This free, interactive webinar led by Anglican Deacons Canada's president, Nancy Ford, is co-sponored by Pathways for Baptismal Living at Bexley Seabury Seminary and the Association for Episcopal Deacons.
Webinar description:
As Deacons we find ourselves in a curious position. On one hand, we minister in the midst of marginalized and discarded people, while on the other, we serve in an institution where we are called to be prophets and truth tellers. Our vocation calls us to be and work where anxiety can be chronically high.
How do we find ways to think systemically when in the midst of such intense and dramatic evidence of anxiety? The pandemic has changed everything from our symbolic and prophetic role in liturgy to our work in the town square. How might thinking about systems theory be helpful in discerning and rediscovering our diakonia?
Facilitator:
The Rev. Canon Nancy Ford is a Deacon in the Diocese of Islands and Inlets (British Columbia) and lives in Victoria on Vancouver Island. She had the opportunity to do a 3-year training in Bowen Family systems Theory alongside her training in Pastoral Counselling education through Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (now Canadian Association for Spiritual Care). She spent over 23 years as a Counsellor with a faith-based counselling and training agency as co-ordinator of counselling services and trainer. She is Director of Deacons and Deacon to the City out of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria.
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