Monday, October 24, 9:45 a.m.–4 p.m. EDT, In-Person, Emmanuel College Chapel (third floor). Workshop Leader: Anne Simmonds Workshop Fee $95 early bird (paid by July 15) $115 regular Coffee/tea and lunch included. About the Workshop The pandemic caused many to feel a vague sense of loss and grief that is perhaps unfamiliar and surprising. This workshop will be an opportunity to process and reflect on aspects of change, loss, and grief. We will sharpen our skills in creating space to attend to...
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The Centre for Religion and Its Contexts at Emmanuel College and Shining Waters Regional Council are pleased to host the second "Rethinking Preaching' Conference with this year's theme, “Intercultural Preaching.” The challenge of intercultural preaching in the midst of social crises defined by racism, colonialism, and ecological crisis has gripped preachers in all parts of the world. What’s more, online worship and the use of technology are on the rise and have contributed to cultural shifts...
This year’s season of song will be remote but relevant. Choirs across the region are offering the gift of gorgeous music—virtual and pre-recorded—as a healing balm in these hurting times.
As of Monday, November 28th, the Province of Ontario mandates that Toronto and Peel public health regions will move into grey/lockdown measures.
When news of the coronavirus first began to spread in Canada, Chinese Canadian restaurants and businesses quickly took a devastating hit. Once crowded restaurants were nearly empty. Other Asian restaurants and businesses that were neither Chinese owned nor operated were also shunned and targeted with racist graffiti and vandalism. “Chinese”- identified and “Chinese looking” people were publicly blamed for the growing pandemic and the downturn of the global economy.