If you are in Vancouver on Tuesday September 13, or Victoria on Thursday September 15, you are warmly invited to Janet Gear’s book launch & author reading!

Navigating Landscapes of Living Faith

a by-line, a spiritual practice, an Invitation

Join Janet Gear to celebrate the release of her refreshing and empowering book, ‘Undivided Love Navigating Landscapes of Living Faith’.

Hear passages read by Janet, engage in discussion, and (re)discover gifts from the Theological Banquet video series - an accessible, inspiring resource that helps us to foster language, identity, and understanding within our multi-dimensional, United Church communities!

Your Hosts

Broad View United Church in the Cadboro Bay neighbourhood of Greater Victoria and St Andrew’s-Wesley United Church in downtown Vancouver are each hosting a book launch for ‘Undivided Love’! Join them!

Whether attending on Tuesday September 13 at St. Andrew’s-Wesley or Thursday September 15 at Broad View United, you can expect a comfortable, informal setting with wheel chair access, a reading from by Janet Gear, light refreshments and engaging conversation!

We love these words from Janet’s publisher, Friesen Press:

Undivided Love is a book about faith: how it is expressed and what it communicates. Janet Gear offers readers a sympathetic way to interpret the belief-inspired actions of those around them without assuming homogeneous understandings of God, the church, and our place in the world. Recognizing the pastoral and strategic challenges provoked by conflicting understandings of what the church is for, Gear guides leaders in the artistry of handling shadows and strengths coexisting across five streams of lived faith: evangelical, ecclesial, missional, ecumenical, and spiritual.

Ultimately, Undivided Love empowers congregations to navigate the terrain of theological diversity shared by their community of faith, to nurture its various longings and receive its unique gifts, and to ultimately address the deeper question: What are we called to do?

Supporting United Church Author, Janet Gear

If you’re not able to attend one of the in-person book launches and want a copy of ‘Undivided Love’, you can get your hands on Janet’s book at one of the links below:

• Buy Janet’s book from LeaderSHIFT - signed copies, and shipping included!

• Buy Janet’s book from her publisher - Friesen Press

• Buy Janet’s book from the United Church Bookstore - UCRD