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From all of the consultation and from exploring different scenarios, we are narrowing down to a proposed mission and vision.

In April and May, close to 500 people attended five Moderator’s Town Halls on the topic of strategic planning.

United Church leaders and members are invited to register for the Moderator’s Town Halls to give input into the strategic plan.

Project team begins its work and will seek input from across the church as it maps a three-year strategic direction for the denomination.

In light of concerns around COVID-19, the decision has been made to postpone GC44 to 2022.

A special electronic meeting of the 43rd General Council will take place Saturday, June 20, 2020 to consider postponing the 44th General Council to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Commissioners to the 43rd General Council will meet on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 11:30 am (ET). At that time, they will consider a recommendation from the General Council Executive to postpone the 44th General Council (Calgary, July 2021) to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The draft minutes of the GC43 annual meeting (2019) are now posted on the United Church Commons.

Commissioners to the 43rd General Council will meet again online on Saturday, October 19, at noon (EDT).

The United Church of Canada websites have been updated recently with the The Manual 2019 and the Congregations and Councils page now explains the new three-council structure, including a map of the regional councils.