Workshop ID: G13S731 Dates: July 15, 2013 – July 21, 2013 Price: $365.00 For 25 years, “Discerning the Signs of the Times” has held a forum where participants can discuss in a Christian context the moral and political issues that face them daily. This year, come and join leaders of the church, community, and politics …
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  St. Andrew’s College looks forward to welcoming you at our annual Winter Refresher conference Feb. 11-13, 2013, a time for gathering around the thought-provoking theme “Do We Still Need The Social Gospel?” with an engaging speaker, faculty, students and participants from near and far. Our speaker, Dr. Christopher Evans, is one of North America’s …
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  Oct 20 – Oct 22, 2013 Sun 5:00 PM – Tue 1:00 PM $435.00     As never before in the history of humanity, we are becoming aware of life’s essential interrelatedness. This emerging consciousness can be described as a movement of the Spirit. It is like a new Pentecost on a vast and …
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  Where to Belong If Anywhere? (1213-27) Susan Kendall, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, PTS The desire to belong and to live life with compassion and dignity remains steady despite the seeming collapse of institutions, authority, and meaning brought about by technology, economics, religious tensions, and more predictions of change. We will explore …
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  Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th February, 2013 Peter Francis reviews some of the most interesting films of the life of Jesus from the silent era to the present day. The course reflects on the cultural context of each film and the theological task that each undertakes. Fully Inclusive Price: £170 – £190 residential / …
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  October 28, 2012 – October 30, 2012   Salt and Light: A Culturally Relevant Faith “Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.” ? Dietrich Bonhoeffer   What is faith? How can we be salt and light within our own historical context? Join us for two …
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Learning directly from a contemporary leading thinker can be exciting and inspiring. At Five Oaks we are thrilled to be able to offer this caliber of programming at least once a year that features a distinguished speaker who will offer lectures on contemporary theology, biblical studies or the practice of ministry in changing times. The …
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MICHAEL MORWOOD Oct 16-18, 2012 Tues 6:30 dinner thru Thurs lunch Cost $345 Our starting point will be contemporary data about our universe and the observable patterns of operation throughout the universe. We will use this starting point to consider, in a new light, who or what we mean by “God”, our relationship with this …
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Tuesday, October 9 (6 pm supper) to Thursday, October 11 (1 pm) We live in the 21st century, a time when scientific discoveries have given us a “new story” of the Universe. In this retreat, Michael Morwood will lead us in an exploration of the implications of this “new story” on our understanding of God, …
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$350.00 Brian McLaren is the elder statesman in a movement called the “emerging church.” He is a bridge builder and gifted teacher connecting what separates us from God and one another, while introducing us to the hope that something is trying to be born both in and among us. Suzanne Stabile is a retreat director, …
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