manitouconference.ca – Manitou Conference | Welcome to Manitou Conference of the United Church of Canada. We are followers of Christ, people of God, neighbours and friends. We are 60 churches in communities all over Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec, over 50 ministry personnel and over 7,900 people from all walks of life.

Swimming for God

We believe that God’s radical hospitality calls Manitou Conference to:

Journey into new ways of being church
Understand and engage with our neighbours’ struggle for dignity and economic justice

If you have an article, picture or event that you would like posted on the Manitou Conference website, please contact Susan Whitehead, Office Coordinator at (705) 474-3350 or by email at: [email protected].

What’s New on the Site:

MANITOU CONFERENCE PRESENTS:

The 2013 General Meeting – “Midwives of the New Church”

Are you ministry personnel or a lay member of presbytery for your church? Then you need to register for the Manitou Conference 2013 General Meeting. The GM is being hosted by Sudbury Presbytery in lovely Mindemoya, ON (on Manitoulin Island) from Friday May 31st – Sunday June 2nd, 2013.

**NOTE: There has been a change in venue: the GM will be held at the Mindemoya Community Centre and the Celebration of Ministry Service (Ordinations) on Sunday will be held at Mindemoya United Church. Please click here for directions to both.**

Click HERE to view the GM theme introduction lettter from the President of Manitou Conference Executive, Rev. Dr. Ted Harrison.

Here is the third Draft Agenda for the GM in Mindemoya to give you an idea of the timings.

You can register online OR print off the registration form and mail them in to: Manitou Conference Office

There are many types of accommodations available in Mindemoya; please click here to view the list.

CHILDREN AT CONFERENCE: Click here for the registration form for kids coming to the GM.

MYF – 2013 GM

Hey Manitou Youth! Come on out to the Manitou Conference 2013 General Meeting and MYF Event. Check out the poster!

There are three things you need to come:

A registration form: click here to register online if you are going to the MYF 2013 GM this year!
A Parent Signature Page: click here to download the Parent and Participant Signature Page (you need this to attend).
A Code of Conduct form: click here to download (NOTE: not available yet…stay tuned…)
IF YOU ARE A LEADER: you need a Leader’s Code of Conduct form – click here to download (NOTE: not available yet…stay tuned…)

If you need to print a copy of the registration form, click here.

CAMP LORRAIN:

Registration forms for Camp Lorrain are now available. Interested in registering and paying online? No problem…go to www.camplorrain.com and check out the new website!

There is a Camp Lorrain Open House on July 6, 2013. Click here to check out the event!

If you would like to make an online donation to Camp Lorrain, please click the Pay Pal Donate button below. THANK YOU!!!

MANITOU’S WOMEN’S EVENT

Fall 2013

“Women and Wisdom: The Possibilities are Endless” with Cindy Desilets

Please click here to be sent to the Workshops/Retreats page for more information.

Looking for the latest update for Here’s Something We Can Do? Click here!

Diakonia of the United Church of Canada is having it’s National Gathering in 2013 entitled, Diaconal Ministry: The Lens of Hope. Click here for more details.

Check out the What We Do tab to see new updates from KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Right Relations Home Group activities and Care for Creation resources from Jim and Donna Sinclair.

Look at our new Crest! Click here to learn about its history.

General Secretary’s Weekly Newletter

Your General Secretary, Nora Sanders, sends out a weekly newsletter for you to read.

Week of Jan. 26, 2013

Week of Feb. 15, 2013

Week of Feb. 19, 2013

Right Relations Home Group (RRHG)

To learn more about the the Right Relatons Home Group, the Manitou Art Collection and more, click here or go to the “What We Do” drop-down menu to the RRHG page.

Below, you will find the first in a series of communiques prepared by our Manitou Right Relations Home Group. With the endorsement of Conference Executive, the intention is to offer a brief, monthly reflection that we hope will find a forum somewhere in your congregational life.

M4RR # 1

M4RR #2

M4RR #3