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Reflections by Rev. Joanne Anquist
I’m baaack! Thanks to everyone for all the care a support you gave while I was away. I received so many cards and gifts I can’t remember who sent what! I felt loved and cared for and I lived “we carry each other” in a real way. I am grateful to be part of such caring communities…..
Scholarship Week One: More Than a Scholarship
Over the past months, I’ve had the opportunity to spend some time looking through the history of the McDougall United Church Scholarship. It’s a substantial list of names, years, family connections, and stories stretching back across generations of this community…..
52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing - Week 19
Week 19 - Honour an Indigenous Worldview
from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing
This week invites a different kind of reflection. Robertson encourages us to honour an Indigenous worldview. Honouring is rooted in respect, curiosity, and humility. It creates space for learning and for being shaped by what we encounter….
Fall Artisan Market: 2026 Vendor Application is now open
2026 Vendor Applications are now open
Pastoral Care First Quadrimestre Report (January - April) 2026
Clergy: Rev. Bill Weaver
Committee : Shirley Wilding, Sharon Hudspeth, Katie Mutlow, Joan Johnston, & Esther Petersen
As Pastoral Care Minister, Rev. Bill serves McDougall, Ogden, and Red Deer Lake phoning and visiting people. While Rev. Joanne Anquist is on medical leave, Rev. Bill has taken over the position as full time Spiritual Lead Minister and Rev. Grant Dawson has been 3/4 time, 30 hours a week. preaching and doing Pastoral Care. Rev. Danah is back to 20 hours a week – half time at his request
52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing - Week 18
Week 18 - Watch an Indigenous Television Show
from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing
This week might be one of the most accessible invitations yet: watch an Indigenous television show. As Robertson reminds us, supporting Indigenous storytelling isn’t limited to books. It extends across the arts: film, television, music, and beyond. And just by choosing what we watch, we help shape what gets made next.
52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing - Week 17
Week 17: Support an Indigenous Business
from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing
This week is a very practical one. Robertson invites us to support Indigenous businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs. It doesn’t have to be a big purchase. Even a small investment can make a difference when it comes to supporting Indigenous-led work and creativity….
52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing - Week 16
Week 16: Read Indigenous Comics
from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing
This week, Robertson invites us into a different kind of storytelling: comics and graphic novels. For him, this is deeply personal. Comics shaped his own journey as a writer, and they became one of the ways he chose to tell Indigenous stories in response to the stereotypes and misrepresentations he saw growing up….
52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing - Week 15
Week 15: Help Fund Indigenous Education
from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing
This week, Robertson turns to education, something deeply personal in his own life and family story. He shares how his father, an ordained United Church minister, devoted much of his life to improving access to education for Indigenous communities. A key part of that vision was local control—ensuring that Indigenous communities could shape their own education systems in ways that reflect their languages, cultures, and ways of knowing….
Community Art Gallery - Event Wrap Up with Pictures
Pictures from Maundy Thursday event at Red Deer Lake
