Resources to Enhance Clergy Resilience
Dr. Margaret Clarke
Counselling Department Head and Assistant Professor of Marriage & Family Therapy, Briercrest Seminary
Check out this short 5 minute video as part of our October weekly video series on clergy well-being and resilience. This series features scholars and practitioners from across theological traditions and Canadian regions, sharing Canadian research, theological reflection, and practical application.
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Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving Bob Burns, Tasha D. Chapman & Donald C. Guthrie
The stresses of pastoring are well known and can be a match for even the best-prepared, most experienced in ministry. To find out how pastors can thrive, the authors of Reilient Ministry undertook a five-year in-depth research project among working pastors. Here in this ground-breaking book is the distilled wisdom of dozens of pastors who have been on the front lines of ministry. We hear from them what works, what doesn't and what distinctive issues people in ministry face.
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Resourcing churches for ministering well in this next season
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 9am-12noon MST
Join church leaders across theological contexts and Canadian regions at Ambrose University or online for Canadian data, theological reflection, and practical application on various themes.

Ambrose Downey Lectureship: Reframing Salvation with featured speaker Dr. Willie Jennings October 12-13
Willie Jennings is an ordained Baptist minister and the Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University. Dr. Jennings' lectures will explore the implications of the revolutionary character of a doctrine of salvation in relation to the mind, the body, and the land.

Wayfinding – A Discernment Pathway
Oct 18, 2022 – Nov 15, 2022
Through curated experiences and tools, the goal is to equip leaders with the knowledge and practices to make space, slow down, and hear what God is saying. Each of our Wayfinding cohorts will have pastors, church planters, and missional leaders from denominations across Canada which will offer a diverse array of perspectives, experience and wisdom.

Transformational Coaching from New Leaf
Fall 2022 Session
Weekly from September 28 – November 22, 2022
1-3:00 pm Eastern (online)