Events in October 2024

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		1 9:00 am: DUCA Intensive 9:00 am: DUCA Intensive 9:00 am 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. Read more	2 9:00 am: DUCA Intensive 9:00 am: DUCA Intensive 9:00 am 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. Read more	3 All day: Thursdays in Black All day: Thursdays in Black All day October 3, 2024 Weekly on Thursdays. More information Read more	4	5
6	7	8	9	10 All day: Thursdays in Black All day: Thursdays in Black All day October 10, 2024 Weekly on Thursdays. More information Read more	11	12
13	14 All day: D.O.V.E. All day: 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 Read more	15 All day: D.O.V.E. All day: 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 Read more	16 All day: D.O.V.E. All day: 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 Read more	17 All day: D.O.V.E. All day: 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 Read more, All day: Thursdays in Black All day: Thursdays in Black All day October 17, 2024 Weekly on Thursdays. More information Read more	18 All day: D.O.V.E. All day: 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 Read more	19 All day: D.O.V.E. All day: 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 Read more
20	21 1:00 pm: Events: DOTAC - Reconciliation (Zoom) 1:00 pm: Events: DOTAC - Reconciliation (Zoom) 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 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 Read more	22	23	24 All day: Thursdays in Black All day: Thursdays in Black All day October 24, 2024 Weekly on Thursdays. More information Read more	25	26
27	28	29	30	31 All day: Thursdays in Black All day: Thursdays in Black All day October 31, 2024 Weekly on Thursdays. More information Read more

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

2019
June 19-24th DRAE Regional Assembly Edinburgh, Scotland ‘For Such a Time as This’

July 8-12th. DAP Regional Assembly Fiji ‘Tides of Change’

August 14-20th DOTAC Regional Assembly
Vancouver, Canada ‘Respecting Covenant: Risking the journey of reconciliation’

October 21-25th Diakonia Philippines 19th Biennial Assembly Brokenshire Resort Hotel & Convention Center Davao City
(Facebook: Diakonia Phil)

November 13-17th DIAKONIA World Executive Neuendettelsau, Germany

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Events in October 2024

9:00 am: DUCA Intensive

9:00 am: DUCA Intensive

9:00 am: DUCA Intensive

9:00 am: DUCA Intensive

All day: Thursdays in Black

All day: Thursdays in Black

All day: D.O.V.E.

All day: D.O.V.E.

All day: D.O.V.E.

All day: D.O.V.E.

All day: Thursdays in Black

All day: D.O.V.E.

All day: D.O.V.E.

1:00 pm: Events: DOTAC - Reconciliation (Zoom)

Reconciliation (session 2 of a 2 part series)

All day: Thursdays in Black

All day: Thursdays in Black