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Article: United Church regional conference makes history
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- May 18, 2008
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Brenda Suderman
It's more than corn and apples that attracts United Church minister Ken DeLisle to Morden again and again.
The openly gay United Church minister from Selkirk heads to the southern Manitoba community known for its summer festival next week to witness his regional church become the first within the United Church of Canada to welcome the participation of all people, regardless of sexual orientation.
On May 24, 350 delegates representing 249 churches will pause from their business for a 30-minute celebration to recognize the move of the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario become an affirming conference. It is the first of 13 regional units in the denomination to ...