KAIROS Prairies North invites you to its annual gathering on November 20, Unpacking Settler Colonialism and Relationship to Land and Water. Friends, teachers, and co-conspirators Stan MacKay and Bob Haverluck will work with teachings and art to help us on the long inner and outer journeys of decolonizing and challenging settler colonialism. Elder Stan is from Fisher River Cree Nation …
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Kairos Fall 2021 Regional Gathering–Great Lakes, St. Lawrence
KAIROS Great Lakes St. Lawrence presents its biennial conference, entitled Furthering Reconciliation, on Zoom. Hosted by KAIROS Durham, the conference will be held November 6 and 7, 12:30 – 4 pm. All are welcome!
Abundance in the Midst of Challenge–Retreat
November 5-7, 2021 with the Rev. Canon Karen Montagno “Where do we go from here? Chaos or community?” It’s a question the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King posed in the late 1960s to society in a time of seeming chaos, challenge, and change, and it resonates in these times. Explore this question with the Rev. …
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Programs at Restoring Connections
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Spirituality, Christian Identity and Leadership: The Worldview of Desmond Tutu
The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle, Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center at The General Theological Seminary, joins the Trinity Community for a three-week series based on his new book, Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Autobiography of South Africa’s Confessor. Register for this series, and ask for a free copy …
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Truth and Reconciliation Week
This year, Every Child Matters is growing from a single day to a full week of Truth and Reconciliation programming. About this event This year, we’re proud to announce that Every Child Matters is growing from a single day to a full week of Truth and Reconciliation programming. Last year’s unprecedented online event was attended …
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Connecting with Indigenous Knowledge
The Venerable Val Kerr and Janice Whiteley Through prayer, creativity, and reflection participants will be encouraged to be innovative partners on the creative edge of where the Spirit of God is recreating the church and what it means to be a “Missional Church” while keeping the history of Indigenous Peoples in mind. The history of …
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Practicing the Inner Work of Racial Justice
Whether confronting the legacy of historical white supremacy or exploring the effects of wage and wealth inequality, we are challenged to explore our social identities and related attachments in this time. And we are invited to turn toward and take up our part of the work of minimizing socially created surplus suffering. How might our …
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Master Class on Canadian Indigenous Realities and the Canadian Church with Ray Aldred
Course Description The Residential School tragedy highlights the need for senior church leaders to examine the Church’s prevailing Indigenous perspectives and practices. This course aims at helping build a healthy respect for Indigenous identity as “other”, neither vilifying or idealizing, but seeking to become an ally. Throughout this six-class course, you’ll explore the topics of …
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2021 Convocation and Pastors’ School
The annual Convocation & Pastors’ School is a conference that offers lectures, worship, and seminars for Christian leaders of all traditions. Led by scholars and practitioners from Duke University and beyond, this event is a cooperative endeavor with the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences of the United Methodist Church, The Duke Endowment, and …
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