HAMilton PACKage

Did you know that subscriptions to HamPack are available for the low price of $28 per year? Receive your own copy and keep up to date on the latest news and events in Hamilton Conference! Contact Barbara Hampson at 905 659-3343, ext. 226 or e-mail: bhampson@hamconf.org.

 

February 2010:

The following items are included in our February HAMilton PACKage. Each pastoral charge within Hamilton Conference receives a copy of HAMPACK. (The February edition was mailed on the 2nd.) For more information about these items check your church bulletin board or contact the Conference Office.

 

• DARING DISCIPLESHIP: News about resources, workshops and opportunities from the desk of Lorna MacQueen, Conference Minister - Faith Formation for Discipleship. For ministry personnel and anyone providing leadership in Christian Education.

• TOWARD DARING DISCIPLESHIP – LENT - SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: A brochure from the desk of Lorna MacQueen, Conference Minister - Faith Formation for Discipleship. For church leadership.

• POWER AND AUTHORITY: CALLED TO LEADERSHIP 2010: A flier about a workshop, April 8, 2010 at Harcourt Memorial United Church, Guelph. For ministry personnel (ordered and lay).

• UCW NEWS: A newsletter for United Church Women in Hamilton Conference. For UCW, posting.

• CAYTS: A flier about CAYTS – Children and Young Teens (9-13) Annual Meeting program. For Christian Education Committee, Church School teachers and youth leaders, ministry personnel.

• 2010 INDIVIDUAL LEARNING GRANTS for ministry personnel and lay members of the UCC: Criteria and application form for Individual Learning Grants. For ministry personnel and lay leaders.

• ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE: Information about the Ministry of Community and Social Services Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005. For ministry personnel, official board.

• LIVING INTO INTERCULTURALISM: A flier about an event with Bill Phipps, Saturday, February 27th, 2010, at Westdale United Church in Hamilton. For posting.

• AVEL RESOURCES: A newsletter from Jackie Childerhose, Grand River Spiritual & Educational Resources. For ministry personnel, committee chairs, posting.

• COMMUNITY JUSTICE CAMP: A brochure about an event, May 9-14, 2010, hosted by the Anglican Diocese of Niagara at McMaster University in Hamilton. For ministry personnel, Outreach or Mission and Service Committee, posting.

• FIVE OAKS: A flier about programs at Five Oaks in February, March, and April, 2010. For ministry personnel, lay church leaders, posting.

• ECOFEMINISM, THE JEWISH JESUS, AND THE FUTURE OF RELIGION: A flier about the annual SnowStar Institute of Religion Spring Conference, April 7-10, 2010, in Stratford, Ontario. For ministry personnel, posting.

  Thanks to our volunteers from Strabane United Church for assisting with HamPack.

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