What Now? Or Now What?

A Summer week with Carmen Landsdowne at Naramata Centre

In-Person

July 27-31, 2026

Naramata Centre, Naramata BC

$275 plus accommodation

As the speed and scale of changes, challenges, and opportunities increase, you might hear yourself saying, WHAT NOW?! Or variations on that sentiment! Join with past United Church Moderator Carmen Lansdowne to explore how our story and the stories of the Christian tradition help us stay attentive and responsive to the dramatic changes in our personal and collective lives. Carmen's own life is a testament to the pivots, surprises, gifts, and demands - or often deep questions - that become a pathway to learning and faithful discovery. Join with others to listen, share, engage the NOW WHAT!? of our lives.

Rev. Dr. Carmen Landsdowne

Carmen Lansdowne, Kwisa’lakw, is a member of the Haí_zaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation and is adopted into the _wikwa_sut_inux_ Haxwa’mis First Nation. An ordained minister in the United Church of Canada and theologian by training, she maintains academic interests, church ministry, alongside indigenous way of being, parenting, and partnering. She was the 44th Moderator of The United Church of Canada (UCC) and the elected national spiritual leader and public representative of the United Church until the recent 45th General Council (2025). Prior to serving the national church, Carmen was a compassionate, thoughtful, and creative Executive Director of First United Church Community Ministry Society in Vancouver. Carmen is on the faculty at Emmanuel College in Toronto. She has been praised by youth and young adults in the United Church as both “an incredibly talented churchy person” and the “nerdiest church nerd. She is passionate about creating a life with great stories and amazing adventures with her family.

Naramata Centre

Stays, programs, and a place by the lake people return to year after year.

Cottages, suites, and campgrounds along Okanagan Lake. Quiet shoulder-season stays in spring and fall, full-week summer sessions with shared meals and community life, and special programs like the Queer Family Retreat and the Iona Community gathering.nancial assistance to small grass roots projects that normally would not receive funding from other sources.  See our projects section for more information.