Resources
Are You Planning a Workshop, Conference, Retreat?
Pastoral and Spiritual Care has a list of resource people who can speak on a variety of subjects or facilitate small group discussions. Their expertise includes:
- Addictions
- Aging
- Building Community
- Cancer Support
- Meditation, Spiritual Leadership & Small Group Ministry
- Music and Storytelling
Contact Pastoral & Spiritual Care at 403-294-0378 or email us for more information.
Shawl Ministry Program
Janet Bristow and Victoria Galo started this grass-roots ministry in 1998. “Care and the love of knitting are combined into a prayerful ministry that reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace. ” For the full story and knitting/crocheting instructions visit www.shawlministry.com
United Church of Canada — Retreat Centres
The United Church of Canada supports four Educational Centres across the country. Each provides a variety of residential and short-term educational events for ministers and lay people of all ages. Most exist because of a desire among lay people for education and networking.
- Naramata Centre, Naramata, BC: www.naramatacentre.net
- Five Oaks, Ontario: www.fiveoaks.on.ca
- Prairie Christian Training Centre (PCTC), Fort Qu’Appelle, SK: www.callinglakes.ca
- Tatamagouche Centre, Tatamagouche, NS: www.tatacentre.ca
Literature
- Healing from the Heart, Graham, Litt and Irwin. Winfield, B.C.: Woodlake Books, 1998
- Joy’s Way, W. Brugh Joy, M.D. New York, Penguin, Putnam, 1979
- Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can, Myss, Caroline, Ph.D. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1996
- Therapeutic Touch, Accepting Your Power to Heal, Krieger, Dolores, Ph.D., RN., Santa Fe: Bear & Company, 1993
- The Healing Path of Prayer, Roth, Ron, Ph.D., Carlsbad: Hay House, 1999
- Healing Touch, A Guidebook for Practitioners, 2nd edition, Hover- Kramer, Dorothea, Ed.D, RN, New York: Delmar, 2002
- Prayer Is Good Medicine, Dossey, Larry, M.D., Harper, San Francisco, 1996
- Anatomy of the Spirit, Myss, Caroline, Ph.D., New York: Three Rivers Press, 1996