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Epiphany Explorations 2016 Planned
Volume 29 Issue 7, 8 & 9 | Posted: September 26, 2015
2016 Presenters
Naomi Tutu has been a development consultant in West Africa and coordinator for programs on race and gender and gender-based violence in education at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town. She served as program coordinator for the historic Race Relations Institute at Fisk University, and was a part of the Institute’s delegation to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban.
2016 Presenters
Naomi Tutu has been a development consultant in West Africa and coordinator for programs on race and gender and gender-based violence in education at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town. She served as program coordinator for the historic Race Relations Institute at Fisk University, and was a part of the Institute’s delegation to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban.
Tom Axworthy is President and CEO of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation which focuses on Fresh Water and the Arctic and supports democratic participation of First Nations. Dr. Axworthy also is the Secretary General of the InterAction Council which is “an international organization whose objective is to address long-term, global issues facing humankind.” As Senior Policy Advisor and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Axworthy was a key strategist in the Repatriation of the Constitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Anna Carter Florence is the Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. She holds degrees from Yale College and Princeton Theological Seminary. A popular presenter at the Festival of Homiletics, her research focuses on testimony, feminist theology, experience in preaching, and the history of preaching women.
Douglas Todd an award-winning writer on spirituality, ethics and diversity with the Vancouver Sun. Todd has twice taken first place in the Templeton Religion Reporter of the Year Award for top religion reporter in the secular media in North America.
Leonard Sumner is an Anishinaabe MC/Songwriter from the Little Saskatchewan First Nation located in the Interlake Region of Manitoba. Vancouver Folk Festival says: He’s heralded as one of the most important and vital new voices on the First Nations roots music scene today, and is making waves beyond…Sumner’s music is a rap-roots fusion with a strong indigenous perspective – a new sound he describes as “straight from the Rez.”
Jennifer Henry is Executive Director of KAIROS, a coalition of 11 Canada Church groups striving for social justice and human rights. She has worked for KAIROS for twenty years including manager for Dignity and Rights. She serves on the Primate's Commission on Discovery, Reconciliation and Justice.
Arthur Black – Author of numerous books, including his recent 50 Shades of Black, Arthur Black is a three-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The longtime host of “Basic Black” on CBC Radio, he is regularly featured in Zoomer magazine and his humour column is syndicated to 50 Canadian newspapers.
Ross Lockhart is the Presbyterian Director of Denominational Formation at Vancouver School of Theology and the Director of Ministry Leadership & Education, a new initiative at St Andrew’s Hall. He has a particular passion for shaping disciples for Christ whose leadership creates “scholarly evangelists” in both pew and pulpit.
Betty Davies is Adjunct Professor, University of Victoria and Professor Emerita, University of California San Francisco. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in the areas of dying, death, and bereavement, particularly in pediatric palliative care. Her research is reported in nearly 200 scientific and popular publications. She is co-founder of Canuck Place, North America’s first freestanding hospice for children, located in Vancouver, BC.
Linda Mulhall has been providing spiritual guidance, as well as leading retreats and workshops at First Metropolitan United Church for the past six years. She leads a bi-weekly meditation group, focusing on the Sufi poet, Rumi; and facilitates the “Navigating Life’s Transitions” program. Her approach is InterSpiritual: drawing on the mystical traditions of: Christianity, Judaism, Metis-First Nations, Buddhism and Sufism.
Will Weigler – His groundbreaking “how-to” manual on helping groups translate issues into theatre, received the Distinguished Book Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. In 2013, he produced and directed From the Heart: Enter into the journey of reconciliation, in which an ensemble of non-Indigenous Canadians tell the transformative stories that had deepened their understanding about the lived experience of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Megan Rohrer is the pastor of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and Executive Director of Welcome – a communal response to poverty in San Francisco. Pastor Rohrer was a 2014 honorable mention as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Her online justice-based Bible studies inspire 3600+ participants per month. She is an author, artist, activist and educator who speaks on issues of homelessness, sexuality and gender.
Paul Bramadat is Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. His books include The Church on the World’s Turf, which examines the ways religious sub-cultures can thrive in largely secular environments. His interests revolve around changing relationships – and tensions – between religion and Canadian society.
Julia Cunningham is a harpist/composer with a Masters from Yale and a Performance Diploma from the National Conservatory of Nice. Her engagements include concerts for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican and performances with Luciano Pavarotti.
Ron Klusmeier has composed hundreds of our favourite hymns – in fact, he has more compositions in Voices United than any other composer, living or dead! Ron has worked with 2000 congregations throughout Canada and much of the USA and beyond, offering seminars, concerts and worship celebrations.
Register Now
It is possible to sign up for the entire EE2016 experience or choose just the individual sessions you want to see the most. For more information or to register online go to: epiphanyexplorations.ca before November 30th, 2015 and save. Or complete the registration form in the brochure at the First†Met Church Office, 932 Balmoral Road, Victoria, BC.
Watch Us Live
Can’t make it in person? EE2016 offers Live Streaming service of every speaker and musical performance of EE 2016. Plus video archives are available for a full year. DVD’s of all presentations will also be available.