Nov 12 – Nov 14, 2014 Wed 10:00 AM – Fri 3:00 PM $290.00     This program is intended for those offering care and outreach to isolated seniors (e.g. pastoral care providers, elders, community visitor programs).   Time will be spent in sharing experiences, in learning first-hand (via video-recorded “first voice” interviews) about the …
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  Jun 13 – Jun 14, 2014 Fri 7:00 PM – Sat 4:00 PM $230.00     As people grow older and the end of life approaches, there are many decisions to be made. When is it time for a person to stop driving? What about moving from one’s home to an assisted-living facility? How …
View course details “Difficult Conversations: Transitions, Endings & New Beginnings 2014”

   Feb 6 – Feb 7, 2014 Thu 10:00 AM – Fri 4:30 PM $250.00 “Whom shall I fear . . . of whom shall I be afraid.” – Ps. 27The lament is the most common prayer form in the bible, yet it is largely unfamiliar in our day. Lamentation allows us to share the …
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  AMI-Quebec (Action on mental illness)   2013 Edith and John Hans Low-Beer Memorial lecture    “I am not sick, I don’t need help!”   Xavier Amador, PhD Clinical Psycholgist, Founder of the LEAP Institute   Thursday, November 7. 2013 7:00 pm Free Admission Oscar Peterson Concert Hall 7141, rue Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC   …
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    For more information about our Winter Workshops, please contact   Winter WORKSHOPS January 9 – 11, 2014 “Circle of Life:  Suicide & Spirituality” DoubleTree by Hilton Phoenix – Tempe (formerly Fiesta Resort and Conference Center) – Tempe, Arizona Thursday 3-6pm – Registration/Check-in Thursday 6-8:30pm – Dinneer and Opening Worship Friday 9am-12pm – Session …
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  Tuesday, February 4 – Friday, Feb 7 Led by The Rev’d Martin Smith This workshop offers intensive, practical training in this rewarding ministry through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, in the Anglican pastoral tradition. Drawing on forty years of experience as a confessor and clergy mentor, Martin Smith has recently co-authored Go in Peace: the …
View course details “Clergy Workshop: The Art of Hearing Confessions”

  Kootenay School of Ministry   Issues in Death and Dying (O 104 002)  August 22-25, 2014  St. Andrew’s, Kelowna Instructor: Dr. Lynda Phillips

  September 23-26, 2013 School of Christian Vocation and Mission Princeton Theological Seminary Overview A partnership program between Volunteers of America and the School of Christian Vocation and Mission, the Seminar on Pastoral and Social Leadership will provide clergy engaged in social ministries with a space for reflection and formation on the biblical, theological and …
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  Seminar on Pastoral and Social Leadership September 23-26, 2013 School of Christian Vocation and Mission Princeton Theological Seminary Overview A partnership program between Volunteers of America and the School of Christian Vocation and Mission, the Seminar on Pastoral and Social Leadership will provide clergy engaged in social ministries with a space for reflection and …
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  2013 Societas Liturgica Congress   Würzburg,  Germany   Theme: ‘Liturgical Reforms in the Churches’   August 5 – 10, 2013   For more information please visit the website.