Inspiring Worship for all ages.
Come Sing Together!
Children’s Program: Godly Play and Nature Activities.

A Feast of Workshops

Download the Announcement Slide:       pdf format       PowerPoint format
Download the poster (including full list of workshops)

Barbara Mclean graduated from Sheridan Collage (graphic design) and more recently from NSCAD University (BFA major in fine art). She has been a member of Peer Gallery Lunenburg for several years and also exhibits work at Art Sales and Rental Gallery in Halifax and Harvest Gallery in Wolfville.

For further details on exhibition hours, etc., please check our website www.astheology.ns.ca/astarts/. More information on the Chance and Circumstance show is also available from the same page under Current Exhibitions.

Same-night event! Come to the Chance and Circumstance opening reception and then take in our sacred concert The Inspiring Hymn featuring Susan Sayle (Viola) and Peter Allen (Piano). Promo Poster: http://www.astheology.ns.ca/astarts/documents/InspiringHymn-poster-Print-small.pdf

As part of its Sacred Concert Series, Atlantic School of Theology is pleased to present The Inspiring Hymn. The 2009/10 season features outstanding professional musicians from the region and beyond.

As a leader in theological education, AST will be exploring the ways in which music and faith inform and enrich each other. Offering a new dimension in arts programming, each performance will reflect on themes of importance to religious thought and focus on the important but often unnoticed ways in which the arts and religious traditions intersect to contribute to and enrich our lives.

All performances take place on campus in the St. Columba Chapel, a venue that provides a wonderful acoustical experience in a warm and intimate environment.

Tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to performances, and are available at very reasonable prices: adults $20, seniors $10, and students $5.

The Inspiring Hymn—Tuesday, March 23—7:30 pm

For English composers of the 20th Century, the attempt to shape a genuinely English school of composition involved a reaching back into the period before England was described as a land without music. Especially important were the folk traditions of the British Isles, the polyphony of the Tudor period, and the work of Henry Purcell. Not surprisingly, sacred music, including hymnody, was an essential element of this extraordinarily rich period. This concert explores the impact of hymnody as a source for instrumental music by English composers in the mid 20th Century.

See this promotional poster for more information.

Tracy Friars and Steve Bell invite you to join them for an afternoon of Christian and Inspirational music at the Imperial Theatre, Saint John on April 11th at 2:30 PM.

Both Tracy & Steve share a deep rooted faith and have been privileged to share that faith through music for many years.

Tickets go on sale March 8th at the Imperial Theatre and on their website and range in price from $30-$25-$20. It is anticipated that tickets will sell quickly so don't miss out.

Here is a colour poster you can download and print - but be aware that it is a very large pdf file (1.3 MB).

Maritime Conference will be conducting a series of Racial Justice workshops across the Conference for both Clergy and Lay Personnel in the United Church, beginning with a workshop for Chignecto, Truro and Pictou presbyteries that will be held on March 13th, 2010. Please register as early as possible for this workshop.

Attendance at these workshops is free of charge and lunch and refreshments will be served.

Scheduling for these workshops is a work in progress, and not all dates have been finalized. However the current list is available in this list, which you are encouraged to download and print and post on church bulletin boards as you see fit. The list also gives details about registration.

United Church Resource Distribution (UCRD) is pleased to announce the launch of www.UCRDstore.ca, their new e-commerce site and online catalogue.

Along with over 1000 products, the site features a Community tab that lists special events, author signings, and book displays to keep you informed, along with a Clearance section that offers great items at even better prices.

New items are being added daily, so check back often.

Please replace any bookmarks, favourites, or website links you previously may have had to the former catalogue.united-church.ca with links to www.UCRDstore.ca.

CGIT Alumni and Friends of CGIT are invited to an open house at Camp Wegesegum in Chipman, NB on Friday August 20, 2010 to celebrate the 95th anniversary of CGIT.

See this flyer for complete details about agenda, costs, registration, etc.

Registration Deadline June 30, 2010.

This is a continuing education event targeted at Designated Lay Ministers, but open to anyone interested in on-going education for ministry. The event is being held in conjunction with the final class of Designated Lay Ministers in Training at The United Theological College, Montreal. The event finale will be the graduation of the last class from UTC in the LPM/DLM program, and a Celebration Worship Service on Sunday morning. (Beginning in January 2010, training for Designated Lay Ministry moves to Calling Lakes and Five Oaks Training Centres.)

See this document (pdf format, 245 KB) that includes details about Costs, Speakers, Topics, Accommodations, Schedule and Registration Form.

Deadline: April 30, 2010

Order your Children’s Ministry Resource Box!

Don’t miss out on this project of the Maritime Conference Children, Youth & Young Adult Unit offering support to Sunday School teachers, ministers, parents and grandparents by offering tools to listen, teach spiritual practices and nurture hope in our children.

For a list of the contents in the Children’s Ministry Resource Box please follow this link.

ONLY 100 boxes available. Pre Order ONLY!

