Given that the United Church of Canada, at the 39th General Council made a commitment to becoming an Intercultural Church, and recognizing that our United Church congregations and community ministries are finding themselves in neighbourhoods of changing demographics and are wanting to find ways to welcome new people so this committee will:
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Support and nurture minority ethnic congregations and missions. |
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Assist and support new minority ethnic groups or other emerging groups who want to establish a worshipping congregation affiliated with the United Church of Canada. |
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Work with presbytery on minority ethnic ministries mission strategy and church development. |
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Support and nurture all congregations who want to become or who already are an intercultural church. |
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Foster understanding and conversations between the minority ethnic congregations and the majority ethnic congregations in the presbytery. |
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Assist congregations and community ministries in understanding and celebrating the cultural diversity within the Presbytery. |
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Linking with and sharing of resources, both human and material, coming from the Intercultural and Diverse Communities in Ministry Unit of the General Council. |
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Arranging speakers or workshops. |
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Linking with other presbyteries in Toronto Conference in this ministry. |
