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7172020 Your Affirm United eNewsletter | Annual Report | AGM amp Summer Conference 2020

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Annual Report 2019

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Here is the Affirm United Saffirmer Ensemble Annual Report for 2019 Pleasereview before the Annual General Meeting next Saturday July 25th starting at2pm EST (Zoom links below)

Affirm Uniteds Virtual SummerConference amp AGM 2020




You are invited to attend our first Virtual Summer Conference on Saturday July25th amp 26th 2020 for the Annual General Meeting Executive Nominations andWorship-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Annual General Meeting | Saturday July 25th 2-4pm EST Zoom Linkhttpszoomusj99046197435pwd=WmpyWjFoK05jSFAydTNrVmlTV1dtQT09




The room will be opened at 130pm-200pm for Welcoming and Passing thePeace

Join us early to greet one another and make sure your tech is workingbefore our AGM

Members and adherents are welcome to join us for our Annual AGM If youwould like to become a member of Affirm UnitedSrsquoaffirmer Ensemble clickhere The agenda for the AGM will be made available online prior to themeeting We look forward to sharing and celebrating the manyaccomplishments of Affirming Ministries over the past year

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And then join us on Sunday July 26th 2020 for Welcome amp Coffee Time from1130am-1200pm EST followed by Worship from 1200pm-100pm EST

Welcome Coffee Time amp Worship | Sunday July 26th 1130am - 1pm ZoomLinkhttpszoomusj98491948132pwd=YkI2OTNZa3VlZ20xSVlRdTNVVndTZz09

All are welcome to join us for worship Feel free to sign on early for aldquobring your own drinkrdquo coffee hour

Hosted by Rev Emma Pipes and Aaron Miechkota

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Phone in

Canada (dial the number in your area code or use the Toll Free number below)

+1 778 907 2071+1 204 272 7920+1 438 809 7799+1 587 328 1099+1 647 374 4685+1 647 558 0588

Toll Free

+1 855 703 8985




More info coming soon Re morningevents of our Summer Conference -Saturday July 25th between 1000am-1215pm EDT

Heres a teaser

10am-11am EDT Gathering

Every year after our Annual Conference we always hear that people want moreopportunities to get to know each other better Come join us for this opportunityto learn more about this coast-to-coast community of people that are a part ofAffirm UnitedSrsquoaffirmer Ensemble We will be using break out groups as anopportunity for people to get to know each other

Hosted by Michiko Bown-Kai co-chair of Affirm United

1115am-1215pm EDT Community Circles

Community Circles are designed as spaces where people can gather for morespecific conversations about their lived experiences We are in the process ofdeveloping this space and are open to suggestions of groups and are looking forpeople who would be willing to act as a host for these groups

We realize that some people may belong to more than one of these groups - itsup to the individual to discern where best theyd like to go

Some of Community Circles planned are

BIPOC hosted by Deulita DatusClergyAlliesTrans and Non-BinaryNew to AffirmBiPanAceAro




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Hosted by Michele Petick Affirm United Communications amp MarketingCoordinator Group hosts will be listed as they are confirmed

Nominees for Affirm United SaffirmerEnsemble Executive Council

We have received four nominees for members-at-large and co-chairpositions of the executive council to Affirm United Saffirmer Ensemble We will be voting on Saturday July 25 2020 between 2 and 4pm at the

Annual General meeting to induct these newest members into ourcommunity Thank you to all the nominees for showing their interest and

committing their time to volunteering for these important roles

Below please read the Nominations Report the Nominee Bios andProposed Council

Nominations Report for Affirm UnitedSrsquoaffirmer Ensemble (AUSE) AnnualGeneral Meeting - July 25 2020 Presented by Cindy Bourgeois and Linda Hutchinson Nominations Committee Affirm UnitedSrsquoaffirmer Ensemblersquos By-laws giving details of Board (AUSECouncil) Structure and Election of Directors is found athttpaffirmunitedausecawp-contentpdfAUSEbylawspdf Positions for Co-Chair and Members at Large were advertised via social mediathe Affirm UnitedSrsquoaffirmer website and personal contact Many thanks toJulian Munro Council Member and Jordan Sullivan GCO staff support fordoing the advertising and collection of data from nominees Thank you also toMichele Petick Communications Coordinator for AUSE for composing the shortbios for all nominees which are attached to this report The slate of Directors for the Board (AUSE Council Members) is in the clickable




