Dates: Oct 20, 2014 – Oct 25, 2014 Instructor(s): Rafaat Girgis, Robert Chesnut Price: $360.00 Workshop ID: G14S1041E How do we mainline Protestants break out of our traditional ghettos of race and class? How do we nurture visionary, transformational leader- ship to draw in younger generations, spiritual seekers, different eth- nicities, nationalities, …
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Dates: Oct 20, 2014 – Oct 25, 2014 Instructor(s): John Hayden, Nahum Ward-Lev Price: $365.00 Workshop ID: G13S1034 We will hike in the beautiful regions in and around Ghost Ranch and study journey stories in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures as a means of exploring the metaphor of journey and wilderness in our own …
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Workshop ID: G14S342 Dates: March 24, 2014 – March 28, 2014 Price: $300.00 Sabbath keeping is extinct among most 21st-Century Christians, lay leaders and pastors. In an age where we are bombarded with information, Sabbath can feed our impoverished souls and teach us to lead from our Source instead of culture. Come explore practices …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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”
