a spiritual gathering for land based learning Gather with Indigenous and settler allies to reclaim the homegrown, the homespoken, the homebred, and the homemade: Learn drum songs. Make jam, soap, sausage and more. Bead a medicine pouch. Meet old friends, make new friends. And more! Our week together will include hands-on learning about growing, harvesting …
View course details “Mamawe Ota Askihk – Sharing Life Together Here on Earth”
Vancouver School of Theology Attend in person or via Zoom Access recordings through June 30 The creative visual, musical, literary, and performing arts help shape ideas and beliefs. Sometimes, art can communicate more quickly, powerfully, and universally than words can. Within spiritual traditions, arts express stories, attitudes, and emotions. Teachers use arts to introduce their …
View course details “Sacred Arts in a Pluralistic Society: An Inter-Religious Conference”
…a powerful event, in partnership with LeaderSHIFT, the Pacific Mountain Region Council Justice Ministry Network, the Vancouver School of Theology, and you. Anti-Racism Work & Action Leadership Conference is an offering of Chinook Winds & Pacific Mountain Regional Councils First Third Ministry, of The United Church of Canada. First Third Ministry’s mission is to support …
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One Conference is an opportunity for Canadian Church Leaders to gather together to experience a spiritual refreshing, gain renewed focus, and be effectively equipped to lead the church. With wholehearted worship, powerful keynotes, and thoughtful breakout sessions, our goal and commitment to you is that you’ll leave One Conference with a renewed sense of optimism …
View course details “2024 One Conference: unify. serve. equip. empower.”
An application-based seminar on insights for pastoral and worship ministries In this week-long seminar, we will form a multi-cultural group of pastors, teachers, professors, and non-profit organization leaders to learn from the poignant and prophetic autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Howard Thurman, and Ida B. Wells. We will pay particular attention to the implications of their …
View course details “2024 African American Religious Autobiography Seminar”
An application-based seminar on faithful ministry to, with, and by people with intellectual/developmental disabilities Churches are incomplete without the presence, gifts, and friendship of people with disabilities. Yet many congregations still struggle to gather and worship in ways that welcome these indispensable members. How can our churches become communities of belonging for children and adults …
View course details “Flourishing Together: Becoming an Accessible and Welcoming Church”
An application-based seminar on covenant epistemology in worship, life, and leadership What does the philosophy of knowledge have to do with leadership and life? This week-long seminar, directed by Esther Lightcap Meek, offers a restorative philosophical vision that enhances worship and pastoral ministry and can be applied to any walk of life. Covenant epistemology is …
View course details “Loving to Know: Attuning Your Philosophy to Enhance Your Ministry”
The Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency Course is an innovative eight-day intensive course, designed for diocesan staff, clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians to gain practical knowledge and cultural competency for Latino/Hispanic ministry. All courses are conducted in English. Registration includes: Program tuition. Hotel and meals for all participants in Atlanta (nights of August 9 to 11) …
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We gather together to connect. In our interwoven online world – we sit still for long periods. Our bodies are meant to move, to connect; face to face, eye to eye, and heart to heart. Perhaps that is where we can find our true selves. A poet, dancer, and visual artist, Karen Gummo has been performing …
View course details “The Dance of Truth; Family Storytelling”
The medicine wheel is a symbol of the universe and teaches us about reality and how all things are connected. It guides us through a wholistic understanding of our connectedness; for the gifts humanity has been given which are rooted in our ancient world cultures. There is a resurgence and need for Medicine Wheel teachings …
View course details “The Sacred Circle Part 2: Studies in the Medicine Wheel”
