Since 1928, clergy, professional educators, and counless volunteers have come to Kanuga to share the best formation practices, be inspired by great speakers and rekindled for ministry. This conference offers the opportunity to explore how we form faith in an ecosystem of intergenerational relationships and faith experiences at church, home and through missional formation work …
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A Pilgrimage into Just Interfaith Living People of all religious traditions, including Christians, find their way alongside one another in our one world-home. But what happens when we engage with one another, and walk together into our deepest questions and most pressing challenges? What can we learn from one another, and do together? In this …
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Elevate: Creation Care & Environmental Justice To gather all those who seek to honor our role as stewards of Creation and live as servants to one another. This community will share stories from key players in the Church’s creation care and environmental justice work, offer resources from groups intimately involved, and develop intentional plans for …
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Engaging Ministry: Practices of Prayer, Worship, and Community An educational-experiential series for clergy and laypeople. This two-part series consists of: The Heart of Ministry: Deepening Practice, Deepening Community (Jan. 30-31), Entering the Mystery: Planning Non-Traditional Worship (Jan 31-Feb 1)  According to the Episcopal Church’s Fast FACTs Trends (2007-2011) and Congregations Overview (2014), parishes that are …
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SAVE THE DATES May 31-June 3, 2020 OVERVIEW What would happen if religion were reclaimed as a mechanism for advancing the common good? Learn to mine your own tradition and collaborate across religious difference for the wellbeing of your community during the 79th year of this annual retreat. Sunday, May 31, 2020 6:30-7:00 p.m. Registration …
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SAVE THE DATE! August 19-22, 2021 Registration Opens January 2021 We will gather at TheSouthern Alberta Institute Of Technology in Calgary, Alberta on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikuni, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Stoney Nakoda …
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4-day intensive in Montreal: Monday, September 10 to Thursday, September 13, 2018 Churches across Canada recognize that mission is central to their response to the good news of Jesus Christ. But just what mission means and what it looks like is not always clear. This course looks at the historical and theological roots of mission, while …
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THE INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH MINISTRY The Confirmation Conference October 4-5, 2018 Princeton, NJ For the last 5 years the Confirmation Project research team has been studying confirmation and equivalent practices within the United States. The findings provide a hopeful exposé regarding the faith of youth who participate in confirmation and equivalent ministries. The significance of …
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Journey to Baptismal Living: Becoming Communities of Transformation North American Assoc. for the Catechumenate CA$250 – CA$625 Event Information Date and Time Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 6:00 PM – Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT Location Saint Paul University 223 Main Street Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4   Event description An immersion experience and training …
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  Aug. 27-29, 2018 Leadership Bridgebuilder is a process developed by Peter Steinke to aid congregations who are feeling stuck and full of strife. Through the consultation process the congregational leadership usually identifies three to five significant issues facing the congregation. These are issues which if unaddressed might stand in the way of the mission and ministry of …
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