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United Church of Canada. Permanent Committee on Ministry and Employment Policies and Services. · Corporate body · 2003-2014

The Permanent Committee on Ministry and Employment Policies and Services (PC-MEPS) is accountable to the Executive of the General Council and has the responsibility to provide advice to the Executive regarding ministry and employment policies and services. This committee assists the Executive of the General Council in its responsibilities as the legal employer of a considerable number of staff and the legal administrator of a pension fund and ensures that all the various personnel systems have fair, equitable and consistent values.

The committee has a number of specific responsibilities; overseeing policies in relation to ministry personnel, GCO and Conference staff, Overseas personnel, KAIROS, the pension plan and group insurance plans of the United Church of Canada, and Administrators of the Pension Plan.

The committee is made up of 12 voting members who reflect the diversity of The United Church of Canada (diversity with respect to sex, race, age, geography and vocation) and three voting members of the Executive of the General Council. The Chairperson is appointed as a voting member of the Executive of the General Council.

United Church of Canada. Theology and Interchurch and Interfaith Relations Committee · Corporate body · 1949-2015

The Committee on Ecumenical Affairs was established by General Council in 1958 to cultivate an understanding of the ecumenical movement and its relevance to the United Church. Through participation in the Canadian Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches, as well as through direct contact with several Canadian churches and coalitions, the Committee promoted interdenominational cooperation with other Christian denominations and later, other faiths. At the November meeting of the General Council Executive in 1969 the Committee on Ecumenical Affairs submitted the following recommendation: That the work of the following four committees – Ecumenical Affairs, Committee on Union, Protestant-Roman Catholic Relations, Joint Committees of Seven (Presbyterian-United Church) be subsumed into one Committee which would assume the present responsibilities of each Committee and that its name be “The Committee on Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations”. The Committee was superseded by the Committee on Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations in 1971.

The Purpose of the Committee, as stated in 1971, was to “challenge the Church to a vision of ecumenism which includes the whole inhabited world. The committee shall encourage, support, enable, and hold the Church accountable to its role as a sign of reconciliation and renewal among human communities at both the local and global levels. The Committee shall constantly remind the whole church that ecumenism is not an option, but rather, an integral part of its life and witness.”

A standing Committee of the General Council, the Committee on Theology and Faith was established by the 27th General Council in 1977 “to study, to clarify, and to make provision for the issuance of position statements expressive of the theology of The United Church of Canada”.

In 2009 the Committee on Theology & Faith and the InterChurch Interfaith Committee were integrated to form the Theology and Interchurch and Interfaith Relations Committee.

Peter Wyatt, Steven Chambers and Bruce Gregersen (2007-2015) have served on staff.

United Church of Canada. Permanent Committee on Programs for Mission and Ministry. · Corporate body · 2002-2012

This committee brings to the Executive integrated recommendations on the program life of the church, including work to support justice and global initiatives, congregations and ministries, and our diverse and intercultural ministries. It was established in 2002 as successor to some of the work of the Divisions of World Outreach, Division of Mission in Canada and the Division of Communication.

The committee is responsible for coordinating and integrating the directions and priorities set by the Executive for program work, including resource production and distribution; maintaining connections with education and outreach personnel and with appropriate committees throughout the church; bringing to the Executive coherent, integrated and manageable recommendations on program priorities; ensuring that resources in keeping with the program priorities are created and distributed; supporting the program and resource units as they carry out their work with creativity and collaboration, while maintaining constructive dialogue with unit leaders of the program and resource production units as well as the Permanent Committee on Governance and Agenda.

The committee is made up of 25 voting members who reflect the diversity of The United Church of Canada with respect to gender identity, racial and ethnic identity, age, geography, vocation, including two voting members of the Executive of the General Council and a chair who also serves as a voting member of the Executive. Additionally, two global partners and one member from the Theology and Inter-Church Inter-Faith Committee are appointed.

United Church of Canada. Permanent Committee on Governance and Agenda · Corporate body · 2010-2015

The Permanent Committee on Governance and Agenda (PC-GA) assists the General Council in practicing effective governance consistent with its values and priorities.

The Committee facilitates the Executive of the General Council in practicing effective governance (principles and processes for planning, budgeting and decision making), advises the General Secretary in the planning of the agenda of the Executive of the General Council and facilitates the meetings of the General Council.

Most of the tasks and responsibilities of this Committee were once part of the Permanent Committee on Governance Planning and Budgeting Processes (2003-2009).

United Church of Canada. Permanent Committee on Governance Planning and Budgeting Processes. · Corporate body · 2003-2008

The Permanent Committee Governance Planning and Budgeting Processes (PC-GPBP) was one of the four Permanent Committees set up to assist the General Council Executive in it’s work. The Committee was charged with assisting the Executive to develop it’s governance, planning and budgeting processes. It created and recommended strategies or processes through which the Executive could carry out its governance planning and budgeting roles. Specifically, it reviewed work coming before the Executive; ensured planning with the committees and units was held up and came to the Executive in a coherent, integrated and manageable form; co-ordinated and presented policy recommendations; ensured accountability for delegated tasks; made decisions as delegated in the area assigned and delegated other functions to Working Units, sub-committees or other task groups; ensured and modelled the principle of collaboration between staff and elected members; carried out other functions as requested and advised and guided the Executive on matters relevant to its mandate.

