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We are hiring an Executive Minister : Antler River Watershed/Horseshoe Falls/Western Ontario Regional Councils
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Collaborative Ministry Workshop
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Antler River Watershed Fall Regional Council Meeting:
Climate Grief: Hard and Holy
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Support/Reflection/Prayer Gathering
Make connection with others who are experiencing climate grief
and/or struggling to discern way forward
….while using theological reflection and spiritual practice to ground and support this ‘Hard and Holy work’.
Dates/Times and Locations
Join us, as explore climate grief, acknowledging experiences, making connections with others, and as companions journeying forward.
We will include theological reflection and spiritual practice to ground and support this
‘hard and holy’ work.
Mount Elgin United Church (324105 Mt Elgin Rd, Mount Elgin, ON N0J 1N0)
Wednesday, September 27 @6:30-8:30 POSTPONED
Fairmont United Church, London (29 Tweedsmuir Ave, London, ON N5W 1K6)
Monday, October 23 @6:00-8:00
To register and for details:
Contact – Kathy Douglas, (she/her) Faith Formation Minister
Note: Registration is required as we will be serving food.
519-441-0656
kdouglas@united-church.ca
If your community of faith would like to host such a gathering, please contact Kdouglas@united-church.ca
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Antler River Watershed, Horseshoe Falls, Western Ontario Waterways Regional Councils
Fishbowl – Cross Generational Discussion
Youth and Non-Youth Fishbowl Gathering
Regional Councils of ARW, HF and WOW in partnership with The Hub and Trinity UC Kitchener-
Tuesday Sept 26, 2023, evening
Background: Post-COVID, Youth leaders struggle to put together groups. A message often heard from youth in the church is that what’s being offered doesn’t work for them. Being an intercultural church includes finding ways to bridge communication between different age groups/generations.
Goal– To offer a forum that brings together youth and non-youth in the church– a forum that allows the two groups to hear one another and be heard by one another, and to consider what might be the Spirit’s invitation to the church for youth ministry at this time.
FISHBOWL PROCESS:
Eight Youth (teens to twenty-somethings) and eight Non-Youth (40s-90+) from WOW, HF and ARW Regional Councils will gather via Zoom.
- Discussion questions will invite each to share and listen to experiences of their own youth faith formation, and hopes and challenges for youth ministry then and now.
- On each question, using the Zoom spotlight feature to focus on one group of eight:
- Youth will invite one another to share, while the Non-Youth listen.
- Places will be switched, and the Non-Youth will invite one another to share while the Youth listen.
- For some questions, the order might be reversed, with Non-Youth sharing first
- After several rounds of sharing in separate groups, Youth and Non-Youth will have an opportunity to reflect together as one group.
Each group will be invited to reflect on what they have heard and consider possible next steps.
Participants will be given questions for reflection and feedback, to be submitted in writing following the session.
This is a cross-cultural listening event, and a pilot project. This session will not focus on problem solving or planning. The focus of this event is to listen and learn about one another as a first step of re-visioning youth ministry in ARW, HF and WOW in this post-pandemic time.
An HONORARIUM of $105 is available for participants who are not otherwise paid for their time in this discussion.
To apply, complete the Application Form :
https://forms.office.com/r/3qf3JJtxt6
Application deadline Sept 12, 2023
For more information contact:
Thérèse Samuel tsamuel@united-church.ca
Kathy Douglas kdouglas@united-church.ca
Adam Cresswell – hubleadership@gmail.com
Bethany Herlihey- bethanyherlihey@gmail.com
