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Atlantic Provinces St. John’s, St. Andrew’s
(full-time minister)
Sydney, Bethel
(full-time minister)
Quebec & Eastern Ontario Chesterville, Winchester &
Morewood (full-time minister) Inverness, Que. (full-time
ecumenical shared ministry)
McDonald’s Corners, Knox, Elphin & Snow Road (half-time minister)
Montreal, Chinese (full-time or part-time youth pastor)
Montreal, Snowdon Korean
(full-time minister)
Montreal, Taiwanese Robert Campbell (full-time minister)
Central, Northeastern
Ontario & Bermuda
Cambridge, Westside
(full-time minister)
Kingston, St. Andrew’s
(full-time minister)
Markham, St. Andrew’s
(full-time minister)
Mississauga, Erindale
(full-time minister)
Richmond Hill
(full-time minister)
Toronto, Formosan
(full-time minister)
Toronto, Glenview
(full-time senior minister)
Toronto, Graceview
(full-time minister)
Toronto, Knox
(full-time senior minister)
Toronto, Mimico
(75%-time minister)
Toronto, York Memorial
(half-time minister)
Unionville, Unionville
(full-time minister)
Vaughan, Vaughan Community
(full-time youth minister)
Whitby, St. Andrew’s
(full-time senior minister)
Southwestern Ontario Amherstburg, St. Andrew’s
(full-time minister)
Burlington, Burlington East
(full-time minister)
Brussels, Melville & Molesworth, St. Andrew’s (full-time minister)
Forest, St. James
(full-time minister)
Hamilton, Chedoke
(full-time minister)
Innerkip
(full-time interim minister)
London, St. Laurence
(full-time minister)
London, Trinity Community
(half-time stated supply minister)
Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Andrew’s (full-time minister)
North Pelham (Fenwick) & Lincoln, First Presbyterian & Rockway Presbyterian (full-time minister)
Manitoba &
Northwestern Ontario
Winnipeg, Pinawa Christian Fellowship (full-time ecumenical shared ministry)
Alberta & the Northwest Calgary, Grace
(full-time lead minister)
Calgary, Grace (70% to 100%– time stated supply minister)
Calgary, St. Andrew’s
(full-time minister)
Calgary, St. Giles / New Generations (full-time minister)
Calgary, Westminster
(full-time minister)
Grande Prairie, Forbes
(full-time minister)
British Columbia Langley, Langley
(60%-time minister)
Mission, St. Paul’s
(half-time minister)
Richmond, Richmond
(full-time lead minister)
Victoria, Trinity
(full-time minister)
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OBITUARIES
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Frances Carolyn Ritchie
Deceased July 27, 2022 Olds, Alta.
The Rev. Noble Benjamin Hall Dean
Deceased Nov. 1, 2022 Trenton, Ont.
The Rev. Mary Isobel Whitson
Deceased Nov. 3, 2022 Waterloo, Ont.
The Rev. John Herman
Deceased Nov. 16, 2022 Stratford, Ont.
Eva F. McKee
Deceased Nov. 16, 2022 London, Ont.
The Rev. Sam Priestley
Deceased Nov. 30, 2022 Markham, Ont.
The Rev. Charles Alexander Scott
Deceased Dec. 11, 2022 Comox, B.C.
The Rev. David Brian Vincent
Deceased Dec. 12, 2022 Ottawa, Ont.
The Rev. Robert Warren Johnson
Deceased Dec. 24, 2022 Waterdown, Ont.
The Rev. Dr. Kálmán
A. Göndöcz
Deceased Jan. 16, 2023 Kanata, Ont.
The Rev. Dr. Everett James Briard
Deceased Jan. 30, 2023 Scarborough, Ont.
The Rev. JoAnne Walters
Deceased Jan. 30. 2023 Goderich, Ont.
JUST WONDERING...
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Twitter often allows users to post tweets that contain “alternate facts,” inaccurate health information and comments that are racist or from extreme political and religious groups. What will the PCC do about its Twitter account? What advice do you have for congregations and ministers that tweet?
Answered by Callie Long, Associate Secretary for Communications
harmful and dangerous voices. It’s also good to remind ourselves that the loudest voices in the room are often amplified— not only by other individuals but by the technologies designed to provide content and feed emotions such as fear and anger.
vocate for justice. Use the Digital Justice: Study and Action Guide, published by the World Association for Christian Commu- nication (WACC) and the World Council of Churches. The guide is filled with informa- tion, case studies, questions for reflection, quizzes and tools and tips that will help you live out principles such as advocating for “fair and unbiased public communications” that require “ethical norms, accountabil- ity,” and “redress for misrepresentation.” Use the guide to establish a study group. Read the manifesto Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age and make it your own. Commit to a vision of “re- imagining our digital public sphere continu- ously, emphasizing mutual accountability and solidarity [...] by developing cross- cutting programs of action to create this re-imagined reality in different contexts (A
New Communications Paper for the 21st Century). As the Study and Action Guide notes, “seeking justice together, within a global fellowship, requires study, practice, and action,” even when it may seem like the most Sisyphean of tasks.
Twitter is one of many social media plat-
forms that people refer to as the digital
equivalent of public squares. So, in many
ways, the platform does mirror evolving
social behaviours—the good, the toxic and
everything in between. I, for one, have felt
intense despair at the proliferation of lies
and mis- and disinformation that seem to
attach to social media. Yet, these social
media platforms also allow us to build
relationships and express our values in
various ways as we create positive spaces
of exchange, and encounter/connect with
others, and actively resist the “fake news”
of our post-truth era. Digital social media
efforts to build up just societies provide po-
tent ways to counteract a deluge of toxic, ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
To your question, what will the PCC do about its Twitter account? First, the PCC has taken a short break from posting tweets, waiting out the recent tumultuous phase in Twitter’s life. We haven’t deleted our account, as it would mean giving up our unique Twitter identity, which someone else can easily misappropriate.
Sources:
Digital Justice: Study and Action Guide, waccglobal.org/resources/digital-justice/ digital-justice-study-guide
Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age, waccglobal.org/resources/ digital-justice/communication-for-social- justice-in-a-digital-age
A New Communications Paper for the 21st Century, oikoumene.org/resources/ documents/a-new-communications- paper-for-the-21st-century-a-vision-of- digital-justice
As to your question, what advice do we have for congregations and ministers that tweet? Connect your faith to these digital spaces. Consider using different and new- er digital media platforms. And if you are tweeting, try to build community and ad-