Diaconal Praxis 2017-2018

The Praxis component is the ongoing learning community for all active CCS diaconal ministry students.  It's about connecting, reflecting, mentoring, and integrating.

Field 2017-2018

Practical ministry experience and learning

Integration Circles 1, 2, and 3 - 2017-2018

September 11-16, 2017, online October to March, April 9-15, 2018

In the final year of their diploma program, diaconal students take an integrating year to pull together all they've learned and prepare for a life of leadership in the church and the world. (Integration Circles I, II, and III are taken in the same school year.)

Ministry as Listening 2017 (SC01)

October 11-17.

A Spiritual Care learning circle on ministry of presence, pastoral visiting, prayer, counseling and spiritual direction, pastoral ethics and boundaries.

Grief and Loss 2017 (SC02)

October 19-25. 

A Spiritual Care learning circle on pastoral support to the dying and those they leave behind, end of life issues, funerals, and questions of afterlife.

Relationships 2018 (SC03)

April 11-17.

A Spiritual Care learning circle on intimate and familial relationship, sexuality and gender, family systems, weddings, covenants, relationship break-ups, and the role of the minister as support.

Right Relations 2018 (SJ05)

April 19-25, 2018

A Social Justice learning circle on the relationship of Indigenous and Settler people in Canada, treaty as covenant, truth and reconciliation, Indigenous spiritualities, land, and theology of mission.

Learning on Purpose - August 2017

Learning on Purpose: Changing Leadership for a Changing World is an intensive two-week course for people who want to develop their leadership skills and make connections between their faith, passions, and sense of purpose and their actions in the world.  Participants will explore models of leadership and approaches to theology, education, pastoral care, and social justice that empower and create change.