Church News
TMUC’s Orange Shirt Festival
We are posting to let you know of this event that is coming up at TMUC on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
Primarily, our Orange Shirt Festival is intended to raise awareness of and funds for the Orange Shirt Society (www.orangeshirtday.org). Additionally, our Orange Shirt Festival supports Indigenous performers, artists, and chefs in their vocations and crafts by connecting them with returning and new audiences and clients.
At TMUC we are committed to acts of reconciliation that provide opportunities to grow in understanding and to foster authentic and sustainable cultural change. This festival, which features Indigenous performers, Indigenous artists and crafters, and Indigenous chefs and cooks, provides one expression of this commitment.
TMUC’s Orange Shirt Festival is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the church office (204-222-1331 or office@tmuc.ca) and they will be sold in the Narthex on Sundays before and after Worship.
Tickets are $25.00 for live concert seating or $20.00 for streamed concert seating. Both tickets provide access to the Indigenous market. If you have any questions, please contact the church office.
Thanks & Blessings!
Rev. Rob Reed, Dallis Kelly & Stephen McKendry-Smith (Organizing Team)
PERFORMERS:
- ORVIS
- Jeffery Gobeil
- The Green Family Dancers
- NAGI
- Darryl Buck
- Ivy Venin
ARTISANS:
- Cree Indigenuity Art & Design
- Kim Kare
- INAC
FOOD VENDORS
- The Indigenous Kitchen
- Shelly’s Indigenous Bistro
- Kitchen Manito-Waya
Poster Art by Jodine Droux
“The drums sit at the heart of this piece—living beings whose circles echo creation and the cycles of healing and remembrance. One drum honours the children whose stories were taken; the other gathers community in unity and resilience. Surrounded by floral motifs, they stand as guardians of memory, their steady heartbeat uplifting Every Child Matters and calling us to remember, protect, and honour the stories that guide us forward,” said Jodine Droux.
TMUC Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting took place on March 8, 2026. Here is a copy of the 2025 Annual Report.
Bible Study
Bible Study resumes Friday September 11!
Bible study takes place on Friday’s from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in the church office!! You’re welcome to bring your lunch! If you would like to know what our focus scriptures will be, contact Rob for the list.
Children & Youth Ministry
A weekly program for children and youth (ages 4 and older) is offered at TMUC during the worship service starting again in September.
This program includes a chance for our children and youth to explore and grow in faith through story, arts, crafts, and games. Children and youth will first gather in the sanctuary and will be taken upstairs to the multi-purpose room by their leader.
If you would like to share your faith and spirit with our children and youth, once a month or once every couple of months, or find out more about this Sunday morning program, please speak with one of the coordinators (Gail Purcell, Karen Ilchena, Rob Reed) or contact the church office.
Office Hours
Tuesdays to Friday from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (closed from noon-1 pm)
Messages for Dallis Kelly, Office Admin can be left at 204-222-1331 ext 1 or email office@tmuc.ca
Messages for our Minister, Rev Rob Reed can be left at 204-222-1331 ext 2 or email minister@tmuc.ca
Messages will be monitored and replies for non-urgent messages will be done during office hours.
Rob’s Sunday Worship Reflections are always available in print form – contact him at minister@tmuc.ca and he can email you a copy or the office can print one for you.
Livestreaming and recording of the worship service is available on TMUC’s Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/transconamemorialunitedchurch
Calling All Singers! – The TMUC Singers! Practices will start again in September and will be every Tuesday from 7-8:30 pm and we will be singing twice a month and special occasions.
Hymnotic will be helping out with the hymns on the weeks when The TMUC Singers aren’t singing. If you would like to join us, we practice at 9 am Sunday for the 10 am service.
Message from Ministry & Personnel:
TMUC is blessed with staff who are committed to their work and we are thankful for this work in our community of faith. Thank you to Rev. Rob Reed, office admin Dallis Kelly and our music team Crystal Schau and Henry Kelsey.
The Ministry & Personnel (M&P) Team acts under the guidance of The Manual of The United Church of Canada. Presently serving on our M&P Team are Karen Ilchena, Sheilah Ross-Campbell and Cheryl Thomas. We provide resources and support for our staff and work to build positive and trusting relationships between our congregation and staff.
If members of our congregation would like to share praise or concerns about staff, these can be shared in signed correspondence with the M&P Team and can be left in the white mailbox outside the church office. Correspondence will be considered confidentially by the M&P Team.