Equipping the Saints (mini) Conference
Date: October 18th, 9am-3:30pm
Place: St. Mary's Kerrisdale, 2490 W 37th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Cost: 15.00 (Pay what you can options available)
Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/tj79hpj
Join an assembly of lay leaders and clergy from across our Diocese for a much-needed opportunity to gather in prayer, to listen, learn, connect, and grow together! The day includes a plenary speaker, the ability to attend two workshops and a catered lunch.
All are welcome! Registration is through the Diocese's Learning Centre for Mission and Formation. If you need childcare provided in order to attend, please phone (604) 261-4228 ext.226
Conference Schedule
9am - Breakfast/Social
9:30am - Opening Worship
10am - Opening Plenary
11:30am - Workshop 1
12:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - Workshop 2
2:45pm - Final Remarks/Closing Worship
3:30pm - End
Plenary Speaker: Bearing Witness, Building the Kin-dom: Advocacy, Mental Health, and the Church’s Call with Reverend Jeffrey Preiss
As a deacon in the Anglican Church of Canada and Director of Development & Communications at the Crisis Centre of BC, Jeffrey Preiss brings together the call of the Church with the realities of mental health crisis care in our province. His ministry is rooted in systems change and government relations, naming the root causes of suffering and advocating for the transformation of structures that keep people in crisis.
This plenary will explore how the Church is called not only to acts of compassion but also to advocacy that brings about the kin-dom of God in tangible, systemic ways. Drawing on his work at the Crisis Centre and his diaconal ministry, Jeffrey will invite us to see mental health crisis response as a place where the Church can speak with a loud voice: challenging stigma, pressing for just policies, and standing alongside those whose voices are silenced. Our missional work is more than charity; it is the bold proclamation of God’s kin-dom of justice, dignity, and hope.