Light A Candle!
Join us on September 26th, 8:00pm EDT for a celebration of The Canadian Council of Churches’ 80th birthday and our anniversary campaign launch!
We invite you to join us as we remember our foundation in 1944, reflect on 80 years of shared mission and ministry, and look toward the next phase of our work together for justice, unity, and reconciliation in Canada.
Bring a candle and make a wish for what you’d like to see next in the Council’s future!
This event will also be an opportunity to launch our 80th anniversary fundraising campaign.
This is a 60-minute virtual evening event.
Agenda (Bilingual Program)
- Welcome and Opening
- Reading of founding texts (John 17 and Ephesians 4)
- A Brief Reflection on our 80th birthday
- Looking ahead: The coming priorities (Pre-recorded)
- Youth, local ecumenical networks, interculturality
- Commissions and Reference Group priorities, Project Ploughshares
- Light a candle – Make a wish
- Breakout Groups hosted by Executive Committee members on “what do you wish for The Canadian Council of Churches?”
- Launch of 80th anniversary campaign
- The target, how much has been raised, and how we will fill the gap.
- Closing Prayer
Please bring a candle and we will blow them out together. Make a wish!
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