Lansing Open Market - September 16, 2023
Lansing Open Market is a vibrant gathering of local vendors showcasing their unique products and services. Join us on Sat Sep 16,2023 (11 AM – 5 PM) at 49 Bogert Avenue, Toronto, ON M2N 1K4.
There will be 40+ small local vendors, live music, prizes, and giveaways. Also check out the new whole floor setup for The Nearly New Shop, a second-hand clothes and home goods shop.
Please come experience the beautiful Lansing building in action, as we showcase our wonderful spaces available to the community. Visit Spaces United to learn more about our online community hub that connects quality spaces to people, at affordable prices.
This is a free event! Lansing UC is steps away from Yonge and Sheppard subway station and Accessible to all. Limited street parking is available.
New Horizons for Seniors Program Grant Application Webinar
The New Horizons for Seniors Program Grant is a federal grant that provides up to $25,000 to support communities of faith to develop and deliver programming by and for seniors. The 2023 – 2024 grant application process is now open. The application deadline has been extended to September 28, 2023.
In this free webinar, which aired live on September 7th, 2023, Katja Brittain, Director of Church Engagement, Kindred Works, Jill Strapp, Coordinating Consultant, Centre for Church Development and Leadership, TUCC and Janice Meighan, Director of Fundraising and Donor Care, TUCC offer guidance on how to complete your grant application. View the webinar recording on CHURCHx (you will be prompted to log in to CHURCHx or create an account if you don’t have one already).
Making Your Church Building a Community Asset - Online Course with Katja Brittain
Is your congregation struggling to keep your church building? Selling your church isn’t always the only solution. What if instead you opened your doors and turned your building into a centre for your community, a place where groups of people pay you to use various rooms at various times for various activities.
Many congregations have considered this but decided against it because they didn’t know how to start or figured they would have to hire someone to run such an operation. Katja Brittain specializes in helping congregations turn their buildings from liabilities into assets once again.
In this course she shares her wisdom and experience, providing a step-by-step method to build a team, formulate a plan, get the word out, determine the right prices to charge, figure out how to make sure it runs smoothly, and most of all, reach your community in a natural way while earning revenue to help the congregation turn the building around from barely surviving to thriving. Not only does she tell you how to do all this, but she gives you her blueprint for success, her contracts, forms, and spreadsheets that you can use on day one as though you had been doing this for years. Sign up for this self-directed course on CHURCHx and learn at your own pace. The course fee is $229.
Nurturing Church Staff Teams - Online Course with Linda Butler and Warren McDougall
An effective church staff team is greater than the sum of its parts. Whether you’re building a new team, or looking to strengthen and improve an established one, “Nurturing Church Staff Teams” explores what makes a church staff team effective. This is intended for all church staff members, including ministry personnel, administrators, custodians, musicians and choir directors, communications personnel, and child and youth leaders. Through a series of guided sessions, your team members will be encouraged to examine their roles in relation to one another, understand each other’s gifts and personalities, and work intentionally on the team relationship. Together, you will learn strategies to manage conflict, practice giving and receiving feedback, and reflect on your communication to enrich the health of your team and model effective teamwork to your congregation. Sign up for this self-directed course on CHURCHx and learn at your own pace. The course fee is $100.
