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Welcome UNBC Campus Minister, Kendra Mitchell-Foster!

1/13/2022

 
This week, social media has been busy sharing the news of the region’s newest campus minister for the University of Northern British Columbia, Kendra Mitchell-Foster!, and sharing pictures of and information about UNBC. Join Campus Ministry Animator, Daniel Martin, and all PMRC staff in our warm welcome of Kendra to the team!
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I have had a rich and interesting journey to ministry, and am so thrilled that these next steps of my journey are walking with campus communities in the north. Most recently, I have been at the forefront of the Affirming Ministry journeys of the first two LGBTTQ2SIA+ Affirming congregations in Prince George (Trinity United Church, and Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church), and am completing a Field Placement at the Interfaith Spiritual Care Centre at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Christian education at all ages and stages of life is a passion of mine, as well as community building in vibrant multi-faith and multi-cultural relationships driven by the values of peace and peace-making, justice, respect, love, and joyful embodiment of spirit. My passion for combining spirit and movement is central to joyful embodiment of spirit, and to bringing spiritual practice into daily life for myself, others, and within community-building relationships. I bring decades of working in poverty and health justice projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as working in health justice efforts partnering with Indigenous communities in northern British Columbia. 
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I’m currently in my third year of a Masters of Theological Studies in Diaconal Ministry (a joint program with the Centre for Christian Studies and St. Stephen’s College at the University of Alberta), and on track for commissioning as a Diaconal Minister in the United Church upon completion. 
– Kendra
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Visit CampusUnited.ca to discover more about the ways God’s energy is moving in ministry with young adults in our regional council. We encourage you to include Kendra in your prayers, in her ministry with students in Prince George.

A commitment of the Pacific Mountain Regional Council executive and our shared Chinook Winds Pacific Mountain First Third Ministry staff team is to foster and support ministry with people in the first-third of their life’s journey – people birth to about 36 years of age, which includes young adults! Over the past couple of years, ministry for post-secondary folks in our regional council has grown in new ways, building on a long legacy of Campus Ministry at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia. For this, we give thinks! 

UVic Chaplain, Henri Lock, is retiring. Let's celebrate his faithfulness together!

1/20/2021

 
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With decades of caring, compassionate ministry with the University of Victoria community, as well as faithful ministry with young and children through what was BC Conference and Victoria Presbytery, the Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Network and Regional Council leadership, Henri is retiring!

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Square image for sharing to Social Media and the PDF with live links is below.

Come to Henri's Retirement Zoom!

You are warmly invited to join everyone at Henri Lock's retirement celebration - marking decades of campus ministry leadership and faithful service across the region! 

Wednesday February, 10th 2021
Check in at 6:45 pm
​Celebration starts at 7 pm PST
Zoom Link is
 HERE

Please help us create a video for Henri's Retirement Zoom!
Submit photos, videos, or words of love/gratitude. These submissions will then be used to create a video that will be shared during the February 10th Zoom gathering. Please upload your submissions on the Google Drive folder here or email them to multifaith@uvic.ca.  Please send these materials to us by February 2nd. 

Come in on Henri's new electric bike... He claims it's a testament to his continued enthusiasm for cycling, yet a concession to his new seniors' status. Send your etransfer (any amount, truly) to Stephen Tyler*: stephen@adaptiverm.ca

Share Invitation far and wide, to others who love Henri! 
You can use the image below on your social media, emails, website -- go for it!
* Wondering who Stephen Tyler is? Stephen a long-time friend of Henri and Leslie’s, a member of St Aidan’s United and Cadboro Bay United (now amalgamated as Broad View United Church), and a former chair of the UCC Campus Ministry Advisory Board. If you have any doubt about whether Stephen will know the answer to the e-transfer password clue, you can email the password answer separately to him at: styler@uvic.ca
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Growing Ministry with New & Returning Positions - We're Hiring!

1/20/2021

 
5 employment opportunities in the First Third Ministry area are now open for applications! These openings stem from purposeful changes in the organizational structure of Camp Spirit and Campus Ministries in our Regional Council -- Camp Spirit and Campus Ministries were overseen by what was called presbytery. Now, both are held by the First Third Ministry of the Pacific Mountain Regional Council, and part of decades of intentional and meaningful ministry and leadership with families, children, youth, young adults in our regional council.

Now open and accepting applications are:
  • Administrator: First Third Ministry, PMRC
  • Animator Rural and Indigenous Communities, PMRC
  • Camp Spirit Executive Director, PMRC
  • Campus Minister Animator, PMRC
  • Campus Minister University of Victoria, PMRC
Click here to view all the position details: united-church.ca/opportunities webpage 

Note: the application deadline for all positions is Tuesday January 26, 2021.
Click here to view all the position details, and to apply
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  • Home
  • Leader Support & Education
    • Certificate in Children, Youth & Family Ministry
    • Art Of Children and Youth Ministry Course
    • VST Course Cohort: A Spirituality of Race for First Third Ministry Leaders
    • COVID-19 Aware Guidelines
    • Deepening Pastoral Practice Amidst Continuing Pandemic Realities
    • Godly Play Events 2023
    • Leaders Online Gatherings
    • Spiritual Conversations: Pastoral Ministry with Children, Youth, and Families
    • RE-ENTRY with First Third Ministry
  • Resources
    • Anti-Racism Resources
    • Caring for the Soul and Living during COVID-19 >
      • Life at Home resources for all ages
    • Tips and Ideas for Gathering Online
  • Events
    • Event Calendar
    • PMRC Imagine Children's Retreat.
  • Marketplace
    • Christian Gifts
    • Our Faith@Home Magazines
  • News
  • Contact