Pacific Mountain Regional Council
September 7, 2022
Townhall Meeting – Zoom

Welcome: Treena Duncan, Executive Minister, Pacific Mountain and Chinook Winds Regions.
o    Recognition of the attacks and deaths in Saskatchewan.
o    Video was shared, Nadia Bolz Weber, https://www.theworkofthepeople.com/a-defiant-hope

Opening  / Prayer: Treena Duncan, Executive Minister

Open discussion: 
o    Introduction – Deborah Richards. President of the Pacific Mountain Regional Council. Long-time lay leadership, currently attending Northwoods UC. Intercultural Ministry of the PMRC. Director Western Intercultural Ministry.  Commission to General Council. Rotary. Toastmaster group, Justice Institute Health Sciences.
o    Pacific Mountain Region initiatives:
- Reconciling church - Who are we in the Pacific Mountain Region – Affirming ministry initiative is ongoing.
-  Healthy communities of faith
- 1st Community
o    Pacific Mountain Proposals from 
o    PMRC Executive discussions:
- What is the region’s role in managing property and wealth?
- How does the region need to change in order to become an antiracist community?
- Where and with whom is the region called to promote health, growth and the flourishing of communities of faith in the region?
New and open concerns:
-    Support for the fire / flooding areas from 2021. Churches working with local officials to establish a more comprehensive emergency plan. Kamloops UC – area donations of food and money, local first nation opened land for itinerant “campers”. Abbotsford – able to assist with food and support for the interior region.
-    Need for the UC to develop an active emergency plan. “Security and Disaster Plans” for the region – provincial guidelines already in place.
-    Parish nursing – St. Andrew’s Wesley has a working model.
-    Discussion around the “great withdrawal” and “quiet quitting”. Post pandemic realities. Assist with the development of in person and hybrid communities of faith.

Public Health update:
o    At the moment there are no restrictions around CoVid. Local boards are asked to make decisions around their community of faith. Wellness of individuals is the priority.

PMRC grand opening of the offices, 6000 Sussex, Burnaby, Sunday September 11 and again in December.

Closing prayer: Deborah Richards.

Respectfully Submitted,
Ross Dunning
Dave Squires
Pacific Mountain Regional Council Representatives