This committee was a Permanent Committee of the General Council from 2003-2008 at which point a new Terms of Reference was adopted and most work of the Committee moved to the Committee on Governance and Agenda.

United Church of Canada. Committee on Archives and History · Corporate body · 1925-2019

Upon formation of the United Church in 1925, a Historical Committee (whose name changed in 1932 to the Committee on Archives) was given responsibility to preserve the records of the Church, albeit with no provision for a repository or a permanent archivist. The Committee's role was strengthened in 1940 when Victoria University agreed to serve as the repository for the Church's records; in 1953 the first full-time Archivist-Historian was appointed. The Archives occupied various places on the Victoria campus; in 1972 the Central Archives moved into the former Birge-Carnegie Library, which had been renovated to house the Archives. The Committee continued its dual role of operating the Central Archives, and coordinating archival activities across the Church. In 1978 the name was changed to the Committee on Archives and History. The Committee remains a standing committee of the General Council and is accountable to the General Council for the co-ordination and promotion of archival and historical activity for the United Church and all its Conferences, and for policies affecting the same. The committee is composed of an appointed membership.

United Church of Canada Records of Union Committees · Corporate body · 1925-1984

The United Church of Canada has always sought the widest possible union of Christian communions, and a Committee on Negotiations with other Communions with a view to Union was instituted in 1926 at the first General Council. Apart from negotiations with some smaller Churches leading to unions (Wesleyan Methodist Church of Bermuda, 1930 and the Evangelical United Brethren, 1968), most of the union activity had been directed towards an organic union with the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of Christ (Disciples). Beginning in 1943 the United Church Commission on Reunion, the successor body to the Committee on Negotiations, entered into earnest consultation with the Anglican Church which continued for thirty years.
The United Church Commission on Reunion was made up of smaller subcommittee groups of fifteen members, and also five representatives to report to the fifteens, which held joint meetings with corresponding Anglican Committee on Reunion members. In 1950, the Commission was renamed the Commission on Union and by 1959, subcommittees were organized to include discussions with the Evangelical United Brethren. By 1968, the Evangelical United Brethren formally joined the United Church of Canada.
In 1969, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada formally joined union talks alongside the United and Anglican Churches. Generally, talks up to this point attempted to formulate a general basis of union, although study guide materials were created. In 1958, a Montreal sub-committee produced “Outline Scheme of Union,” which became an initial working paper for a basis of union, however, such development never arose at the national level. While cooperation continued along local and regional lines, union development stalled until the mid-1960s when the “Principles of Union” put forth by the joint union committees was officially accepted by the Anglican church of Canada in 1965 and the United Church in 1966. Thus, in 1967, the General Commission was established along with five special commissions focusing on their respective fields: Church in the World, Legal, Constitution, Liturgical, and Doctrine. Reverend Robert B. Craig of the United Church and Canon Ralph Latimer of the Anglican Church acted as Executive Commissioners. Besides those on the commission, critiques and opinions on matters of union were openly sought after from members of various denominations and theological backgrounds as part of the consultation process. International and ecumenical perspectives were also actively incorporated into the General Commission, including the World Council of Churches and foreign church bodies.
After initially releasing drafts and seeking input, the General Commission formally endorsed their document, the “Plan of Union,” in November of 1972 and presented to the churches in February of 1973. This officially ended the General Commission. The Committee on Church Union and Joint Mission (CUJM), led by Rev. Craig, took over continued union collaboration and revisions of the Plan of Union through to 1974. In early 1975, however, the Anglican Church rejected this basis of union, never reaching a congregational vote, and withdrew from joint union work. Discussions between the United Church and the Christian Church (Disciples) continued through the Joint National Committee on Union Negotiations until talks ended in 1985.

United Church of Canada Manual Committee · Corporate body · 1964-1987

The Manual Committee was appointed by the Executive of the General Council following the Council of 1960 to give a thorough revision to The Manual. It has been continued in this activity by succeeding General Councils.

United Church of Canada Committees on Law and Legislation · Corporate body · 1854-1942

Within the newly-formed United Church of Canada, a Committee on Law for the Church was authorized by the First General Council (1925). The Committee’s mandate was to take charge of the legal problems following Church Union--many pertaining to property--and to examine all proposed legislation of the Church to advise about conformity with provisions of the Basis of Union or provincial and federal legislation. It continued the work of the Subcommittee on Law (Law and Legislation after 1921) which was established at the first meeting of the Joint Committee on Church Union in 1904 to provide the legal framework for the achievement of Church Union. The Committee was disbanded by General Council in 1942; its work was continued by Sessional Committees on Law and Legislation which met during General Council.

United Church of Canada Committee on Nominations · Corporate body · 1967-1985

The Committee on Nominations was proposed by a study committee in 1968. The Committee was an attempt to expand the process of finding suitable candidates for the several committees and commissions appointed by the General Council, by inviting representatives of the Conferences and the Church at large to participate. The Committee was responsible for compiling biographical and other information on prospective candidates, and also for the appointment of members of the Judicial Committee and other standing committees of General Council. The Committee reports to the Executive of the General Council.

