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This document was put together by the result of three years of annual Preparing for Pride workshops hosted online by Northern Spirit, Living Skies, and Prairie to Pine Regional Councils of the United Church of Canada, all of which are Affirming. All the ideas here are from the community, offered from the lived experiences of church ministries and people. We hope these spark even more ideas from you.

On Saturday March 7, in Kingston, Ontario the staff and Board of Directors of Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble gathered to celebrate Linda and Bruce Hutchinson. Linda and Bruce have been part of Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble since 1999, both were on the Board of Directors, serving in many leadership roles. Over the last 10 years Bruce was the support of Linda’s leadership in Affirm United/S’affimer Ensemble, accompanying her to meetings in Toronto and around the country.

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Rev. Dr. Karen Low has created more resources from her work with the Re-Affirm Project on faith-based trauma. You can download and use these beautifully written resources in your faith context.

O ne of our Re-Affirm Mentors has created a Lenten Resource that focuses on lament and the UCC apology and its history. Find the link above!

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Deadline for applications are November 1, 2025! please send your applications to executivedirector@ause.ca

Many have asked: now that The United Church of Canada has apologized to the 2S and LGBTQIA+ people of the church, shouldn’t that mean The...

At the September 6th Coffee Hour, our Executive Director Rev. Ruth Noble shared the attached documents for a service of lament on October...