Wesley United Church
3913 Hillsdale Street S4S 3Y6 Regina, SK, Canada

Our very first virtual choir video is here! Watch below.

Wesley United Church is Suspending In-Person Services Effective November 22 Friends, We are living through historic times, even though we wish we were not. We long for times when our lives were not dictated by a microscopic virus, but we are in the midst of a second wave of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. This too will pass, but for the present, we must be vigilant in dealing with this virus.... Therefore, the Council at Wesley United Church has decided to suspend in-person worship effective immediately. You will still be able to connect through Zoom on Sunday mornings, and our services will be live-streamed on Youtube. In March, when we first responded to the virus, I wrote that suspending in-person services is an act of neighbour love. By sacrificing to reduce the spread of the virus, we are caring for ourselves and our neighbours around the world. We are caring for all the community members who might be drastically affected by the virus, and we are caring for our neighbours by limiting the spread of a virus. In suspending in-person worship services, we are not diminishing their value. We are paying the cost of our discipleship. This is Good News, even if it hurts. May the Peace of Christ be with you all, Cindy

Here is a webinar about the 'Ecological Civilization' and the creation of a world that works for us all.

With some communities in rebooted lockdown conditions and movement restricted everywhere else, no one is posting pictures of their sourdough. Zoom cocktail parties have lost their novelty, Netflix can only release so many new series. The news seems worse every day, yet we compulsively scroll through it. We get distracted by social media, yet have a pile of books unread. We keep meaning to go outside but somehow never find the time. We’re bored, listless, afraid and uncertain.

https://fb.me/e/34fGGUiyu Check out the next Kitchen Sink Event hosted by Affirm United/s'Affirmer Ensemble Tuesday, October 20 at 4:30 pm. Mallory Brennan of Rainbow Camp will explore the Power of Playfulness.

Hello! Lee here. I invite you -- yes, you! -- to join me in taking this FREE course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada ... It's offered by Dr. Tracy Bear from the University of Alberta through Coursera. In the course, you'll explore Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada from an Indigenous perspective. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions. I've been working through the material in my free time. There's videos to watch, course notes, and an interactive painting to explore. I'm committed to this course because I know, as a white person, as a settler, that I have benefited for my entire life from being white. I can opt out of engaging with racism and systemic injustices, because they don't affect me. But do we really want to opt out, when so many people in our very country, our province, our city, live and deal and struggle EVERY DAY with these injustices? Do we want to opt out when so many people are in pain? The reality is, BIPOC people don't have the option of choosing whether or not to engage with racism and systemic injustices. They are confronted with it every day of their lives. White people, it's time for us to step up and DO SOMETHING. It's time for us to stop opting out of doing this work. We have been comfortable for too long. We can no longer prioritize our comfort over other people's lives. Because this work is uncomfortable. I, for one, experience feelings of guilt, sadness, grief, and anger when I watch the videos. It seems hopeless. It feels sometimes like there's too much to do, so why even bother? Or maybe I feel like I'm too busy, too burnt out, too tired. Layla Saad writes, "...dismantling white supremacy is not a charitable cause. It is not a social media awareness campaign or a fund-raising Kickstarter. It is a system of oppression that confers unearned advantages and privileges to one group of people at the expense of other groups of people. It is an ideology that perpetuates harm through discrimination, abuse, racist stereotypes, and criminalization. If people with white privilege feel a sense of apathy about dismantling the system, imagine how BIPOC feel about having to face it down every day." Imagine how BIPOC feel about having to face it down every day. White people, let's show up for our Indigenous siblings. Let's cultivate empathy in ourselves for their lived experiences. Let's listen and learn. Let's dismantle our inner racist patterns (which we ALL have: myself included!) Let's start by learning.