This course offers practical skills and theoretical insights tailored to the unique challenges of this environment. New students are welcome to join for Module Three without first completing Module One or Two. Sessions will cover topics including strategies for working with residents, engaging family members, collaborating with healthcare teams, and navigating sensitive end-of-life issues

This transformative experience is designed to address the need for quality preparation in reconciling relationships, particularly within the Canadian context. The tour’s curriculum is developed in collaboration with Indigenous faculty, neighbours, and friends, ensuring a respectful, enriching, and authentic approach to reconciliation.

This highly interactive and educational workshop invites you to consider the building blocks that create conflict and those that assist or detract in conflict's resolution. The workshop includes reflection, conversation, and exercises as conflicts are studied and models for addressing conflicts are considered. Significant time will be given to skill building for effective speaking and effective listening. This foundational workshop is valuable for all individuals; case studies will apply conflict principles to a variety of settings including the workplace and the community.

Nicole Massie Martin will help attendees understand how to nail outdated models of leadership to the cross, and what it will take to replace them with Biblical ones.

A conference focused on equipping, encouragement and renewal. Through scriptural teaching, vibrant worship, reflection in the arts, be renewed for ministry.

Celebrate the launch of The Rev. Dr. Sarah Travis’ latest book, Remembering the Body: Preaching that Affirms Sexuality. This event will be taking place before Convocation at Knox College on May 14th at 10:00 AM in Classroom 4. A panel discussion will also take place, featuring the Rev. Konnie Vissers, the Rev. Karen Pozios and Pastor Peter Haresnape. Refreshments will be served following the launch.

This two-day gathering brings together church and denominational leaders, urban planners, architects, social-purpose developers, researchers, and government partners to explore innovative approaches to church properties. As more congregations face decisions about redevelopment, this event provides space for meaningful dialogue on how faith communities can repurpose land and buildings for justice, sustainability, and community flourishing.

This one-day, in-person workshop will help ordained ministers explore the adaptive challenges that are facing the church, and equip them with new leadership skills to address these challenges. All in-service ordained ministers in the Synod Southwestern Ontario are invited to participate. There is no cost to attend, and lunch will be provided.

Join fellow preachers for an open, encouraging, and collaborative space to reflect on the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday. These one-hour Zoom gatherings are designed to help you spark ideas, deepen your scriptural engagement, and support one another in the work of sermon preparation.

Join us for "We Need To Listen" where participants will find:

- support and encouragement
- accountability and celebration
- ideas and strategies

…and most of all, a community of people passionate about sharing the Good News of Jesus with the world but sometimes feel alone doing it.

Ministry Forum is delighted to host an online space that will strive to be safe as modelled and facilitated by its hosts where ministry leaders will gather with almost no agenda and where everything is on the table and tangents are welcomed.

A wildly practical and inspirational three-day event for future thinking family ministry leaders.

Join the annual event that launches teams of kids ministry and youth ministry leaders into brighter future recharged and overflowing with real tools they can use they very next week. In three exciting days, you’ll fill your notebook while a vibrant community fills your soul. Discover one thing every church can do to change everything for the next generation.

Jubilee Book Study - The Serviceberry; Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Dive into a transformative journey with our book study on The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer. This engaging series intersects with the themes of Jubilee 2025, exploring the profound connections between economy, ecological debt, and Indigenous traditions. From the gift economy to the principles of "storing our meat in the bellies of our brothers," we will delve into alternative economic models that promote sustainability and community. With Indigenous guest speakers, we will examine how these concepts resonate within the Canadian context, addressing contemporary issues such as tariffs and economic justice. Let's learn together how to foster a more equitable and reciprocal relationship with the land and each other. 

Join us for a transformative 5-week Lenten journey on "Paul the Pharisee: Faith and Politics in a Divided World." This course examines the Apostle Paul as a Pharisee deeply engaged with the turbulent political and religious landscape of his time.

Through the lens of his letters and historical context, we will explore Paul’s understanding of Jesus’ Life-Vision, his interpretation of the Execution-and-Resurrection, and their implications for nonviolence and faithful resistance against empire. Each week, we will delve into a specific aspect of Paul’s theology and legacy, reflecting on its relevance for our own age of autocracy and political turmoil.

