* March 22 of each year is designated as World Water Day by the UN General Assembly. For more information see here at World Water Day link . To explore the issue of water from a faith perspective with your youth you may want to visit Gratefulness for Water reflection link. This link contains a Water Quiz link that can be used separate from the reflection if you like. The United Church also has developed a campaign Water in Focus link (please especially note the Including Children and Youth ideas further down on the page).
* Just for You ~ The United Church of Canada is one of the member churches of the World Council of Churches and through that organization the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN). You can read their Lenten reflection Seven Weeks of Water resources link . One of the participants in the 2008 EWN Summer School on Water was Sheryl Johnson, a young adult from the Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario who currently studies in Toronto and was part of a group of young adults from our Conference who travelled to visit church partners in Zambia a couple of years ago. You can see the work of Sheryl and other participants at EWN Summer School link . They also posted a blog with personal reflections at EWN blog link.
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