Mission and Service

Our unified national fund for the work of the larger church

What is Mission and Service ?
It is the United Church’s way of funding world outreach, mission in Canada projects, theological colleges, the meetings of General Council and the operations of the national offices. It is a unified budget distributed by the General Council according to their priorities. And its revenue comes from voluntary contributions from members of the United Church across Canada.

At Robertson-Wesley, we encourage people to allocate a portion of their regular givings to M&S. For example for every $100 contribution one might allocate $85 to the R-W local operating fund and $15 to M&S.

We also supplement the regular givings to M&S in several ways:

• A special offering for M&S is taken on Communion Sundays (8 times per year). On Communion Sunday, we hear a “Minute for Mission” which explains some of the work supported by M&S.
• Bake sales and special projects also contribute to M&S.
• Four times a year we invite people, who are celebrating a special milestone or are remembering someone important, to place a donation in our special M&S bucket in the 3 months designated for that Sunday.
• The United Church Women make their own contribution to M&S.

Mission and Service Fund

Where can I find more details?

For more detailed information about the Mission and Service Fund, please see About Mission and Service on the United Church’s national web site.