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AGENDA & REPORTS J U N E 2 0 2 1 This Booklet is Version 5 V5 Edited Versions of this Booklet see page: 64 Record of Edits to PMRC GM 2021 A&R Booklet with hope and abundance PACIFIC MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COUNCIL GENERAL MEETING 2021 PACIFIC MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COUNCIL GENERAL MEETING 11- 13 JUNE 2021 with hope and abundance The United Church of Canada acknowledges that its buildings and ministries, from coast to coast to coast, are on the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples. Saturday June 12, 2021 Agenda 8:45am Gathering together Friday June 11, 2021 9:00 Worship 9:30 General Council Message with General 1:00 Opening of the Meeting Secretary Michael Blair President's Address Moderator's Message 10:00 Executive Accountability Report Worship (break) 2:15 Business 11:00 Affirming Discussion 3:10 Affirming Region Discussion 11:45 Office of Vocation Update and 3:55 Keynote: Cameron Trimble Stewardship Update 4:20 Prayer and Announcements 12:15pm Lunch Break 4:40 Adjournment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1:15 Zoom Coffee Time 7:00 Gathering together again 2:00 Business Keynote: Nadia Bolz-Weber and Cameron (break) Trimble 3:30 Keynote: Cameron Trimble 8:20 Closing Worship, Announcements 5:00 Announcements, Closing Motions 9:00 Adjournment 5:05 Closing Worship 5:30 Adjournment Keynote and Guest Keynote Preacher NADIA BOLZ-WEBER CAMERON TRIMBLE Celebration of Ministry Service Sunday June 13, 2021 10am PT / 11am MT Online, from Highlands United Church Friday Evening 7pm PT / 8pm MT Friday 3:55pm PT / 4:55pm MT Sunday Morning 10am PT/ 11am MT Saturday 3:15pm PT / 4:15pm MT Click the URL below to Join: Click the underlined text to open links! https://youtu.be/7h5wMhfpreU PACIFIC MOUNTAIN REGIONAL COUNCIL GENERAL MEETING 11- 13 JUNE 2021 with hope and abundance Reports Messages Celebrations 4 President's Message 7 Celebrands 5 Executive Minister's Message 9 Retirees 11 Anniversaries 12 Memorials Business Finance 17 Mission 30 Chair's Report 18 Regional Executive Council Members 32 Property 18 Ends Policy Summary 33 ProVision 19 Ends Policy 34 Stewardship Animator 21 Guidelines for Business Procedures 22 Business Committee Motions 24 Proposals Guidelines 25 Proposal - Form 28 Nominations Committee Ministry and Mission Centres of Education 36 The Archives & History Committee 58 Centre for Christian Studies 37 Affirm Working Group 59 Vancouver School of Theology 38 Community of Faith Council 39 Office of Vocation & Board of Vocation Colouring Page Accountability Report 62 We are the Church, artwork by Emily Thiessen 41 Pastoral Relations Council Staff 43 Camp Spirit 63 Contact Information, by surname 46 Campus Ministry 47 First Third Ministry Edited Versions of this Booklet 49 Indigenous Ministry 64 Record of Edits to PMRC GM 2021 A&R Booklet 51 LeaderShift 53 Western Intercultural Ministry Network 2020 Minutes 55 Camping - Regional Camps 65 DRAFT Minutes from 2nd Annual GM 2020 56 Naramata Centre Proposals Received To come in a separate document. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE REV. BLAIR S. ODNEY Hello my beloveds, experience. To shape our musical life, I can’t wait to see you in June. Oh, I we finally called the Rev. Barbara know we have encountered each other Myers; an incredible pianist and over the past months in our town hall singer, whose voice is like velvet, gatherings to check up on one whose story breaks your heart. another. But in June I get to hang out with you over 2 full days, to hear John 10:10 became our guiding text what’s on your heart, and to imagine and the program became known as together what God is doing within us, New Life and Abundant Care. It ran and through us. That’s what fills me three times, and it spawned the with hope. And to have Nadia Bolez- formation of the Healing Pathway at When Christ can meet me, where I Weber and Cameron Trimble join us Naramata Centre. Rochelle Graham hurt, Christ meets the world where for some passionate inspiration? Well, and I created that learning anyone hurts. If that can happen to that will be the blessed and abundant curriculum in response to those me, then it can happen to anyone. icing on the cake. three career-changing events. From that moment to this, I’ve lost my life for the sake of the gospel and With Hope and Abundance – that’s our In the first fifteen minutes of her first my life has come back to me, in an theme, based on the text from John presentation, Vicki Lannie asked the abundance I can’t even begin to 10:10. “The thief comes only to steal participants to write down the describe. and kill and destroy. I came that they answers to two questions; “What may have life, and have it