Contemplative Spiritual Disciplines
Andrea Chang, Asst. Leadership Consultant and Researcher
Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre
Check out this short 5 minute video, the first video in our June video series on
Contemplative Spiritual Practices as a Congregational Focus.
Recommend Resource
Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives For Spiritual Transformation
by Ruth Haley Barton
Do you long for a deep, fundamental change in your life with God? Do you desire a greater intimacy with God? Do you wonder how you might truly live your life as God created you to live it? Spiritual disciplines are activities that open us to God's transforming love and the changes that only God can bring about in our lives. Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of the spiritual disciplines, this book takes you more deeply into understanding seven key disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life.
Upcoming Events
Creative Justice: A Conference on Disability & the Church
June 10, 2023
10:30am-4:30pm ET
How do we influence our churches and organizations to nurture adaptive communities that work for the just consideration of all in society? This season of continued disruption and change presents unique opportunities to recalibrate how we express our solidarity and concern for every person, regardless of their life situation. Creative Justice explores the beautiful and innovative ways our faith communities and ecclesial leaders can build constructive pathways of mutuality and concern reaching every part of society. This conference will facilitate a deep conversation led by church leaders and leading experts with and without disabilities on the theme.
Theory of Change (Summer 2023)
June 12th to August 3rd (weekly)
Are you planning to change, grow or add a ministry? A Theory of Change is your ministry’s story of how you believe change will unfold.
What impact are you having? How do you know? What difference is your ministry or program making? Learn what your mission is and understand the roles in achieving it.
Management and Leadership: Why Mission Needs Both
Tuesday, June 13 2023 | 1pm Eastern | Noon Central | 10am Pacific Priests and parish leaders across North America want to see their parishes come alive. But the reality is that without a clear understanding of the importance of both leadership and management in the work of parish renewal, conflict and discouragement can quickly emerge. This is why you're invited to our June From the Trenches event, where you will: - Discover the importance of both leadership and management - Learn how to integrate these support structures into your parish effectively - Be equipped to catalyze your parish's missional potency!
Church Planting Canada -The Congress 2023
October 24 - 26, 2023 First Assembly, Calgary, AB
Church Planting Canada will continue to cast a nation-wide collaborative vision that serves as a guiding framework for a gospel movement. Their prayer is that this blueprint might inspire numerous mini-movements across Canada, that together, we would reverse the current trajectory of the Canadian Church while restoring gospel proximity to every Canadian.
Ambrose has a brand new one year program designed to deepen students’ knowledge of the Christian faith, to challenge them to understand the world around them in Christian ways, and to practice their faith in service and devotion.