Workshop ID: G14S341 Dates: March 24, 2014 – March 28, 2014 Price: $300.00 It’s hard to imagine being a steward of the faith story unless one is willing to be a steward of one’s own story. That’s the assumption of this provocative seminar designed to encourage ministers to mine their own experience as a way …
View course details “The Power Of Narrative In Clergy Leadership”
Church for Every Context Plans for Vital Church Planting 2014 are advancing well. The conference will run from January 30th-February 1st, 2014, at St. Paul`s, Bloor Street, in downtown Toronto. Speakers are Mike Moynagh & Joe Manafo Read their bios here. Registration opens later this month! Conference website VCP 2014 Facebook page
Vigil for Planet Earth For those in the Toronto area, a vigil for the earth with attention to water and First Nations concerns: Vigil Planet Earth lament l thanksgiving l prophetic action With Bishop Mark MacDonald National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Sponsored by The Church of the Holy Trinity; Creation Matters: Diocesan Environment Working Group; …
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This seminar, co-organized with the Income Monitoring and Development colleagues, aims to give staff of specialized ministries orientation about the ecumenical movement and to provide a possibility for ecumenical encounter with the WCC and other ecumenical organizations. The significance of the seminar is that it gives to new staff in specialized ministries the opportunity …
View course details “Ecumenical Formation for Specialized Ministries”
In the past decades the presence of migrant churches has profoundly changed the ecumenical landscape. However, the significance of this change for the ecumenical fellowship of local churches in neighbourhoods with ethnic minority churches has not yet been sufficiently explored. The seminar is intended as an evaluative analysis of the different formation initiatives churches …
View course details “Evaluating Ecumenical Formation for Migrant Church Leaders”
This three week residential course is designed to enable participants to encounter each other in mutual respect, to learn together, and to challenge and overcome stereotypes. While fully respecting and affirming each particular faith identity, the overall question to be explored is: What can we, as people of faith, do to respond and to …
View course details “Building an Interfaith Community”
Creation is endangered. If there is any evidence in the past decades that has influenced public awareness, it is the common responsibility of the world community to reflect upon and act in response to the ecological crisis. The seminar will seek to map the different efforts and initiatives in making the link between ecology, …
View course details “Green Churches: Ecology, Theology and Justice in Practice”
The ecumenical call to participate in a pilgrimage towards justice and peace will constitute an important milestone for the ecumenical fellowship after the WCC 10 th assembly in Busan. All churches are invited to reflect on how their own contexts are marked by experiences and structures of injustice and destructive conflict. By engaging the …
View course details “Women’s Pilgrimage Towards Justice and Peace”
(L.I.F.E.) LEARNING FOR INTERNATIONAL FAITH ENGAGEMENT SEMINARS (formerly “Mission Trip Leaders’ Seminars”): Spring Seminar (Tatamagouche, NS) Register April 5-6, 2014 Registration deadline March 10, 2014 $480
DUIM: DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING FOR INTERCULTURAL MINISTRY Participants are strongly encouraged to carefully read the full DUIM program description before registering. Participants requiring overnight accommodation are to make own arrangements. DUIM Suggested Accommodation Spring 2014 DUIM (Centre for Christian Studies, Winnipeg) Register June 23-28, 2014 Registration deadline May 26, 2014 Cost $995