Summer Ecumenical Institute
Winnipeg, MB
May 9-12, 2004

* Indicates "Sessions open to the public"
+  Indicates "In-Residence participants only"

To register, please use our online Registration form.

5:00 – 6:00 +

6:00 – 7:00 +

6:30 - 7:30

7:30 – 9:00 *

9:00

Welcome & Orientation

Supper

Registration for Commuters

Opening Worship & Plenary
Tom Yoder Neufeld: "Christ is our peace: no longer strangers, no longer afraid" (Eph. 2:11-22)

Get-Together and refreshments

09:00 – 10:30
 
  

10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 1:30

1:30 – 5:00

 
 
 
 
5:00 – 5:15

5:15 - 7:30

7:30 – 9:00 *

Breakfast

Worship
Plenary Session: "Culture & Sociology of Fear"
Dr. Gordon McDermid

Break

Small Group Reflection

Lunch

Ecumenism in Action workshops

• Kairos
• Refugee Settlement (Wendy Yamamoto & staff of Welcome Place)
• Conflict Resolution as Christian Call (Jarem Sawatsky)
• Ecumenism at the Grassroots
• Decade to Overcome Violence

Worship

Free Time, Supper

Public lecture
Tom Yoder Neufeld: "Making war on war: The church's struggle against the culture of fear" (Eph. 6: 10-20)

9:00 – 10:30
  
 

11:00 – 1:00

11:00 – 3:30

3:30 – 5:00

5:00 – 5:15

5:15 - 7:30

7:30 - *

Breakfast

Worship
Plenary Session: Mennonite-Catholic dialogue
Dr. Helmut Harder & Rev. Luis Melo, s.m.

Break

The Forks:

• Meeting of cultures and spiritualities
• Rupert's Land Indigenous Council
•Guided interpretive tour of The Forks

Plenary Session: "Ecclesiology of Common Mission"
Rev. Dr. Iain Luke

Worship

Free Time, Supper

St. Benedict's Table
"Acoustic and Contemplative – an evening of music and song" (open to the public)
Led by Rev. Jamie Howison

09:00 - 10:30

10:30 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:00

12:00

Breakfast

Panel: "Moving forwards"

Short Break

Feedback & Summation

Closing Worship & Sending Forth

Lunch