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“I don’t really know anyone else our age who’s into religion.”
Posted on: 04/27/2011 11:58
I’m a bit of an odd person, or at least that’s how it seems to me.
I dread going on dates, to be honest, when the inevitable question will come up of “so what are you going to school for” to which I have to say “I’m hoping to become a pastor” or “I’m working towards becoming a minister” or something like that.
Cue the puzzled look.
I’ve received all sorts of responses, but they tend to fall around a theme: “I don’t reall
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Rendez-vous 2011 prepatory resources
Posted on: 04/11/2011 15:02
Here is a list of the prepatory activity themes that you can find on the Rendez-vous 2011 website, under the Resources tab:
- Gathering Community, Discovering Multiculturalism
- Go Big and Go Home!
- Caring for Ourselves, Caring for Our Church, Caring for Creation
- Pondering Pilgrimages
Start your journey toward Rendez-vous 2011 today!
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Go Big and Go Home: Rendez-vous 2011
Posted on: 04/07/2011 11:36
The Design Team and Local Arrangements Team are getting ready to welcome YOU to Rendez-vous 2011 coming up August 11-14 at Emmanuel College and Koerner Hall in Toronto.
We have a great line-up of speakers: Shane Claiborne, Trey Anthony, Rodger Nishioka, and our very own Mardi Tindal!
We have a great line-up of musicians: rEvolve, Rick Gunn, Karla Adolphe, Abbey North Drummers!
We have workshops by some great United Church leaders as well as ecumenical friends too numerous to list here!
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Another Youth Conference?? *moan*
Posted on: 09/15/2010 13:20
Why, in the midst of shrinking budgets, concern with direction, concern with leadership, concern with our ethos... why are we planning a big mega-conference for 1000 participants? Why are we tying up so much of our resources, using every last volunteer we can think of, bringing in big name speakers, renting an expensive concert hall?
Of course, these are the kinds of questions we've been asked a lot over the last year. "Why plan for 1000 people? That'll never happen, you should aim for 500..."
That's one of my favourites.
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