Who Are We??
We are a United Church Ministry serving 4 of the rural churches in Brock Township and the City of Kawartha Lakes in Ontario. We consist of 4 pastoral charges who share the same vision for Rural Ministry in our area. We are a Collaborative Cooperative Ministry. We can do more and be more together.
UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRY A Cooperative Ministry of Rural United Churches
Are you looking for something more in your life? Looking for a place for your family to spend time together? to help others? to have fun? Then check us out. The rural United Churches in your area took a bold step. We came together in 2018/2019 to share programs, share ministry, share ways of serving our communities. On most Sundays services are held at four churches. Joint services are held at one location only approximately once every month or two as well as in the summer. This is an opportunity for joint worship and fellowship.
“United Community Ministry” (UCM) a Cooperative Ministry, under the name with the United Church Pastoral charges of Cannington, Woodville, Cambray, Oakwood United Churches. This is the culmination of much meeting, planning, working , and anticipation that grew out of the Presbytery initiated area Chat Groups in 2016, with UCM officially starting Sept.1 , 2018.
We consist of:
- Cambray Community United Church
- Oakwood United Church
- Woodville United Church
- Trinity- St. Andrew’s, Cannington United Church *
- * (Trinity St.- Andrew’s, Cannington is an Affirming Congregation)
OUR STORY
We are a group rural United Churches that were in need of ministerial leadership. We now share a ministerial team. Each of our locations has services most Sundays. Services are on a rotational schedule led by either our Clergy or Licensed Lay Worship Leaders. In the summer and 11 services a year (approximately 25 %) are Joint Services held at one location only.
OUR CLERGY
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Cunningham answered our UCM Clergy Call and began her full time ministry with us on July 1, 2021. She retired August 1 2025. UCM is currently in a formal Clergy Search.
During this Clergy Search period please adress any enquiries to the UCM Council Chair Kerri Jebson kgjebson@gmail.com or to the part time admin support Ruth Fallding falldingucm@gmail.com.
LICENCED LAY WORSHIP LEADERS: We are very fortunate to have an amazing team of Licensed Lay Worship Leaders. Currently our leaders are Nancy Payne, Evelyn Chambers, Darlene Hallett, Phyllis Tamlin, Barbara Warden
ADMINISTRATOR: (part time) Ruth Fallding Ruth provides a communications and administrative role to support our collective ministry and its congregations, clergy, Council. Duties include: to receive and disperse UCM partners’ information (i.e. church events/programs for bulletins, UCM newsletters/annual reports), maintain UCM social media presence through Facebook and website, and to forward or direct your inquiries to the appropriate clergy or Council member/committee. Assembling and editing weekly worship services for Youtube.
Ruth’s contact is through email at falldingucm@gmail.com
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