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New Wine: Western Intercultural Gathering online

October 9, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

FREE

New Wine: Western Intercultural Gathering online this fall with Eric Law and Tony Snow

We can’t gather in Calgary as planned, but we can come together online, even bigger than before! Join us for part 2 of last year’s cross-Canada gathering of people committed to the United Church’s intercultural vision. Rev. Dr. Eric Law and Tony Snow will be our lead resource people.

When: Fridays on September 25, October 2, and October 9, 2020.

Cost: FREE. Thank you to the Regional Councils who support our network through their budgets, and to the people of the United Church of Canada, who support this ministry through your Mission and Service givings.

Full information: https://bit.ly/2CqFRjt
Sessions are free but registration is still required; please click here.
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The sessions will begin at 9:00 AM Pacific; 10:00AM in AB; 11:00AM in MB and NW Ontario; noon in ON and QC; 1:00PM in the Maritimes and 1:30 in NL.  
These will be three hour sessions, with presentations and small group discussion. Tools for talking with your ministry or others between sessions will be offered.

Our lead resource people

Rev. Dr. Eric H. F. Law is the founder and executive director of the Kaleidoscope Institute, which provides resources to equip church leaders to create diverse and sustainable communities.  He has been a consultant and trainer for over 25 years, working with the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, United Methodist, Presbyterian, American Baptist, United Church of Christ and Lutheran churches in the United States, Canada, Asia, Australia and Europe.  He is the author of over 10 books including Finding Intimacy in a World of Fear, Holy Currencies, Drawing on Holy Currencies, The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb (also available in Spanish), and Inclusion: Making Room for Grace.

He is an Episcopal priest, a composer of church music, a photographer and a playwright.  He writes a weekly blog called The Sustainist: Spirituality for Sustainable Communities in a Networked World.   http://ehflaw.typepad.come/blog/

Tony Snow is a member of Treaty #7 from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation in Morley. He is a direct descendent of Treaty signers from his Nation, and his father, the late Rev. Dr. Chief John Snow Sr., was the first ordained Indigenous minister in the United Church in Alberta. Tony Snow is an Indigenous theologian, scholar, and writer, with expertise in Indigenous governance, management, and consultation. He was raised with both Christian and Indigenous traditional teachings and is currently studying ministry in both. Tony is the Indigenous Lead for the Chinook Winds Region of the United Church and the Indigenous Lead for Hillhurst United Church in Calgary.

Details

Date:
October 9, 2020
Time:
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Series:
Cost:
FREE
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Website:
https://bit.ly/2CqFRjt

Venue

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Prairie to Pine Regional Council