<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Greg;<div><br></div><div>It ain’t easy to get our church to make a statement like this.</div><div>Meetings of our General Council, each three years, have been closely monitored by representatives of one other faith constituency.</div><div><br></div><div>The General Council Executive’s real courage to make this statement on what is happening.</div><div>I must write a supportive note to our Moderator.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay hopeful;</div><div>Allan<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Nov 21, 2023, at 3:30 PM, Greg Gillis via craic <craic@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Thank you Allan, so well put, I wish the Catholic Church in Canada and its bishops could show such leadership and courage!<div><br></div><div>Peace</div><div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 1:48 PM Allan Baker via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Friends;<br>
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Here is a statement from the “highest levels” of the United Church of Canada.<br>
You may be interested in the position that our church is taking.<br>
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Stay hopeful;<br>
Allan<br>
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<a href="https://united-church.ca/news/dear-prime-minister" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://united-church.ca/news/dear-prime-minister</a><br>
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