all Ye Attending Leading Through Conflict this Weekend … Important Intel To Know

Hello dear all who are coming to keep learning about Leading Through Conflict, this coming weekend!

Here are some important details about our time together.

  1. This event is held from the Mountain Time Zone for Online and In-Person Attendees alike.

  2. Our times together are Friday, October 27 from 7-9pm Mountain (6–9pm Pacific), and Saturday, October 28th from 9am to 5pm Mountain (8am to 4pm Pacific).

  3. The full agenda is on our event page (click).

  4. For those onsite in Calgary, snacks throughout and lunch on Saturday will be provided. For those Zooming in from your home or office, we invite you to prepare your favourite snacks and meals before the workshop begins.

 

Attending In-Person?

  1. The Check In table opens at 6:15pm Friday, October 27. The workshop sessions will take place in the Sanctuary, and lunch will be served in the Lower Hall.

  2. If you are an in-person participant who comes to feel at all unwell, please take advantage of the Zoom option. The latest variant of COVID-19 is circulating well, as well as the seasonal flu – so if you are not 100% well, please do not attend in person, and please do join the online offering!

Attending or JOining Online?

  1. Please take note of the relationship between your own time zone and Mountain Time Zone. The workshop is observing Mountain time.

  2. The Zoom link for all workshops sessions is the same (there is just one link). It was sent to all participants (In-Person and Online) in today’s Orientation Email from LeaderSHIFT. If you haven’t received the email, check your Junk or Other folder first, then get in touch with us to get a fresh email sent along.

  3. I am pleased to be your online host, to deliver your questions and comments as they arise during the workshop. I will open the Zoom meeting open at 6:30pm Mountain Time.   

Again, Please take note of the relationship between your own time zone and Mountain Time Zone. The workshop is observing Mountain time.

Please be in touch by email or phone (my cell phone number is also in today’s Orientation Email) with any questions. Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

 

Blessings,

Michelle 

 

Rev. Michelle Slater
Regional Minister: LeaderSHIFT

WHAT DO 18 pastors, poets, podcasters, educators, musicians, activists, biblical scholars, therapists, healers, and …

… the Moderator of the United Church of Canada (our own Right Rev Dr Carmen Lansdowne), all have in common?

They’re ALL going to be offering their wisdom, passion, poetry and song at the Evolving Faith Conference, on October 13-14, in Minneapolis, MN!

“Evolving Faith exists to cultivate love and hope in the wilderness, pointing fellow wanderers and misfits to God as we embody resurrection for the sake of the world.” 

AND, you’re invited to take part!

Whether you’re feeling energized or weary, hopeful or discouraged, this conference is for you. It will be a time to be inspired, nurtured and challenged, and to share all of it with colleagues and friends.

LeaderSHIFT, with Pacific Mountain’s Ministry Personnel Support Team, is excited to host two Group Experiences — one is attending Evolving Faith IN PERSON and one is joining the ONLINE conference live stream, and BOTH with facilitators from LeaderSHIFT and MPST.

If you can come in person -

we have subsidies available for registration, travel and accommodation; join us as part of the Group Travel Experience in Minneapolis - starting Friday, October 13 and heading home on Monday, October 16.

If participating online -

is more your vibe, we have Group Online Experience, and we’ll pay half your registration fee! Take part in the conference online on October 13-14, and then gather via Zoom with Rev. Lori Megley-Best on Monday, October 16th from 9-11 am to debrief, share the ideas, images or phrases that catch our attention, and harvest the fruit from the event.

We know that taking part in events like these is made so much richer and more meaningful, when we have colleagues and friends on the journey.

I hope you’ll join us – there’s still time!

Find all the details here: The Group Experience To Evolving FAITH Conference — LeaderSHIFT UCCan.

Blessings,

Michelle
LeaderSHIFT Interim Director

A Retreat for Those Yes! No! Maybe?! Calls

Beloved!

Are you feeling a nudge...a pull...a push...into leadership in the church?

Has someone in your circle encouraged you to consider ministry leadership?

What does "a minister" do, anyway, and how (and why!) would I become one?

All followers of Jesus are called to live lives of intention and faithfulness to the kin-dom of God. And, within that call, some are called to formal, paid accountable ministry leadership in the United Church. If you are pondering some of these questions, and have a yearning to love and serve the world God loves, come join us for a weekend retreat of spiritual practices of discernment and practical information.

 

Yes! No! Maybe?! Discerning A Call to Ministry Retreat 

November 17-19, 2023 at FCJ ~ An Oasis In The Heart of Calgary

Come and explore where and how God may be calling YOU, to offer your gifts to the world!

Blessings,

Michelle