July 9-13, 2018 – Week One Loosening the Tongue: The Practice of Preaching without Notes with Melissa Skelton In this 5-day course, preachers will preach 5 short sermons composed and prepared and preached in class, receiving feedback on: listeners’ experience that the sermon speaks to them, the sermon’s ability to evoke a “metanoia experience”, …
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AFTER CHURCH HISTORY: CAN CANADIAN CHRISTIANS EVANGELIZE? WITH BISHOP WILL WILLIMON MON., JULY 16 • 7 PM • ST. MARY’S KERRISDALE ANGLICAN CHURCH Considering the church’s sins in mission and evangelism (the residential schools, the connection between imperialism and mission, etc.), should today’s Christians evangelize and be in mission? A post-colonial, post-imperialist, unapologetic apology …
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July 12-20, 2018 – Weekend Workshop and Week 2 courses Week Two Afternoon Courses: 2:00 pm – 5 pm Preaching for Growth: A Progressive Approach with Matt Miofsky The divide has long been clear. Evangelicals care about conversion, church growth and individual salvation. Progressives care about systemic sin, social justice, and Christian engagement with …
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July 12-20, 2018 – Weekend Workshop and Week 2 courses Week Two Afternoon Courses: 2:00 pm – 5 pm Speaking of Faith: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue on the Indescribable with Terry Neiman This seminar will use facilitated dialogue and discussions of key readings to trace the growth of faith-based dialogue from ancient Greece to today. …
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VOICES SERVING THE HOLY IN ALL: A SINGING RETREAT August 3 7:00 pm – August 4 4:30 pm, 2018 This retreat is for people who don’t sing, and for people who love to sing. Together we will sing songs that hold us together with life. Singing together deepens our sense of communion with others and our sacred …
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