YKUC Announcements for the Week of Sunday March 1,2026
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Yellowknife United Church Administrator
Feb 26, 2026, 1:16:47 PMFeb 26
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CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: 8:30AM-11:30AM Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday &
Friday
MINISTER'S OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday and Thursday 10am-noon
Opening Host: Marg
Greeter: Lloyd
Word & Wonder: Denise Drouin
Reader: Lloyd
Closing Host: Lloyd
Welcome Reverend Mock!
The Board is extremely pleased to announce that at last week's
Congregational Meeting, the vote was unanimous to call Reverend Alison
Mock to be our permanent Minister of Word, Sacrament and Pastoral Care.
Reverend Alison will continue to split her time between Yellowknife and
Mississauga, Ontario, as was done in 2025. Both Alison and the Board
are very excited to enter into this renewed relationship which will
enable more long term planning for worship, community outreach and
continued fellowship with our YKUC family. Reverend Mock will be
joining us remotely for the next three Sundays and will be back in
person in the pulpit on March 22nd!
Book Club- We meet this Sunday, March 1’st at 12:15 in Room 215 to
discuss Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry.
Blue Bins
We are looking for volunteers for the following:
April 16-30 Independent and Fieldhouse
May 1-15 Coop
May 1-15 Independent and Fieldhouse
May 16-31 Coop
May 16-31 Independent and Fieldhouse
Thank you to our volunteers for February:
Brian and Natalie Kelln
Dave Jarvis
Mischelle Remigio
Gordon and Karen Hamre
This is an important fundraiser for our church and many hands make light
work.
If you have students that require community service hours, this does
count and we are happy to sign the required paperwork.
If you would like to help but maybe don’t have a vehicle, that’s ok! We
have people with vehicles who could use an extra pair of hands.
If you are able to help, please let Terrilyn know.
terrily...@theedge.ca
Mission and Service Story:
Grandmothers Leading with Love
In Kenya’s Rift Valley, HIV and AIDS have reshaped entire families. More
than 200,000 people in the region live with HIV. Many children are being
raised not by their parents, but by grandmothers.
Women in their 60s and 70s are burying their own children and then
stepping forward to raise grandchildren. They cook, farm, comfort, and
pray—often while facing stigma in their own communities.
In some churches, HIV has been preached as punishment. A sign of sin.
That stigma isolates families who are already grieving.
Through partnership with leaders at St. Paul’s University in Limuru,
Kenya, Mission and Service has helped create something simple but
transformative: a space for conversation. Grandmothers and pastors
gathered in the same room.
One grandmother stood and told her story. She spoke of losing both her
children and described the pain of being judged while loving her
children fiercely. She spoke of her grandchildren, and her unshakable
belief that God’s love does not abandon anyone.
Pastors listened. They asked questions, challenged their own
assumptions, and made commitments. They pledged to preach compassion,
visit homes, and offer pastoral care instead of condemnation.
That is how change begins.
Through Mission and Service, we’re helping to create spaces like these,
where learning replaces stigma, and where churches become places of
healing again.
When we give, we help grandmothers carry hope and love instead of shame.
Help love have the final word: make your own commitment today and make a
gift for Mission and Service.
*Missed a Sunday Service and would like to listen to the Sermon? Rev.
Alison has kindly offered the link to her past Sermons!
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alisonmock.ca%2Fsermons&data=05%7C02%7C%7C8ebfc17a45f646c2ecc408de3f2b52b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639017652459689323%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=v3YdbxzVkWohOnrKk7tHbknpPdwdYcrX%2Fiz3djg6zVI%3D&reserved=0
Bottle Shop Drop-Off - The church has an account at the Bottle Shop. To
drop off beverage recycling, you use the Drop & Go c
--
Thank you
Administrator, Yellowknife United Church
Phone : 867.873.6291
Web : yellowknifeunitedchurch.ca
Friday
MINISTER'S OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesday and Thursday 10am-noon
Opening Host: Marg
Greeter: Lloyd
Word & Wonder: Denise Drouin
Reader: Lloyd
Closing Host: Lloyd
Welcome Reverend Mock!
The Board is extremely pleased to announce that at last week's
Congregational Meeting, the vote was unanimous to call Reverend Alison
Mock to be our permanent Minister of Word, Sacrament and Pastoral Care.
Reverend Alison will continue to split her time between Yellowknife and
Mississauga, Ontario, as was done in 2025. Both Alison and the Board
are very excited to enter into this renewed relationship which will
enable more long term planning for worship, community outreach and
continued fellowship with our YKUC family. Reverend Mock will be
joining us remotely for the next three Sundays and will be back in
person in the pulpit on March 22nd!
Book Club- We meet this Sunday, March 1’st at 12:15 in Room 215 to
discuss Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry.
Blue Bins
We are looking for volunteers for the following:
April 16-30 Independent and Fieldhouse
May 1-15 Coop
May 1-15 Independent and Fieldhouse
May 16-31 Coop
May 16-31 Independent and Fieldhouse
Thank you to our volunteers for February:
Brian and Natalie Kelln
Dave Jarvis
Mischelle Remigio
Gordon and Karen Hamre
This is an important fundraiser for our church and many hands make light
work.
If you have students that require community service hours, this does
count and we are happy to sign the required paperwork.
If you would like to help but maybe don’t have a vehicle, that’s ok! We
have people with vehicles who could use an extra pair of hands.
If you are able to help, please let Terrilyn know.
terrily...@theedge.ca
Mission and Service Story:
Grandmothers Leading with Love
In Kenya’s Rift Valley, HIV and AIDS have reshaped entire families. More
than 200,000 people in the region live with HIV. Many children are being
raised not by their parents, but by grandmothers.
Women in their 60s and 70s are burying their own children and then
stepping forward to raise grandchildren. They cook, farm, comfort, and
pray—often while facing stigma in their own communities.
In some churches, HIV has been preached as punishment. A sign of sin.
That stigma isolates families who are already grieving.
Through partnership with leaders at St. Paul’s University in Limuru,
Kenya, Mission and Service has helped create something simple but
transformative: a space for conversation. Grandmothers and pastors
gathered in the same room.
One grandmother stood and told her story. She spoke of losing both her
children and described the pain of being judged while loving her
children fiercely. She spoke of her grandchildren, and her unshakable
belief that God’s love does not abandon anyone.
Pastors listened. They asked questions, challenged their own
assumptions, and made commitments. They pledged to preach compassion,
visit homes, and offer pastoral care instead of condemnation.
That is how change begins.
Through Mission and Service, we’re helping to create spaces like these,
where learning replaces stigma, and where churches become places of
healing again.
When we give, we help grandmothers carry hope and love instead of shame.
Help love have the final word: make your own commitment today and make a
gift for Mission and Service.
*Missed a Sunday Service and would like to listen to the Sermon? Rev.
Alison has kindly offered the link to her past Sermons!
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alisonmock.ca%2Fsermons&data=05%7C02%7C%7C8ebfc17a45f646c2ecc408de3f2b52b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639017652459689323%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=v3YdbxzVkWohOnrKk7tHbknpPdwdYcrX%2Fiz3djg6zVI%3D&reserved=0
Bottle Shop Drop-Off - The church has an account at the Bottle Shop. To
drop off beverage recycling, you use the Drop & Go c
--
Thank you
Administrator, Yellowknife United Church
Phone : 867.873.6291
Web : yellowknifeunitedchurch.ca
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