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Springs Church is responding to public outrage over a graduation ceremony held for the Springs College class of 2021.
Photos of the ceremony held on Thursday, May 20 were posted to the Springs Church Instagram account, showing more than a dozen unmasked individuals in formalwear standing on a stage. Behind the people, a screen backdrop reads Springs College graduation 2021.
Public backlash quickly arose online, prompting the church to remove the post congratulating the graduates from their account. Screenshots of the post, however, have continued to circulate online, drawing both criticism of and support for the church.
WINNIPEG Photos are circulating online of a graduation ceremony that apparently took place at Springs College, which has been followed by backlash. The photos show graduates from Springs College, which is an affiliate of Springs Church, gathering indoors without masks and in close proximity, and Pastor Leon Fontaine can be seen attending the ceremony remotely. Jonathan Glass, a parent whose oldest child is graduating from Kelvin High School, said there won’t be any kind of traditional ceremony for his kid when they graduate in June, and he was in disbelief when he saw the Springs College pictures. “We are trying to get through this pandemic so that we can return to some normalcy, and to see other people who think that the rules aren’t going to apply to them, it really just makes me think that we’re going to be in this longer now,” said Glass.
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Families Minister Rochelle Squires took to Twitter Saturday to share her disappointment in the congregation for hosting an event that appeared to break health orders. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Two cabinet ministers who have connections to Springs Church have publicly denounced an in-person convocation ceremony held for 2021 graduates of a Winnipeg college run by the congregation.
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Two cabinet ministers who have connections to Springs Church have publicly denounced an in-person convocation ceremony held for 2021 graduates of a Winnipeg college run by the congregation.
Premier Brian Pallister, however, was not as quick to condemn an event that appears to have broken several public health orders when pressed on the subject Saturday.