Learning Circle
Ages and Stages 2022
OnlineAn online Education and Worship learning circle on ministry with various age groups, development theory, curriculum, youth ministry, children’s ministry, adult education, ministry with seniors, and intergenerational ministry.
Learning on Purpose 2022
Metropolitan United Chuch, London, ON 468 Wellington St, London, Ontario, CanadaOur two-week intro to learning in community.
Ministry as Community-building 2022
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaOctober 12-18, 2022 will be Ministry as Community-building. Healthy community can be both the goal and the path to social justice. This week-long intensive will explore the challenges and the …
Health, Pain, & Trauma 2022
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaOctober 20-26, 2022 is Health, Pain, and Trauma. This week-long intensive will explore how to be present for people who are suffering, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and how to support …
Living Scripture 2023
A 6-week online Education and Worship learning circle on practical bible study, understanding and interpreting the bible in context, and the theology of revelation. More information...
Worship 2023
A week-long intensive learning circle on liturgy planning and worship leadership, sacraments, and special services. More information...
Integration III 2023
The final learning circle of the Integration year, ending with graduation from the Diaconal Ministries program.
Right Relations 2023
A week-long intensive learning circle on the relationship of indigenous and settler people in Canada, treaty as covenant, truth and reconciliation, indigenous spiritualities, land, and the theology of mission. More …
Ministry as Listening 2023
OnlineA 6-week online Spiritual Care learning circle on ministry of presence, pastoral visiting, prayer, counseling and spiritual direction, pastoral ethics and boundaries.
Learning on Purpose 2023
Centre for Christian Studies 60 Maryland St, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaLeadership development and learning in community.
Ministry as Storytelling 2023
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaEW01 Ministry as Storytelling is an education and worship learning circle focusing on story in preaching and teaching, scripture as narrative, and the arts in ministry.
Spiritual Practice 2023
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSC05 Spiritual Practice is a spiritual care learning circle focusing on the history and diversity of Christian spiritual practices, private devotion and communal spirituality, discipleship, and companioning.
Power and Privilege 2024
OnlineSJ02 Power and Privilege is a social justice learning circle focusing on social analysis, social location, individual and systemic power, and the role of the prophet.
Integration 3 – Spring 2024
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaThe Spring learning circle of the Integration Year.
Ages and Stages 2024
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaEW02 Ages and Stages is an education and worship learning circle focusing on ministry with various age groups, development theory, curriculum, youth ministry, children’s ministry, adult education, ministry with seniors, and intergenerational ministry.
Oppression and Resistance 2024
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSJ03 Oppression and Resistance is a social justice learning circle focusing on systems of oppressions (racism, sexism, heterosexism, colonialism, etc.), models of change, and theologies of resistance (liberation theology, feminist theology, queer theology, etc.).
Relationships 2024
OnlineSC03 Relationships is a spiritual care learning circle focusing on intimate and familial relationships, sexuality and gender, family systems, weddings, covenants, relationship break-ups, and the role of minister as support.
Learning on Purpose 2024
Merging Waters Pastoral Charge 24 Maple St, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, CanadaJoin us for 2 weeks of leadership development in Montreal.
UCC Admissions Orientation Circle 2024
OnlineAn online course for ministers coming into the United Church from another denomination.
Integration 1 – 2024
Drumheller, AB Drumheller, AB, CanadaThe fall learning circle for students in the Integrating Year of the Diaconal Ministries program