Kootenay School of Ministry   June 3 – 6, 2016  –  Ethics (P105)   P 105 Ethics This course seeks to cultivate an awareness of contemporary social issues and a desire to wrestle with them. Topics will include: ethical theories, the challenge of change, skills for theological and pastoral reflection on ethical issues, and …
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Canadian Foodgrains Bank 2016 food security learning tour Are you a teacher, educator, or someone who works with youth? Join us in Nicaragua this summer! We’re inviting applications for our food security learning tour to Nicaragua designed specifically for educators. Tour participants will visit Foodgrains Bank projects, engage with small-scale farmers, expand their knowledge and …
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THE 27TH ANNUAL CANADIAN BIOETHICS SOCIETY CONFERENCE   MAY 25 – 28, 2016 | MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN EATON CENTRE HOTEL   Theme The theme of the 2016 Canadian Bioethics Conference is Achieving Better Health: The Role of Bioethics Education, Engagement and Exploration. Presenters and participants are invited to contemplate a broad canvas of ethical concerns associated …
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War in Faith and Film Is it possible for disciples of Jesus Christ to participate in or approve of war? If so, under what circumstances? Those are the central questions with which this course will wrestle. It will approach these questions through the lens of contemporary films—both fictional and non-fictional—that portray key aspects of war, …
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War in Faith and Film Is it possible for disciples of Jesus Christ to participate in or approve of war? If so, under what circumstances? Those are the central questions with which this course will wrestle. It will approach these questions through the lens of contemporary films—both fictional and non-fictional—that portray key aspects of war, …
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June 3 – 6, 2016  –  Ethics (P105) Instructor: Dr. Travis O’Brian St. Andrew’s Church, Kelowna, BC

Sunday, July 24 – Saturday, July 30, 2016 Sharing Bread (Three) A Food Security and Health Learning Exchange with Suzanne Rumsey and a second PWRDF staff member   In a world that produces enough food to feed everyone – more than enough to include leftovers – 1 in 9 people don’t have enough to eat, …
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Laudato Si – On Care for Our Common Home 18th July – 19th July 2016 ‘The Earth herself… is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor.’ Pope Francis’s second encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ was typically forthright and challenging about the dangers of our indifference to this planet and is an appeal for a dialogue …
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The Sexual Revolution and the Revolution of Sexuality 13th June – 14th June 2016 Human sexuality is seen as a matter of respect for human dignity and of individual choice as long as those choices do not harm others. But what should inform decisions about sexual relations and, most fundamentally, what has sex to do …
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Senior High Earth Initiative: Climate Justice Workshop ID: G16S632 Dates: June 19, 2016 – June 25, 2016 Price: $395.00 Youth care about our Earth and Faith, too! Youth who have an interest and passion in integrating care for the earth with their faith are encouraged to attend with an adult or another youth attending the …
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