An inspiring evening with acclaimed climate scientist and writer Dr. Katharine Hayhoe as she explores the critical connection between faith and climate action. In this thought-provoking presentation, Dr. Hayhoe will discuss how personal beliefs, science, and policy must come together to drive meaningful change—both individually and systemically.

Join us for "We Need To Listen" where participants will find:

- support and encouragement
- accountability and celebration
- ideas and strategies

…and most of all, a community of people passionate about sharing the Good News of Jesus with the world but sometimes feel alone doing it.

Ministry Forum is delighted to host an online space that will strive to be safe as modelled and facilitated by its hosts where ministry leaders will gather with almost no agenda and where everything is on the table and tangents are welcomed.

Corporate worship is the work and the joy of the people of God, and when the body of Christ gathers, we are incomplete without the active presence and meaningful participation of children and youth. What can this engagement look like (feel like, sound like, smell like, taste like) in liturgy, and why does it matter to the formation of people of all ages? Canon Wendy Claire Barrie will lead this webinar exploring the theological whys and practical hows of incorporating children and youth into congregational worship.

Most of our churches and denominations were designed with the expectation of a full-time pastor as the norm. For many generations it was possible for a church with just a few dozen people to fully support a minister and their family. Not anymore. In this talk, Karl Vaters, from Helping Small Churches Thrive, will share eight adjustments that congregations and pastors must seriously consider in the new reality of a side-hustle world.

Women are stepping into their calling to proclaim the Gospel, find their unique voice and embrace the future of preaching! If you’re a clergy, student, or simply passionate about the art of preaching, hearing from those who are leading the way can inspire and guide your growth.

This spring, join us for Tending Tomorrow, a full-day event that brings together four leading Canadian women homileticians as they reflect on the current state of preaching in Canada and imagine bold, hope-filled directions for the future.

Virtual meet and greet with the new PCC Intercultural Liaison, Pablo Kim Sun! Pablo will share the vision behind his new role, discuss how churches engage inter-culturally across four key levels, and more. He will also introduce the Intercultural Development Inventory, a helpful tool we plan to launch this Spring in collaboration with the Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre, designed to support churches on their journey to becoming vibrant, intercultural communities.

A unique and inspiring experience. The Knitting Pilgrim, Kirk Dunn will take you on a journey through the art of knitting and storytelling, exploring themes of faith, creativity, and community

Ministry leaders, this series is meant to complement your ministry context's exploration of the Bible.

Participants who have taken the course have grown in confidence in studying the Bible and finish it seeking more opportunities to go deeper. We'd love if you were to offer this opportunity to your congregations and contexts as a way of supporting your ministry. Feel free to join in or not. No pressure. Let Ministry Forum take the planning and leading off your shoulders this Winter. 

We look forward to having a diverse group of participants. This will be an opportunity to meet others across Canada who are passionate about learning more about the Bible and growing in their walk with God in Christ Jesus.

Join The Rev. John Borthwick, Director of the Centre of Lifelong Learning at Knox College as he facilitates this eight-session course online this winter.

Have you ever been uncertain about how to lead prayer in worship? Have you ever wondered about the words you are using? This online study will help you understand the purpose of various prayers in worship, and also help you develop your own ministry of leading in prayer. Through this series participants will consider prayers of invocation, adoration, and confession, together with specific themes in prayer.

Join us for "We Need To Listen" where participants will find:

- support and encouragement
- accountability and celebration
- ideas and strategies

…and most of all, a community of people passionate about sharing the Good News of Jesus with the world but sometimes feel alone doing it.

Ministry Forum is delighted to host an online space that will strive to be safe as modelled and facilitated by its hosts where ministry leaders will gather with almost no agenda and where everything is on the table and tangents are welcomed.

Apply Backstory Preaching’s foundational sermon prep framework to crafting sermons throughout the Easter season you believe in and can’t wait to preach. In this process, rooted in prayer and practical tools, you will discover a framework you can rely on week after week to prepare sermons more efficiently and with more joy. You will discover how to experience sermon prep as a spiritual respite, versus as a purely academic exercise. 

As climate change makes itself felt in many ways, anxiety levels are rising in people of all ages. Join our very own Konnie Vissers, PCC minister, scholar, and founder of The Children’s Garden Collective, as she discusses the role local congregations can play in environmental education, fostering the growth and nourishment of children in this time of eco-anxiety, and finding theological hope through gardening.