​ This new year is bringing with it some change for the Canada West Mission Centre.
 
Over the past year and a half Debra Donohue has been fulfilling her long-standing duties of Administrative Assistant to the Mission Centre President and mission conference planning and management. In that time she has also taken on the addition of a new role as Creating Connection Director for British Columbia. This year Debra will be devoting herself full time to the Creating Connection Director position and will transition out of the Admin Assistant and mission conference responsibilities.
 
Debra and Steve have yet to work out the full details of this transition. Steve will take on many of the admin tasks until a successor is in place. Steve asks for your patience in the event of any “blips” in those tasks as we get a handle on all the tasks that may be involved. Detailed mission conference planning will be put on hold until a person is identified for that task.
 
A formal posting of responsibilities for the Admin Assistant is posted above. One person might fulfill both roles (as Debra has) or two persons might be appointed into the separate positions. Anyone who might be interested in either or both of these positions is invited to contact Steve. A timeline has not yet been established, but it would be good to have someone at least preparing to come into the admin position within a month or so.

Personal comments from Steve:
I cannot begin to thank Debra enough for the support she has provided to me in this position over the past five and a half years. She has represented the mission centre in that role very positively in her interactions with mission centre members and with other persons in other areas of the church, including church headquarters and the Canadian church offices. Her enthusiasm for mission conference has been amazing. These shoes will not be easy to fill.
 
As a Creating Connection Director Debra has done very well at introducing the concepts of the position to Canada West and to the BC congregations specifically. Her successes there are recognized by Kerry Richards in his role as Director of the Congregational Revitalization Program for Canada. Debra remains under the supervision of the Canada West Mission Centre while accepting guidance and direction from Kerry in the specifics of the Creating Connection initiative. Please join me in wishing Debra well in her continuing commitment to this work.

Feb 14-17              CWM Winter Youth Retreat Saskatoon
 
Feb 28–Mar 1        Nurturing Spirit Retreat Samish Island
March 13-15          Weekend of World Religions Vancouver
March 20-22        Women’s Retreat Prairies Drumheller, AB

April 24-26          Nurturing Justice Retreat Samish Island
April 28-May 4    Samish Island Work Week
May 2-3               Creating Connection Facilitators Weekend Chilliwack
May 31-Jun 2       Nurturing Friends and Family Weekend Samish Island
May 15-18            Jan Kraybill Music Weekend - Vancouver
 
June 12-14           Spiritual Retreat Hills of Peace
Jun 30-Jul 3        Junior Camp Camp Hills of Peace
 
July 4-9               Family Camp Hills of Peace
July 11-15             Junior High and Senior Camps Hills of Peace
July 18-25            Spectacular Graceland University
July 19-25            Camp Atsaken (12-14 yrs) Samish Island
July 25-Aug 1       Nurturing Community Camp Samish Island
 
August 2-8          Camp Kimtah (15-18 yrs) Samish Island
August 9-13         Camp Mungai (8-11 yrs) Samish Island
Aug 16-21             Adult Reunion Samish Island
 
Sept 4-6            Canada West Mission Conference Chilliwack
September 7     Workshop with Joey Williams         
 
Sept 25-27         Men’s Retreat Hills of Peace
 
Oct                    BC Women's Retreat (tbc)
Oct 9-11             Climate Change Colloquy Samish Island
Oct 25-27          Nurturing Silence Retreat Samish Island

Dates are subject to change.
Please register early to avoid cancellation of your event on Reggie
www.cwm.events ​

On Sunday January 26, 2020 Daniel Brown and his mother Susan Brown had their Confirmation at the Victoria Community of Christ.
It was a very meaningful service. Afterwards we had lunch and cake to welcome our new members, Daniel and Susan. Daniel played the organ for this service and as always he did a wonderful job. Both Daniel and Susan are special people that are so welcomed into our church community. Thank you to everyone for sharing this special service with us. A big thank you again to Joe Bouley for bringing his camera.    
​Sally Glasier.

 2020 
Feb 14-17              CWM Winter Youth Retreat Saskatoon
 
Feb 28–Mar 1        Nurturing Spirit Retreat Samish Island
March 13-15          Weekend of World Religions Vancouver
March 20-22        Women’s Retreat Prairies Drumheller AB

April 24-26          Nurturing Justice Retreat Samish Island
April 28-May 4    Samish Island Work Week
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May 2-3               Creating Connection Facilitators Retreat Chilliwack
May 31-Jun 2       Friends and Family Weekend Samish Island
May 15-18            Jan Kraybill Music Weekend - Vancouver
 
June 12-14           Spiritual Retreat Hills of Peace
Jun 28-Jul 3        Jr. and Sr. High Camp Hills of Peace
 
July 4-9               Family Camp Hills of Peace
July 11-15             Junior Camp Hills of Peace
July 18-25            Spectacular Graceland University
July 19-25            Camp Atsaken (12-14 yrs) Samish Island
July 25-Aug 1       Family Reunion Samish Island
 
August 2-8          Camp Kimtah (15-18 yrs) Samish Island
August 9-13         Camp Mungai (8-11 yrs) Samish Island
Aug 16-21             Adult Reunion Samish Island
 
Sept 4-6            Canada West Mission Conference Chilliwack
September 7     Workshop with Joey Williams         
 
Sept 25-27         Men’s Retreat Hills of Peace
 
Oct                    BC Women's Retreat (tbc)
Oct 9-11             Climate Change Colloquy Samish Island
Oct 25-27          Nurturing Silence Retreat Samish Island


Dates are subject to change.
Please register early to avoid cancellation of your event on Reggie
www.cwm.events ​

The Canada West Mission staff would like to wish all of you  a Happy New Year.  

The CWM offices will be closed from December 24th until January 2nd