

1988: A deeper understanding
I was there in 1988 and I remember it as a very challenging and divisive time in our church. The church we were attending at the time had...


A young person writes, “Let us into the story…”
I wasn’t there when it happened I never knew that it was a “thing” No one told me about the “Issue” I just took it as fact I remember...


I remember 1988:
…in coming to Grosvenor Park United Church (GPUC) and the ministry team* here. […] Things were relatively new for me at the time (newly...


I wish there had been training sessions
I wish there had been, or rather that the General Counsel had included, training sessions on how to handle “the Issue”… or how to deal...


From John*
To be honest, I’m not sure I have first hand stories of negative experiences during the 1988/89 period. As a denomination we had been...


Alice’s Story*
Where were you in 1988 and what part did you have in your church? (choir member, elder, member of the congregation…) I was at a church...


From Doug*
Editor’s note: The following text was written in 2012. 25 Years, Where are we now? Last week a colleague of mine in the US wrote this...