We now all know – except those who are strenuously doing their best to deny it – that the Earth is in grave danger. The conditions for human life, even the conditions for life itself, are severely threatened. There have been previous radical shifts of climate as well as catastrophic mass extinctions across the almost …
View course details “Contemplating Earth With Jim Green”

Phil Barnett will host an online meditation retreat day on Saturday, November 13 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. using Zoom. (Gathering at 9:45 a.m.) It will follow the usual pattern of meditation, viewing a video, followed by discussion in breakout rooms for those who would like to talk with other participants. There will then …
View course details “Online Retreat Day with Phil Barnett”

Learn to embrace unexpected, holy moments in your day-to-day life. Through audio teaching, poetry, art, music, guided meditation, reflection questions and invitations into silence, Ann Kulp invites you into intentional quiet space to help you learn to notice and embrace unexpected, holy moments that happen each day. Leader Ann Kulp was an associate staff member with …
View course details “Holy Interruptions Quiet Day”

Hello amazing Youth Leaders! I’m happy to announce that Stronger Together will be held virtually again this year! It was great to host you all last year that we figured, we should do it again! One COVID blessing has been having this online and being able to open it up to all youth leaders. I …
View course details “Stronger Together: It’s about now Conference from CLAY”

Facilitator: Kathie MacDuff Register for either day or both! While one builds on the next, each can be taken as a standalone class. Supplies are listed but PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE anything new…there are always alternatives and we can discuss these during the classes.   Creative Journaling on Zoom:  Moment to moment “Life is measured …
View course details “Creative Journaling with Kathie McDuff”

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The RESTORE conference will be looking at an understanding of God gleaned from Scripture which shapes our call as Christians – the work of God in restoring humanity taken up by the church.  During the two day conference we will be covering such things as the solicitude of God and how this is to be …
View course details “Restore Conference, by Renovaré Canada”

This event is brought to you by the TryTank Experimental Lab in the department of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary What is the church of the future? Will church—as we know it—even exist? Author and noted futurist Bob Johansen, a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future, will join a small audience from around the church to …
View course details “Faith in the Future Talks”

In order to deliver content to better meet expectations, we are offering two workshops. Mental Health and Conflict Introduction and Mental Health and Conflict Advanced.  See workshop descriptions below for more details: MENTAL HEALTH AND CONFLICT: INTRODUCTION Instructor: Marg Van Herk-Paradis As we gain a greater awareness of and recognize the impact mental health challenges have in …
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To which biblical passages do we turn when we are hurting and angry? What do judgment, mercy and forgiveness mean when the Body of Christ is torn by conflict? This workshop assumes that the Bible is a critical conversation partner when we experience conflict in our congregation. As a group, participants will be invited to wrestle theologically and biblically toward a …
View course details “Forming Peaceable Congregations: A Biblical Perspective”