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This Month’s Video: Happy Pride: A Message of Apology, Healing & Radical Belonging

In 2025, The United Church of Canada offered an apology to 2S and LGBTQIA+ people and communities—naming the real harm caused through words, actions, silence, and systems that failed to protect and affirm God’s beloved people. 

This message reflects on that apology—not as an ending, but as a beginning. A threshold into deeper healing, accountability, and transformation. 

Pride is more than celebration. It is remembrance. It is resistance. It is a witness to the sacred truth that every identity rooted in love and authenticity is a divine gift. 

Radical belonging is not optional—it is at the heart of the Gospel. May we continue the work of becoming a church that learns, acts with courage, and lives out love in word and deed. 

Learn more about The United Church of Canada's apology to 2S and LGBTQIA+ people here: https://united-church.ca/news/general-council-present-apology-2s-and-lgbtqia-communities-august-8

Thank you for your support and partnership in the ministry of The United Church of Canada.

Grace and Peace,

The United Church of Canada Communications Team