EC News Winter 2015

As of March 2015, Corlett will have been in her most recent position as program coordinator for ministry recruitment at the United Church of Canada (UCC) for two years. Her primary focus has been on communications—finding out what aspiring ministers want and need to know and providing them with necessary support and information. She populates the UCC website with information about the different streams of ministry, education and training options, stories of active ministers, as well as inspirational ‘call’ videos. She runs workshops at events

such as Rendez-Vous and Worshiplude, and will be the keynote speaker at London Conference’s Youth Forum in April. As a recruiter, her goal is to expose youth and young adults to vocation and to demonstrate that the church is a safe retreat when weighing difficult life choices. “We are not all called to ordered ministry but we are called to live out our faith,” says Corlett. In that vein, she is helping to host “Faithful Living: A Day to Explore Life Choices” on March 18, 2015, at which teens and young adults are invited to experience campus life, engage in discussion about how others

are living faithfully, worship with the Emmanuel community, and meet students and faculty. “Even if students are just exploring U of T as an option at this point,” she says, “I want them to know that there is on-campus support available—Christian communities and chaplains with whom they can connect.” Corlett’s experience at Emmanuel College informs her role as UCC recruiter. Although she found the College “academically challenging,” she says it was also uplifting. Her experience is one of the reasons she encourages others to Continued on page 2