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Advent in the Learning Centre


Advent Contemplation

Thursdays: December 8 & 15, 2022

1:30 - 3pm ET

Slow down, take time, and pay attention to the mystery of this season.

Join us in the Learning Centre as we make room for connection and contemplative practice over these Advent weeks.



Learning Centre sessions are recorded and made available afterwards for those who sign up but cannot attend in person


Schedule

December 8

Though we long to slow and savour the Advent season, often we are caught up in the hustle and bustle of our schedules. Join us as we enter into an Advent contemplative exercise and time of quiet reflection engaging a small piece of The Work of the People’s new film “Adventus”.

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Elle Pyke

Elle Pyke is a dreamer, starter and a community builder who dreams of the church in Canada becoming a place where everyone can find belonging and flourishing. She's one of the founding members and Directors at New Leaf and has served as a Lay Minister and on numerous Boards in the charitable sector.

Elle is completing her MA in Theology and Culture at St. Stephens University in New Brunswick.

When she's not busy starting new things, she can be found planning a good party, playing on the shores of Lake Huron and passionately cheering for the Blue Jays! She lives with her beautiful family in the Waterloo Region in Ontario.

December 15

Join us for an imaginative exploration of Mary's Advent journey. Amy Bratton will lead us with a guided meditation that will give us a chance to reflect on the mysterious events of incarnation from the perspective of Jesus' mother.

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Amy Bratton

Amy Bratton is the Director of Operations & Publishing for the New Leaf Network and the project manager for the Canadian Multivocational Ministry Project. She lives in Saskatoon, SK with her husband, Tim, and their two sons, Oswald and Ira. She is a lay leader at Riversdale Neighbours church and an Adjunct Professor with Rocky Mountain College in the area of Spiritual Formation. She writes and speaks about the history of Christian spirituality, with a focus on the early Methodist understanding of Christian maturity known as “perfect love.” Read more from her in her book Witnesses of Perfect Love: Narratives of Christian Perfection in Early Methodism.

 
 
 
 

Register

Join us in the Learning Centre for free over these two Advent sessions. Use the code ADVENT at checkout.

 
Earlier Event: November 30
Movies for Advent
Later Event: January 12
Supportive & Affordable Housing: how the Church can play a role