BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260502T073811Z UID:410-360239@ontario.anglican.ca DTSTART:20260721T130000Z DTEND:20260724T190000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260430T104426 DESCRIPTION:Summer Fruit for Souls returns this year! From July 21 to 24\, The Lay Readers Executive will host Summer Fruit for Souls at Queen's Univ ersity in Kingston.\nOur Keynote Speaker\, The Reverend Canon Sco tt Gunn\, is executive director of Forward Movement\, a discipleship minis try of the Episcopal Church. When not traveling widely as preacher\, speak er\, and retreat leader\, he serves as priest associate at Christ Church i n Glendale\, Ohio. Author of several books\, his most recent is “Easter Triumph\, Easter Joy: Meditations for the Fifty Days of Eastertide”. Pri or to serving at Forward Movement\, Scott was a parish priest in the Dioce se of Rhode Island. Before that\, he had a career in information technolog y. Scott was educated at Yale Divinity School\, Brown University\, and Lut her College. He lives in Cincinnati\, Ohio with his spouse\, the Rev. Sher ilyn Pearce. Scott’s topic will be Discipleship for Leaders. In the Body of Christ\, even leaders are followers\, that is\, leaders help the whole church follow Jesus Christ. To be a leader is to be an exemplary disciple of Jesus Christ. Scott will explore some of the spiritual disciplines tha t nourish healthy church leaders: prayer\, scripture study\, generous offe rings\, servant ministry\, and Gospel witness. He will also share some way s in which Christian leadership may differ from what conventional\, secula r wisdom teaches about effective leadership. We will have teaching\, group conversation\, and personal reflection in our time together.\nThe Reverend Canon Dr. Gordon Maitland studied divinity at Trini ty College\, Toronto and was ordained for the Anglican Diocese of Niagara in 1990. He moved to the Diocese of Huron in 1996 and convocated with a Do ctor of Ministry degree in 2018. He has taught Christian Worship and Churc h History at various colleges and is a past member of the International An glican Liturgical Consultation. Gordon is married to Archdeacon Jane Humph reys\, executive officer of the Diocese of Ontario\, and retired from acti ve ministry when they moved to Kingston. Gordon’s workshops will centre on the Liturgical Aspects of the Lay Reader’s Ministry\, including a bri ef history of the BCP in Canada\, the historical background of the BAS\, a n examination of other liturgical resources\, the differences between the Divine Office and so-called Liturgies of the Word\, the mechanics of the R evised Common Lectionary\, and a discussion of the theological principles behind the performance of liturgical rites and how those principles affect how one should vest\, stand\, and carry out liturgical gestures.\nKaleena Hanoski\, BAH\, BEd\, MTS is a mixed-Mohawk neurodiv ergent leader from Kenhtè:ke (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory). In their day job\, Kaleena is an enthusiastic educator and administrator with a broad e mployment and philanthropic background. They currently serve as a lay read er in the Anglican Parish of Tyendinaga\, where they are discerning a call to ordination. Kaleena carries in their bundle a Master of Theological St udies from Wycliffe College\, along with ongoing learning and lived experi ence focused on Indigenous theology\, Christian pedagogy\, and creating in clusive church spaces. They are passionate about lifelong learning and fos tering holistic well-being and growth through joy and positive practices i n both education and faith. This has led them to share their knowledge thr ough speaking engagements across Canada. In Commitments Old and New\, we w ill work together to create personal wampum strings as we examine the hist ory of treaties and agreements in relation to the church\, the Truth and R econciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action\, and how an unders tanding of these can be used to further genuine reconciliation efforts wit hin our Church. Together\, we will explore what it looks like to commit to creating more welcoming spaces\, inclusive liturgical practices\, and res pectful relationships. 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