Staff:
Minister – Rev. Scott Macauley
Office Administrator – Sherri VA
Custodian – Manny K
Oversight Council Executive:
Chairperson: Pat R
Past Chairperson: Val G
Vice-Chairperson: Open
Secretary: Open
Member at Large: Open
Regional Representative: Val G
Treasurer: Mike H
Trustee’s Representative: Joycelyn FG
UCW Representative: Donna L
Standing Team Leaders:
Congregational Wellness: Heather M
Finance and Stewardship: Mike H
Ministry & Personnel: Anne W
Property and Building Sustainability: Jim P
Social Justice and Outreach: Linda U
Worship and Faith Formation: Judy R
Standing Teams:
Congregational Wellness Team
Our Congregational Wellness Team provides coffee after Sunday services and hosts several lunches and dinners throughout the year for the entire congregation as a way to continue to foster a deep sense of community and belonging. They also conduct ongoing fundraisers. They provide special treats on Easter, including cookies for the home bound, and the Sunday before Christmas. We hope that we can continue to build a more vibrant ministry that will engage more members of the congregation in working and sharing together to build real community.
Congregational Wellness Pastoral Care Team
Our Pastoral Care Team make contact with members of our congregation who are ill, homebound, or suffering a loss. They have a card ministry and offer prayer shawls. There are many isolated seniors in our community that we hope to provide more pastoral care to and we are looking for ways that lead to further mobilizing our current and new resources.
Unit #5 of the United Church Women (UCW)
The UCW’s mission is to love God; foster Christian commitment, faithfulness, and spirituality; and promote respect and love for all God’s creation. Any woman “willing to contribute her prayers, gifts, and services for the work of the Church” may join.
Social Justice and Outreach Team
Our Social Justice and Outreach Team is very active supporting outreach ministries in the city and other community justice groups. We currently support 1JustCity. We are partners in the COOL (Communities Offering Others Life) growing project in Starbuck through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Our church hosts a community food bank every second week through Harvest Manitoba. To register as a food bank client, please call directly to Harvest Manitoba at 204-982-3660.
We are also constantly trying to find ways to connect ourselves to the wider community. It is our hope that in living out our faith and finding ways to address needs within our community, we will show that our faith is one of action and that will cause community members to say “I want to be part of that. It is important to my community.”
Worship Team
Our Worship Team is currently engaged in working with the minister in all aspects of worship planning, and we continue to look for ongoing leadership which will continue to enrich our worship. At Prairie Spirit United Church, we understand the need to make our worship more relevant to those who currently are attending worship and to those who are currently not attending worship. We are looking for services that meet the needs of the people – worship that is inspiring, inspirational, and relevant as one of our goals is to reach out to those individuals not attending and engage them in the congregation.