Church News
TMUC’s Orange Shirt Festival
Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered and participated in the Transcona Memorial United Church’s inaugural Orange Shirt Festival on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. The event was as a powerful communal gathering to raise both awareness and financial support for the Orange Shirt Society.
The Orange Shirt Festival featured Indigenous food vendors The Indigenous Kitchen and Indigenous Curbside Tasty Cravings as well as a marketplace with Cree Indigenuity Art & Design, Kim Hare, Michelle McDonald, Two-Spirit Mikinaak Creatins and INAC. The evening culminated with a concert spotlighting Indigenous performers including ORVIS, Ivy Venin, NAGI, Fleury-Green Family Dancers, Darryl Buck, riel., Eric Lavoie, Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers and Norway Rabliauskas.
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.
Bible Study
Bible study takes place on Friday’s from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in the church office!! You’re welcome to bring a bible and your lunch! If you would like to know what our focus scriptures will be, contact Rob for the list.
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.
Calling All Singers!
The TMUC Singers are back! Practices on Tuesdays from 7 pm – 8 pm.
All are welcome to join in! Warm up those vocal chords!!
The TMUC Singers sing twice a month and at special occasions.
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. Watch for more information!
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.
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
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.
TMUC Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting took place on March 8, 2026. Here is a copy of the 2025 Annual Report.