The Studio: Leadership and the Future of the Church with Keith Howard and Janet Gear.  This VST course is designed to allow students and ordered clergy to be in conversation and learn together how to affect the shape of the church of tomorrow.

The church is being called to radical renovation, re-tooling and repentance.  The impact of this is far-reaching and particularly challenging for those who are called to exercise leadership. 

In previous eras of ministry, responsibilities were fairly clear, especially within a congregational context – worship, Christian education, pastoral care and some administration.   While many of these tasks remain, people are now needed who can also help identify and pursue new ways of ministry and being church in a context where the only constant is change. 

For more information, contact Janet Gear (jgear [at] vst [dot] edu) before July 16^th.   

Living the Faith  The final Emerging Spiritworkshopfor those who care about the present and future of the church and how, together, we live our faith.  Ryerson United, 9:00 – 3:30.  Saturday, September 25th   Stepping Further Out, Saturday,

November 6th  (still in process)

Over and again we hear how important it is to know your context and connect with your community.  In this workshop, Rob Dalgliesh will speak about how to make full use of that information, as he  makes statistics stand up and live. 

In the afternoon, Keith Howard will speak about how the church can further integrate faith and life.