Classes For Seminary Credit:   “Christ, Culture and Mission in Appalachia:  Immersion Seminar”   April 27-May 12, 2015    Hosted by Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA,  and sponsored by AMERC This is a 17-day immersion into the North Carolina Cherokee Nation and the coal-producing and agricultural counties of southeast Kentucky.  The residential bases will be Cherokee, …
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  New Testament (NT) NT 2050.CR01: Paul in the 21st Century Dr. Lawrence Wills January 5 – January 16, 2015 Monday to Friday, 2:00-4:00PM Sherrill Library, Room 250 3 Credits This course will introduce Paul’s theology in three steps. First, we will read parts of 1 Corinthians, Galatians, and Romans to try to understand Paul …
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  Leadership Institute   Date: March 9-11, 2015, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 9, and ending at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11. Leader: John Roberto Event location: Union Presbyterian Seminary: Paisley Hall, 1204 Palmyra Avenue, Richmond, VA 23227 Registration: $195 ($150 for those who register by February 6). Includes lunch on Tuesday, …
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  Dec 4 – Dec 6, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $375.00 Building on the learnings of the Ubuntu Women program over the past 3 years, the Ubuntu Men program brings men of African descent together in community to explore the principles, values, beliefs, traditions, and cultural practices that have been passed …
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      Nov 27 – Nov 29, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $176.50 If you are interested in issues that affect Latin America and the Caribbean, this is the gathering for you. Activists and interested participants from around the Maritimes gather to meet, network, plan and strategize on issues in these regions …
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  Oct 23 – Oct 25, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $440.00 This workshop will bring consciousness to the subtle ways through which cultures shape our world views and manifest in our relationships and attitude toward difference as it relates to power and privilege, inclusion and exclusion and diversity and cultural competency. …
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  Jun 15 – Jun 18, 2015 Mon 10:00 AM – Thu 4:00 PM $735.00 “Arrivals was just what I needed. There was so much “space” within the frame you set for us that it was really easy to go to the core of the individual needs I felt. You built the workshop in a …
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    Jun 12 – Jun 14, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $176.50 Join the BTS Network for its annual AGM; hear from long-time Guatemalan partners, learn about BTS’s work today and in the future. Families Welcome! Children’s Programming available! Bursaries available! Program Cost: $176.50 To register please contact [email protected] Leadership: BTS Coordinators …
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  Jun 11 – Jun 12, 2015 Thu 10:00 AM – Fri 4:00 PM $450.00 Explore how the systemic effects of colonization that create and perpetuate poverty, racism and violence can be countered through the meaningful inclusion of Indigenous knowledge, values, language and community participation. Through the use of popular education strategies, community-based methods of …
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   Apr 10 – Apr 12, 2015 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $425.00 When asked what is at the heart of the peacemaking communities of L’Arche, founder Jean Vanier has said that the essence is “the weak touching the weak”. Fragility, weakness, and vulnerability, seen as obstacles to be overcome in mainstream society, …
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