EOORC United Church Women

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 the United Church Women (UCW). Along with providing important networking and social bonding opportunities, the UCW has led discussions on, for example, feminism and restorative justice. Indeed, says former Moderator Jordan Cantwell, United Church Women are the “hands and feet” of the church.

The EOORC has UCW units in geographic areas from the four former presbyteries : Seaway Valley, Ottawa, Four Rivers and Upper Valley.

For more information contact

Kim Baird: bairdjk4@gmail.com. 613-362-0640 or

Linda Stronski: rstronski@cogeco.ca 613-283-3002

Meeting Minutes and Reports

Statistical Reports

STATISTICAL REPORTS

Each year, prior to the National Annual General Meeting in September, the United Church Women are tasked with taking a count of UCW members. To this end, there is a roll-up process for the completion of forms, with deadlines at each step. For more information on why these statistics are gathered, please the attached document Every Number Counts: Every Number Counts – WUC Chinook Winds & Northern Spirit AGM 2022

EVENTS

Ottawa Area UCW

“You are invited to a Zoom Fellowship Day on Monday, November 14 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Our speaker will be Charlotte Hoy and she will be speaking about EOOR UCW Becoming Affirming. This session will allow us to ask questions and understand what this means so that next May at EOOR UCW’s Annual General Meeting we will be able to vote on this issue. Please see the attached Affirming Ministry document. Read the first paragraph or the whole thing for more information.

This will be followed by a celebration of communion, lead by our UCW Chaplain Rev. Sandra Yule, with a short reflection to lead us into Advent. Please have your communion elements on hand.

Please email Carolle Dallas-Arbuckle, cdallas@ripnet.com, to register. Please type UCW Fellowship Day in the subject line. “If I don’t see this and all I see is a name I don’t recognize I usually delete the email”.

The zoom link will be sent to those who have registered the week before our Fellowship Day.”

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Seaway Valley Area UCW

We are extending an invitation to the EOOR UCW Executive to our November Gathering on November 8th in Cornwall, ON. See poster for details. Seaway Valley UCW November Gathering 2022

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP FORM FOR WOMEN WHO DO NOT BELONG TO A UCW UNIT

Please download the form, fill out and send as directed.

PDF version: UCW Individual Membership form

Word Version: UCW Individual Membership form