the united church of canada 90 th anniversary historical timeline
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The United Church of Canada
90th Anniversary Historical Timeline
July 1, 1867 Birth of a Nation
1876 – Indian ActResidential Schools - assimilation
1896 – Japanese Methodist Mission - Vancouver
1902 – Formal Union discussions begin
ca. 1910 – Diakonia Presbyterian deaconesses
1914
WW1 beginsTalks of Church Union
subside
1915 – Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) formed
June 10,1925 – Church Union
June 10, 1925 – Inaugural worship Mutual Street Arena, Toronto
The United Church of
Canada Crest in 1925
-Representing the founding
denominations
Missionary and Maintenance Fund 1925
Mission boats serve BC coast
Residential Schools - ca 1930Morley Residential School
Chinese UC celebrates50th Anniversary in 1935
1936 – Rev Lydia Gruchy 1st woman ordained in the UCC
Rev. Lydia Gruchy
1929The Great Depression
How does a church respond when so many are hurting?
1930sYouth in the ChurchGrowing in faith
1939 – 65 UCC clergy signed a ‘Witness Against War’ outlining pacifist views.
1940A Statement of Faith is published;naming who we are at this time in
our journey
1946
A joint proposal from the United
and Anglican churches on
mutual ministry is issued.
1948Residential Schools begin to close.
1952 – UCC supports creation of medicare
Tommy Douglas the father of affordable healthcare for ALL Canadians
1960Edmonton Residential School Closes
1962 – the United Church Women (UCW) formed
1965
Bestsellers engage people in talking about church in the public arena
1960sThe New CurriculumTeaching people in the pews about modern critical reading of scripture raised the ire of many!
The Evangelical United Brethren Church joins the UCC (1968)
Dr. Robert B. McClure (1968)
1st Lay Moderator of the UCC
1968Mission and
Service Fund
Missionary and Maintenance
Fund given a new mandate and
name
1968
A New Creed
A new expression of our shared faith
1971Plan of Union
approved with the Anglican, United and Disciples of
Christ
only to be defeated in 1975
Rev. Wilbur K. Howard (1974)1st African-Canadian Moderator
UCC Task Force concludes that there is one ministry“the ministry of God himself, into which ministry he calls his whole
church”.
1978National Ethnic
Ministries Committee
established in Division of
Mission
1980 – A woman takes the leadRev. Lois Wilson - Moderator
1980
French translation“L'Église Unie du Canada” added to UCC crest
1980-82Project Ministry
Conclusion:“As a church we are still on our journey toward a more complete understanding of ministry.”
1986 – UCC issues an apology to the First Nations people for their part in Residential Schools
UCC ends investments
in South Africa to protest
apartheid1986
Sang Chul Lee(1988)
Moderator
UCC declaration that sexual orientation
should not be a barrier for
ordination or church
membership(1988)
Rev. Stan McKay(1992)
Living into the Apology
The Healing Fund established to aid First Nations residential school survivors
1994
Rev. Bill Phipps’ (Moderator) commentsevoke a national debate on the divinity of Jesus (1997)
Apology to First Nations peoples - for residential School abuse (1998)
Anti-racism policy adopted(2000)
Welcoming ALLin the Name and Spirit of Christ
Beads of Hope campaign – 2002Responding in love to aid victims of HIV/AIDS pandemic
Seeking JusticeBill C-7
First Nations Governance Act is allowed to die as UCC stands with Aboriginal peoples
Sharing GenerouslyUCC emergency appeal raises
over $1.5 million to aid victims of Dec 26, 2004 tsunami
Seeking Justice
UCC stands in favour of
same-gendered marriage
(2005)
2007United for Peace
campaignlaunched
as apeace initiative
in Israel andPalestine
2011Occupy Movement
seeking justice for the 99%
Photo credit: Toronto Star
2009-2012Seeking to live into right relations
with creation
Living into Right Relations
Commissioners at GC41 approve a new crestthat honours the First Nations peoples(2012)
GC41 Commissioners
also expand UCC doctrinal
statements to include
1940 Statement of Faith, A New Creed (1968) and A Song
of Faith (2016)
Breaking More
Boundaries
GC41 listens to the Spirit
Rev. Gary Paterson
Moderator
Being the Church
2015Being
Christ’s Church into the future
GC42Corner
Brook, Nfld