Session Meeting: August meeting has been cancelled, we will meet in September

Contemporary Worship: will be leading 11:00 AM worship in August

 Busy Beavers: every Tuesday morning, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Bring your lunch, tea & coffee will be served. ·       

Silver Chains: meets once a month.  ·         

Pin Bowlers:  resumes in September         

Stewards Meeting:  Usually the last Wednesday of each month.  

Choir: rehearsals Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.     (resumes in September )   

Scouting: resumes in September     

Guiding:  resumes in September     

News Release -- Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The United Church of Canada Launches Its Own YouTube Channel


Toronto: While it may not be a traditional pulpit, for The United Church
of Canada, it is a communication platform like no other.

This week, the church is launching its own YouTube channel, featuring a
playlist of more than 20 videos with more to be added in the weeks
ahead.

"Many people think the church is just a collection of buildings with
steeples, but by using YouTube, we can show how active the church is,
whether in a downtown mission like First United in Vancouver or through
overseas partners working on water issues in Kenya," says Catherine
Rodd, the church's Multi-Media Producer. "Our audience is the world and
we want to add our faces and voices to the tapestry of people working
for just change, wherever they are."

The United Church's YouTube playlist includes videos of some of the
United Church's hundreds of community projects, both in Canada and
overseas, as well as video messages from the church's current spiritual
leader, Moderator David Giuliano.

Rodd explains that while this YouTube venture is a first for the church
as a national body, many local congregations and youth groups have been
posting videos independently for some time. She hopes to integrate the
best of those videos into the channel in the coming months.

"For 20 years the United Church had a weekly television show on
VisionTV. When it ended, we needed a new window. YouTube offers us
that," says Rodd.

"YouTube also gives us a chance to showcase videos produced by our
overseas partners that people wouldn't normally get a chance to see,"
adds Rodd. "We are very excited about the possibilities to show local,
regional, and international stories that make people think about the
world from new and different points of view."

The United Church of Canada's YouTube channel can be found at
http://www.youtube.ca/unitedchurchofcanada.

For more information, please contact:

Mary-Frances Denis
Communications Officer
The United Church of Canada
416-231-7680 ext. 2016 (office)
1-800-268-3781 ext. 2016 (toll-free)


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