
Community News – November 2012
Taiwanese Church Delegate Visits National Offices As part of his Canadian tour, the incoming general secretary of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan visited national offices […]
Community News – October 2012
Ewart’s Principals Honoured On August 22, alumnae representing graduating classes from as early as 1940 gathered on the lawn of the south quad at Knox […]