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Full IndexEverything we post on a regular basis in our website in different categories, appears in this index by chronological order, newest entries at the top.
2020 in Ottawa
More information is upcoming.Tuesday, May 12 – Friday, May 15, 2020 Saint Paul University, Ottawa, OntarioRegistration is open until Jan 2018.Documents Poster Agenda 2018 DUCC Reports 2018 be presented at the Gathering DUCC 2017 Minutes from our most recent DUCC...
Deborah Laforet
Profiles Deborah LaforetDeborah doing what she loves best - Singing!Deborah Laforet’s diaconal ministry is lived out as Lead Minister at St. Paul's United Church in Oakville. Commissioning Commissioned June 2, 2007 in Baltimore, ON Program of Formation I began...
2019 gathering of DOTAC
The 2019 gathering of DOTAC will be August 14 – 19 in Vancouver, BC.
2018…courageous risking
Tuesday, April 17 (2:00) – Friday, 20, (12:30) 2018 Winnipeg Manitoba
2017 – Called to be Diaconal, no matter what we are called
Called to be Diaconal, no matter what we’re called. A time to: share the stories of our Diaconal souls, how they are formed, and how they inform what we are called today. From the Statement of Vision, Diakonia of The United Church of Canada, 2009July 5 - July 6 -...
Genevieve Taylor Carder
In Memorium Genevieve Taylor CarderGenevieve Taylor Carder spent her life in service to others. She held a number of important roles with the United Church's head office including: National Girl's Work Secretary, responsibility for developing the United Church's...
Muriel Bamford
In Memorium Muriel BamfordMuriel Bamford was born on June 20, 1918 and was a child of the manse, growing up in Northern Ontario. Missionaries were frequent guests in the Bamford home, and they made an impression on her. A graduate of Wellesley Hospital nursing...
Marg Avison
1930 – 2016
Diaconal Vocation and Identity
By Dodd Ted. First appeared in Touchstone (Canada) 2016.
Lillias Brown
In Memorium Lillias BrownLillias Audrey Jean Brown was born May 27, 1924 and served her ministry as a missionary in India after graduating from the United Church Training School in 1951. Lillian passed away peacefuly at St. Hilda's Long Term Care in Toronto on...
Betty Ann Caldwell
In Memorium Betty Ann CaldwellELIZABETH (BETTY ANN) CALDWELL was born April 9, 1931. Betty Ann was born in Dauphin, MB and raised in Gilbert Plains. She remembered her childhood as a wondrous time, filled with family, community, church, education, sports and...
2015 – Timeless Wisdom: Exploring Innovative Traditions
Timeless Wisdom: Exploring Innovation Traditions Travel with us through the ages as we revisit the history of diakonia, consider the future of diaconal ministry in the church, conduct the business of DUCC, and explore our diaconal identity.Ecumenical Guests Lisa...
Sylvia Hamilton
1928 – 2015
Thelma Dixon-Murphy
In Memorium Thelma Dixon-MurphyThelma Dixon was born on December 11, 1918. The first part of this biography, is an autobiography, written by Thelma in 2002. Inspired by the teachers who lived in our home and whom I admired, I grew up in Northern Ontario knowing...
Frances Taylor Cline
In Memorium Frances Taylor ClineFrances Taylor was born July 18,1922 in Edmonton, Alberta to Geoffery Bradford Taylor and Jean Frances Millar. She was the second of 4 children; John, Neil and Peggy were her siblings. She lived in Edmonton during her school...