Calendar

Events in October 2024

  • DUCA Intensive

    DUCA Intensive


    September 29, 2024

    Justice and Community Development Intensive
    29 September - 2 October
    This unit is for Deacon candidates in the Uniting Church in Australia, as well as other ministry practitioners. It introduces students to the social, political and cultural contexts of injustice in contemporary Australia, reflecting on missional and ethical responses.
    Community Development principles will be brought into dialogue with biblical and theological sources expressing God’s desire for justice and shalom. Themes of
    prophetic imagination, peacemaking, community building, resistance and advocacy, partnership building, and political activism will be explored for addressing structural and social injustice. Ther will be critical reflection on practices evidenced in case studies drawn from key historical figures and movements, as well as current Community Ministry practitioners.

  • DUCA Intensive

    DUCA Intensive


    September 29, 2024

    Justice and Community Development Intensive
    29 September - 2 October
    This unit is for Deacon candidates in the Uniting Church in Australia, as well as other ministry practitioners. It introduces students to the social, political and cultural contexts of injustice in contemporary Australia, reflecting on missional and ethical responses.
    Community Development principles will be brought into dialogue with biblical and theological sources expressing God’s desire for justice and shalom. Themes of
    prophetic imagination, peacemaking, community building, resistance and advocacy, partnership building, and political activism will be explored for addressing structural and social injustice. Ther will be critical reflection on practices evidenced in case studies drawn from key historical figures and movements, as well as current Community Ministry practitioners.

  • D.O.V.E.

    D.O.V.E.

    All day
    October 14, 2024 – October 19, 2024

    D.O.V.E (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange) conference
    I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
    October 14-19, 2024 (travel days on the 14th and 19th)
    Venue: La Posada Providencia, San Benito, Texas

    More information

  • D.O.V.E.

    D.O.V.E.

    All day
    October 14, 2024 – October 19, 2024

    D.O.V.E (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange) conference
    I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
    October 14-19, 2024 (travel days on the 14th and 19th)
    Venue: La Posada Providencia, San Benito, Texas

    More information

  • D.O.V.E.

    D.O.V.E.

    All day
    October 14, 2024 – October 19, 2024

    D.O.V.E (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange) conference
    I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
    October 14-19, 2024 (travel days on the 14th and 19th)
    Venue: La Posada Providencia, San Benito, Texas

    More information

  • D.O.V.E.

    D.O.V.E.

    All day
    October 14, 2024 – October 19, 2024

    D.O.V.E (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange) conference
    I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
    October 14-19, 2024 (travel days on the 14th and 19th)
    Venue: La Posada Providencia, San Benito, Texas

    More information

  • D.O.V.E.

    D.O.V.E.

    All day
    October 14, 2024 – October 19, 2024

    D.O.V.E (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange) conference
    I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
    October 14-19, 2024 (travel days on the 14th and 19th)
    Venue: La Posada Providencia, San Benito, Texas

    More information

  • D.O.V.E.

    D.O.V.E.

    All day
    October 14, 2024 – October 19, 2024

    D.O.V.E (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange) conference
    I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me
    October 14-19, 2024 (travel days on the 14th and 19th)
    Venue: La Posada Providencia, San Benito, Texas

    More information

  • Events: DOTAC - Reconciliation (Zoom)

    Events: DOTAC - Reconciliation (Zoom)

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    October 21, 2024

    Reconciliation (session 2 of a 2 part series)

    Monday, October 21 at 1 pm Central Daylight Time (North America)
    We will welcome a panel of our members who are actively engaged in reconciliation in their ministries. They will share their wisdom, experience, and knowledge from a variety of ministry contexts and ecumenical traditions. The panel will include a participant from the recent DOVE conference (Diakonia Overcoming Violence Exchange), and: 

    Alison Iton
    • Deacon, Wesley Diaconal Community of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean & the Americas (WDC, MCCA)
    • Chaplain of the Jamaica National Children’s Home Theological Advisor for Formation and Diakonia
    • Kingston & St. Andrew Child Diversion Committee
    Dionata Rodrigues de Oliveira
    • Theological Advisor for Formation and Diakonia
    • Deacon, Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil (IECLB)
    Helen Ryde
    • Order of Deaconess & Home Missioner
    • Organizer, Reconciling Ministries Network Social Justice and Reconciliation
    Claudette Taylor,
    • Rev. Canon, Anglican Deacons Canada
    • Home Missioner in the United Methodist Church Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale, Diocese of Toronto
    Gathered into small groups, we will explore: 
    • What are the needs for reconciliation in your context?
    • What actions might you commit yourself to going forward?
    • Are their corporate actions, we as DOTAC, might also explore?
    Register to receive the link for the two Zoom sessions on RECONCILIATION.
    Contact Sr. Noreen with questions. 
    Confirm the time you will join the meeting with this time zone converter:
    https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Weekly: Thursdays in Black
https://www.oikoumene.org/en/get-involved/thursdays-in-black?set_language=en

Monthly: 26th of each month Prayer Day for DIAKONIA