abundantly.” does your death mean to you? What Isn’t that what we’re called to be and The Common English Bible offers it does your dying mean to you?” She to do? To be sacred space and to this way “The thief enters only to could not have known that this was create opportunities where the living steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that my life-time fear. Even as I write this, Risen One meets you, me, anyone, they could have life—indeed, so that I can remember when I was five years right where they are, where they they could live life to the fullest.” I find old, clutching onto my father live. And then aren’t we called to get the nuanced difference compelling. screaming, “I don’t want to die.” The out of the way and let that Risen One Abundant life is not about stuff. Its last panic episode happened when I do what the Risen One does, so that about living life to the fullest. was well into my mid 30’s, sweating, those same beloveds, released from pacing the hall, freaking out, with my what ever they fear, may imagine I first encountered this text while on six-year-old son sleeping in his living life to the fullest. And then the program staff at Naramata Centre bedroom. aren’t we called to help them hear in 1994. (Sorry, I’m still the ol’ white the invitation back into life; “Follow guy spinning old stories about back Near the end of the week, in a healing me.” then. Its pertinent, I promise.) I was touch session, with John 10:10 on our the only manager available to hearts, we learned the Sacred Chakra Spend five minutes with Nadia Bolz- coordinate a brand new program for Spread, a practice offered to those in Weber and you’ll recognize that this pastoral care providers, social transition, usually when they’re empowering good news really is for workers, doctors, and hospice workers dying. It was my turn. Two others everyone. Spend five minutes with dealing with all manner of pastoral worked on me. I closed my eyes, Cameron Trimble and you’ll hear that issues. We grounded the learning scared out of my mind. I heard the insistent call to go to the world. How experience in themes of death and music. I felt a hand touch my heart. blessed are we? How gracious is our dying, believing if you’ve faced death, But no one touched me. I know to living God who calls us to be the all other pastoral issues are this day, the Risen One met me there. United Church of Canada at this time manageable. Our theme presenter for Tears are streaming down my face as in our history? There has never been the five days was Vicki Lannie, a I write this. When I got up from the a more important time for us to be contemporary of Elisabeth Kubler- healing touch table, I remembered us. Ross and Director of Hospice Services the words from Jesus Christ at the Methodist Medical Centre in Superstar: “To conquer death, you That, my beloveds, is why I’m excited Peoria Illinois. only have to die.” If that’s what its to see you. like to die, I thought, I can do that. The integrative, body work was led by From that moment to this, all fear, all In Christ, Healing Touch Practitioner, Rochelle anxiety, all panic has been released. Rev. Blair Odney Graham. Music was central to the President GM 2021 AGENDA & REPORTS P A G E 4 EXECUTIVE MINISTER'S MESSAGE TREENA DUNCAN As the planning team began to prepare It has been a busy time since we last for this meeting, our second online gathered together. I have been regional gathering, it would have been blessed to be part of a committed, easy to fall into thinking about the hope-filled and gifted staff team. I struggles of this pandemic. Instead, we want to extend my thanks and challenged ourselves to focus on the gratitude to all of our staff and many gifts of this time. There are so volunteers for all they do; we are a many examples of hope and fantastic team and a shining example abundance in the stories of our faith: of God’s abundance. water into wine, the feeding of the multitude, manna raining from the sky, The vision of the Region: Effective and even the story of creation, to Leadership, Healthy Communities of name just a few. The theme of this Faith and Faithful Public Witness, are have seen this lived out through Annual Regional Meeting invites us to the principles that guide the work of town halls, coffee hours, learning stop, reflect, pray, and consider staff. events and retreats. The regional whether or not the stories of God’s executive has been doing the work of abundance are merely written in a As you will see through this report policy development and governance book that we revere or whether they and agenda book, many amazing to have clear leadership policies in are real experiences of faith that things are happening throughout the place and a framework from which to translate from these pages to our region.