Emerging Spirit @ The United Church of Canada Emerging Spirit @ The United Church of Canada

Many United Church of Canada people can remember when the voices of children and young people filled our halls.

What happened to those children and grandchildren?

Why do so many no longer seem to find a home within The United Church of Canada?

Research commissioned by Emerging Spirit shows that many people between the ages of 30 and 45 simply do not know of the existence of The United Church of Canada, much less what beliefs and actions mark the church.

Others lump The United Church of Canada in with broad stereotypes of religion gained from television, movies, and this news and view us as judgmental, not willing to listen, arrogant, and if nothing else, boring.

At the same time, interest in the larger culture about matters of the faith and the spirit are high. The research shows that many seek opportunities for exploration, conversation, community, and a place where they might be able to live out their values in a way that makes a difference.

Emerging Spirit is an initiative of The United Church of Canada working to nurture relationship with those who do not already have a faith community. The campaign focuses on 30-45 year olds as the absence of this generation is profoundly notable.

Emerging Spirit reaches out with an invitation to these people through a national media campaign and works to help congregations becoming more welcoming though initiatives like Living the Welcome and Living the Hope regional training events.