Please the ORDER FORM found on the list of contents (see above). We cannot accept orders by EMAIL.

Basic Box: $30 (value over $70). See the list of contents (above) for information for “add-on’s.”

Your Box will be delivered at the meeting of Maritime Conference May 27-30, 2010!

St Paul's United Church in Deer Lake NL, is looking for copies of Songs of the Gospel (1945 or 1953) from a congregation where they are no longer used. These are the Blue soft covered books, often used long ago. We use these books at nursing homes etc.

If you or your Congregation can spare some such books, which are now out of print, we would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.

Rev Dr Tony Newell spidl@nf.sympatico.ca

The Pastoral Charge Information and Reporting forms are now online in an easy-input format. Please use this form to send Pastoral Charge information to Maritime Conference no later than April 15, 2010.

Click on this direct link to begin.

When you have completed the form, click on Submit Form to Maritime Conference Office.

Thank you for your assistance in attaining this very important information.

Marlyne Myles has M&S Dr Seuss hats for sale which help Pastoral Charges and Congregations to promote givings to the Mission and Service Fund and Special Gifts, like now to Haiti.

The cost is $18.00 plus postage.

Contact Marlyne at sandra.myles@ns.sympatico.ca or 902-835-3802.

For the full story on the M & S Hat, please see the United Church web site at http://www.united-church.ca/getinvolved/support/enthusiasts/ideas/hatstory

Works by Sattler's Stained Glass Studio

Sattler's Stained Glass Studio takes fine art glass to another level. Working in collaboration with different artists, Sattler's Stained Glass Studio uses glass as a medium to enhance public and ecclesiastical spaces.

Opening Reception: January 26, 5 to 7:30 pm
Show runs to March 12, 2010 in the AST ART GALLERY (located in the AST Library)

Artist Talk by Norbert Sattler: March 4, 6-7:30 pm

List of Artists:
Ohotaq Mikkigak, Cape Dorset
Anita Rist Geiger, Germany
Craig Rubadoux, NS
Diether Domes, Germany
Kavavaow Mannomee, Cape Dorset
Hubert Distler, Germany
Kenojuak Ashewak, Cape Dorset
Prod. Georg Bernhad, Germany
Prof. Juergen Reipka, Germany
Richard Mueller, NS
Sr. Nicole Oblinger OSF, Germany
Sue Obata, ON
Wayne Boucher, NS

For further details on exhibition hours, etc., please check our website www.astheology.ns.ca/astarts/. More information on the Transformation show is also available from the same page under Current Exhibitions.

This is the fourth year Maritime Conference has negotiated a video licensing agreement with Criterion Pictures and Audio Ciné Films Inc. We are able to offer a similar opportunity this year but the cost is again increased by .05 cents a person. Because the Conference does the paperwork for both companies, it is a better rate than an individual congregation could negotiate.

There are many creative ways that you can use movies in your congregation—legally! If you are interested in registering your congregation for the license, then please complete the form.

Please note that you do not need this license to view videos/DVD’s borrowed from AVEL. AVEL resources are purchased with public performance rights.

Check for full details and Licensing Form are available here. Note the application deadline: March 19, 2010.

As part of the continuing Communication plan for Maritime Conference, notes will be written up to convey the highlights of meetings of the Conference Executive.

Currently these notes are produced by Rev. Beth W. Johnston of the Kings United Pastoral Charge, Prince Edward Island Presbytery.

Executive of Maritime Conference:

• Friday and Saturday October 16-17, 2009
• Friday and Saturday January 29-30, 2010
       - storm date Friday and Saturday February 12-13, 2010
• Friday and Saturday April 23-24, 2010
• Sunday May 30, 2010 (following annual meeting closing worship service)

Sub-Executive of Maritime Conference
     (dependent upon business requiring attention)

• Thursday, November 5, 2009
• Thursday, December 3, 2009
• Friday, January 29, 2010
• Friday, March 12, 2010
• Friday, April 23, 2010

Are you a shutterbug?

Would you share your great photos on our Home page?

The photo on the Home page will be changed frequently on a seasonal basis. The purpose is to share the beauty of our Maritime Conference (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, part of Gaspé and Bermuda) and our community and church life together.

If you would like to share your seasonally appropriate photos, please send them to the Webminister, Garth Caseley, at garth@caseley.net.

Photos must be Landscape oriented (horizontal) as opposed to Portrait (vertical) and as high resolution as you can possibly send them. They will be cropped and optimized for use in the space provided on the Home Page. If the photo shows a location it would be nice to know where it is.

Photos with people should have only a few people, and if possible they should be identified. If your photo shows people they MUST give their consent to have their picture on our web site.

Credit will be given on a Credits Page.

Emerging Spirit is an exciting initiative of The United Church of Canada focused on establishing and nurturing a relationship between the United Church and Canadians aged 30 - 45.

You can find out more about the campaign by visiting the Emerging Spirit web site.

The aim of Emerging Spirit is to help raise awareness about the ministry of The United Church of Canada and to invite people to join with us on the journey of faith.