Price: $395.00 Date: May 16, 2014 Matthew Fox and Adam Bucko May 14-16, 2014  We are currently feeling the need for a spirituality that no longer hides our contemplatives in comfortable monasteries, but instead recognizes that we are all called to be mystics and prophets at once. This new spirituality integrates contemplation with activism …
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  Price: $325.00 Date: March 28, 2014 Gordon Oyer March 28-30, 2014 Fifty years ago a handful of peace advocates (including Kirkridge founder John O. Nelson) gath-ered with the contemplative monk and writer Thomas Merton to discuss the “spiritual roots” that nurtured their calling and shaped their actions. Over the last years, Gordon Oyer has …
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  Who:  Any Canadian adult with an interest in hunger and food security can apply. Participants will be selected by application. People who already support the Foodgrains Bank are encouraged to apply. When: beginning last week of January 2014 (16-18 days) Cost: $5800-6200 per person (estimated). Click here to download an application form. Topics/themes: food …
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  Institute for Faith and Public Life September 26-28, 2013 School of Christian Vocation and Mission at Princeton Theological Seminary Overview The 2013 Institute for Faith and Public Life (IFPL) will engage leaders of Christian congregations and other Christian institutions of social services in vocational discernment and theological grounding regarding God’s call to a public …
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  Conference on human trafficking   The Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada is hosting a national women’s gathering on human trafficking, June 21 to 23, 2013, at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg. Speakers include MP Joy Smith, a leading voice in the anti-trafficking movement, and Dianna Bussey, chair of the Salvation Army Territorial Anti-Human Trafficking Network …
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    Moving Toward Wholeness   “Moving Toward Wholeness” is a daylong workshop to be hosted by the Church Council on Justice and Corrections during National Victims of Crime Awareness Week (April 24, 2013).     Through a keynote talk by  Wilma Derksen, presentations by specialists, and group discussions, we will explore the preparations necessary for restorative processes.  …
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  Learn more about the 2013 Canadian School of Peacebuilding People come to the Canadian School of Peacebuilding for many different reasons – a curiosity about peacebuilding, the chance to study with a particular peacebuilding master, to connect with others who share a passion for peace, to gain skills in dealing with conflict at work, …
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  No Time for Ordinary Price: $365.00   Jan Phillips May 17-19, 2013 Many momentous things have happened to you in your life and each one of them is grist for your creative mill. Each one has provided you with the raw materials to create a life that is meaningful, joyful, and spirit-fueled. This workshop …
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  July 28 – August 3, 2013 – Six Weeks of Summer: Week 5 Learning a New Landscape: Ministry in the Meantime with Michael Thompson: What does the “new landscape” of the church look like? We will explore what we have lost, what we fear, and what some among us are beginning to discover in …
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  Sunday, May 5 – Saturday, May 11, 2013   Associates’ Work/Study Week: Joining the Song of Global Justice with John Bell   Singing is an incredibly important activity, not least because it shapes what we believe. This is more true of the music of the church than of many other types of singing. What …
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