United Church of Canada Judicial Committee. · Corporate body · 1951-2013

The Judicial Committee was established in April, 1933; it was to sit at the request of the Moderator and decide on appeals of decisions by the General Council and its Executive, the Boards or Division of the Church, and the Conferences and Presbyteries, on matters of law and jurisdiction. Its decision are binding on the parties involved in an appeal until the following General Council either approves or returns the decision for the further study to the committee. Appeals to the Committee include those of ministers over transfer and removal from charges, and interpretation of The Manual and Basis of Union regarding church property, doctrine, powers of church courts and other varied matters.

ON00340 · Corporate body · 1970 -

Annan - Woodford Pastoral Charge was formed in 1970, when Annan Pastoral Charge and Woodford Pastoral Charge joined together. It included Trinity United Church in Annan and Woodfrod United Church, until Woodford United Church closed in 2004. It is currently a single-point pastoral charge.
Annan Pastoral Charge was formed in 1925, formerly Presbyterian. it included Annan, Johnstone Church in Johnson, Leith
Trinity United Church, located at 303234 Sideroad 33 in Annan, was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian. The Presbyterian Church was established in 1855 and shared a minister with Division Street Presbyterian Church in Owen Sound until 1877 when it formed part of Annan-Leith Presbyterian Pastoral Charge. In 1906, the charge also included Daywood and Johnstone congregations. It joined the United Church of Canada in 1925. It was also known as Annan United Church. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.
Woodford United Church, located at the intersection of Mallory Beach Rd & 8th Ave, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian. It joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and formed part of Woodford Pastoral Charge until 1970. The congregation closed December 2004.
Johnstone United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian; it closed ca. 1969
Leith United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian; it closed ca. 1969

Canada · Corporate body · 1952-1986

East Peel Pastoral Charge was formed in 1952 when Caledon East and Mono Road Pastoral Charges united. It included Caledon East, Salem Church in Albion Township, and Sandhill. It ceased to exist ca. 1986 when Caledon East United Church formed its own single-point charge and Salem and Sandhill formed a two-point charge, Salem-Sandhill Pastoral Charge.

Canada · Corporate body · 1960-2007

Huntington University Huntington University was founded in 1960 as a federated university of Laurentian University. The course of study was in Religious Studies and Philosophy and it was affiliated with the United Church. Many of the Chancellors and Presidents of Huntington were United Church ministers, including Rev. Douglas Joblin. In 2007 the chapel was transferred to the care of the first University Chaplain.

Canada · Corporate body · 1925-2001

St. James United Church, was established in 1927.The trustees of St. James U.C. first bought land in the Township of Sandwich East at William Street and Remington. The original building from Giles Boulevard United Church was moved to the site at that time. A new church was built in 1963 at 2595 Remington Avenue after the old building was sold.Over time, the congregation could not afford a minister and after a few lay ministers, a shared congregation of St James U.C. and Free Will Baptist was formed under the name 'Remington Park Community Church'. St. James United Church disbanded October 21, 2001.

Canada · Corporate body · 1865-2006

New Hope United Church was established in 2006 with the merger of Maple United Church, Teston United Church and Carrville United Church; it is located at the corner of Rutherford and Jane at the Vaughan Mills.

Canada · Corporate body · 1993-

McKellar - Dunchurch Pastoral Charge was formed in 1993 following the closure of Waubamik United Church, making McKellar - Dunchurch - Waubamik Pastoral Charge a two-point charge. It is still an active pastoral charge of the United Church of Canada. McKellar Pastoral Charge was formed in 1925, formerly Methodist. It included McKellar, Balsam Church in McKellar Township, Hemlock Church in McKellar Township, Middle River Church in Hemlock Township, Hurdville, and Waubamik. Knox United Church in Dunchurch joined the pastoral charge ca. 1969 and the charge was renamed McKellar-Dunchurch. McKellar - Dunchurch - Waubamik Pastoral Charge was established in 1981 when Waubamik reopened and joined the pastoral charge. It closed in 1993.

Canada · Corporate body · 1955-2015

Maple Grove United Church, located at 346 Maple Grove Drive in Oakville, was established in 1955 under the sponsorship of St. John's United Church, Oakville. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Canada · Corporate body · 1910-1961

Erskine United Church was established in 1925. It was founded in 1886 as Ruth Street (now Fern Avenue) Presbyterian Mission, sponsored by Parkdale Presbyterian Church. In 1894, the congregation was re-named Fern Avenue Presbyterian Church and a new building was opened in 1910, located on the corner of Roncesvalles Avenue and Wright Avenue (the current address is 214 Wright Avenue), between Queen Street West and Bloor Street West. At this time, the congregation was re-named High Park Presbyterian Church. At the time of church union in 1925, the name Erskine was chosen in order to avoid confusion with another congregation with the name High Park. In 1961, Erskine united with North Parkdale United Church to form Emmanuel United Church in the Erskine building.