link below Continuing Council members are shown in lower case format andnominees shown in UPPER CASE FORMAT According to the By-laws oneterm of office is three years and the council should be retiring four memberseach year Terms of office are shown in the chart of Council members andnominees Nominations from the floor of the meeting will be invited at the meeting Thank you to current Council members for supporting the NominationsCommittee in this work and for continuing their work with the Council And finallymany thanks to the nominees who are allowing their names for stand for electionto the Council of Affirm UnitedSrsquoaffirmer Ensemble Cindy Bourgeois cindymbourgeoisgmailcom Linda Hutchinson hutchinlkingstonnet

Many thanks to Jordan Sullivan

Nominee Bios

Nominations Report and Proposed Council




It was with surprise and sadness we report that due to staff re-organisation of theGeneral Council Office and budget constraints Jordan Sullivan our MinistryPartner Animator has lost his job

We are forever thankful to Jordan for his many gifts and dedication to theAffirming Ministries across Canada and his long service to The United Church ofCanada

If you have outstanding Affirming Ministry reports you can send them to MichelePetick at communicationsauseca

Way to Go Lethbridge another Ban onConversion Therapy




A Pride Sunday Floral Arrangement forSt Johns United Church

Read More about Lethdbridges recent vote

Because of your support the Lethbridge City Council listened to calls from thecommunity voted down attempts to defer a decision and just passed themunicipal bylaw to ban conversion therapy 127752 ableg canlab yqllethbridge pictwittercom45D3wrYhv5

mdash AB Fed of Labour (ABFedLabour) July 14 2020




Thank you to Pastor Selina Mullin of St Johns United Church in Marathon ONfor sharing this photo of a colour filled floral centerpiece made by a local floristfor their Pride Sunday service on June 7th 2020

There are so many ways to creatively show our beloved rainbow

Below please enjoy Pastor Selinas words from Pride Sunday a reflection onher queer ministry starting at 27ms12secs taking on sensitivity to the WHO of




a non binary person followed by a rendition of David Kais We Are A Rainbow

Thank you for your thoughtful reflection Selina

Pastor Selina Mullin

If you have trouble viewing this video from this email try the direct link below orcopy and paste the URL into your browser

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Resource | NEW updated Open Hearts

Click to view the Open Hearts Resource




We are pleased to share the newest edition of our Open Hearts resource Pleasedownload a copy or view it here in full on the website

Many thanks to our volunteers and copy editor for dedicating time to seeing thisvaluable resource updated

If you are hosting a large event online and dont have a Zoom account to supportthe gathering let us know we might be able to help Contact Michele Petick withquestions

Planning a Pride or AffirmingCelebration this summer

United Church of Canada Pride Resources

Click for Pride Resources

Donate Now to Affirm United SaffirmerEnsemble




This eNewsletter is prepared on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the NewCredit by Michele K Petick the Communications amp Marketing Coordinator to AffirmUnited Saffirmer Ensemble with many thanks for content contributions from ourAffirming Ministries across Canada our community and national partners and TheUnited Church of Canada Have an important story to tell Let us know HERE




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Here is the Affirm United Saffirmer Ensemble Annual Report for 2019 Pleasereview before the Annual General Meeting next Saturday July 25th starting at2pm EST (Zoom links below)

Affirm Uniteds Virtual SummerConference amp AGM 2020












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Phone in


+1 778 907 2071+1 204 272 7920+1 438 809 7799+1 587 328 1099+1 647 374 4685+1 647 558 0588

Toll Free

+1 855 703 8985





Heres a teaser












Rural













Nominee Bios


































































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Phone in


+1 778 907 2071+1 204 272 7920+1 438 809 7799+1 587 328 1099+1 647 374 4685+1 647 558 0588

Toll Free

+1 855 703 8985





Heres a teaser












Rural













Nominee Bios



























































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