Our Work
Bathurst promotes social justice
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Indigenous Rights
Bathurst United is committed to working for and advocating for justice for all First Nations, Inuit and Metis. Each Sunday service, a person gives a personal land acknowledgement.
Bathurst members are also involved in the Indigenous Rights Solidarity Group, a joint initiative with our neighbouring United Churches.
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Mental Health
Twice a month on Sunday afternoon, Bathurst volunteers lead informal worship services in two units at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). On occasion members of the CAMH team also lead a Sunday service that touches on aspects of mental well-being.
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Middle East
The Middle East working group works on promoting a just peace in Palestine and Israel and informs the congregation about the General Council initiatives such as the Unsettling Goods campaign, the Let’s Keep Talking and Advent Box programs.
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Refugees
In partnership with the United Church of Canada Refugee Office, the congregation sponsors refugees.
our highlights
Call to Actions
On the Ground in #Palestine:
— Bathurst United Church (@BathurstChurch) July 25, 2022
“#Churches for #MiddleEast Peace, a coalition of thirty #US churches, released a statement on Tuesday, the 19th of July, expressing disappointment with #PresidentBiden’s visit to #Israel and Palestine.”
To read more, visit:https://t.co/lLC5eGUl5I
@BathurstChurch
— Sheila Kathleen Jennings (@SheilaKJennings) July 24, 2022
United Church elects Carmen Lansdowne as 1st Indigenous woman to lead a religious denomination in Canada | CBC News https://t.co/Vyu2PYsdOU
Thank you to @DrBob_Phillips who spoke @BathurstChurch earlier this month. I had the honour of speaking along with him. I talked about the lawsuit involving the Vatican against the Apache re Dzil Nchaa Si (Arizona). Bob spoke on several important things. https://t.co/C0kzTtPNOH
— Sheila Kathleen Jennings (@SheilaKJennings) July 20, 2022