Grief moves and changes like the seasons. Come and explore grief through the seasons of loss, change, growth and renewal. This retreat is for people experiencing loss through death/separation/divorce/lost relationships and life changes. An opportunity to examine your loss by using the seasons as a metaphor to discover the personal impacts of loss and grief. …
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This pilgrimage is a prayerful journey on the footsteps of St Paul in the City of Rome where he came to share the gospel and his life for his brothers and sisters in Christ. During three days we will follow and reexperience Paul’s mission in Rome, by visiting sites related to his Jewish faith, the …
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Decolonization, the role and responsibility of our various churches, working toward truth, reconciliation, right relations, justice, healing Part conference, part seminar, our gathering is built on our desire to have a conversation together about moving forward in a decolonizing mode towards truth, reconciliation, right relationships, justice, and healing. We begin with ritual, a tipi teaching, …
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This event highlights the experiences of Indigenous followers of Jesus in the ecumenical movement and offers workshops on ecumenical topics. Organized by The Canadian Council of Churches, in partnership with The Prairie Centre for Ecumenism and The Canadian Centre for Ecumenism. About this event: Canadian Forum on Inter-Church Dialogues is an important triennial event in …
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“Even though I am ill, I will not live like a sick person.” Dr. Jinroh Itami (This mantra is not about denial of illness and its related side effects. Rather it is reminding us not to allow our illness to dominate our entire life.) Join Trudy Boyle for this new program offered in partnership with Naramata …
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This workshop, uses the two lenses of conflict drivers and conflict paradoxes, and considers seemingly intractable conflicts and their transformation. Questions for consideration include the nature of intractability, de-escalation strategies, transforming intractable conflicts and engaging emotions. This workshop builds on Understanding Conflict: Foundations. It is highly interactive, insightful, engaging and critical for all those who wish to …
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This workshop, uses the two lenses of conflict drivers and conflict paradoxes, and considers seemingly intractable conflicts and their transformation. Questions for consideration include the nature of intractability, de-escalation strategies, transforming intractable conflicts and engaging emotions. This workshop builds on Understanding Conflict: Foundations. It is highly interactive, insightful, engaging and critical for all those who wish to …
View course details “Understanding Conflict – Advanced”
This workshop, uses the two lenses of conflict drivers and conflict paradoxes, and considers seemingly intractable conflicts and their transformation. Questions for consideration include the nature of intractability, de-escalation strategies, transforming intractable conflicts and engaging emotions. This workshop builds on Understanding Conflict: Foundations. It is highly interactive, insightful, engaging and critical for all those who wish to …
View course details “Understanding Conflict – Advanced”
There is no greater satisfaction than to see another person flourish and to know that one’s presence has helped a person come to this place. While conflict can cause people to struggle, a conflict coach partners with those in a conflict, empowering them to be at their best, to engage their conflict well and to …
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This highly interactive and educational workshop invites you to consider the building blocks that create conflict and those that assist or detract in conflict’s resolution. The workshop includes reflection, conversation, and exercises as conflicts are studied and models for addressing conflicts are considered. Significant time will be given to skill building for effective speaking and …
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