SPARK 2012 Youth Minister’s Retreat: May 4-6, Jackson’s Point

THEME: Rediscovering Jesus

SPEAKER: Dr. Brian Walsh and Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat

COST: $80

Youth ministry can sometimes be incredibly intimidating.  We can feel alone and inadequate.  This weekend is to meet both these needs.  Come and meet other youth workers across the Diocese, here the vision of Archbishop Johnson for youth ministry, engage with two of Canada’s leading scholars on who Jesus is and why it matters, and relax.

To register contact Elizabeth McCaffery at emccaffery@toronto.anglican.ca or call her at 1-800-668-8932 or 416-363-6021 ex. 225.

BRIAN WALSH is the bestselling author or coauthor of several books, including The Transforming Vision, Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be, and Colossians Remixed. He is a chaplain at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor of theology of culture at Wycliffe College in Toronto, Ontario.

SYLVIA KEESMAAT taught Biblical Studies and Hermeneutics at the Institute for Christian Studies for ten years. In 2004 she left full-time academia to pursue her interests in sustainable living. Currently, she is an adjunct professor at the Institute for Christian Studies and at the Toronto School of Theology. She is also an instructor in the Creation Care Studies Program in Belize. Dr. Keesmaat is the author of Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire (with Brian Walsh, [2004]), Paul and His Story: (Re)Interpreting the Exodus Tradition (1999), and editor of The Advent of Justice (1994).  She is currently writing a book on the Epistle to the Romans, and preparing to write one on creation in the New Testament.

Brian and Sylvia are married and live on an organic solar-powered farm in Cameron, Ontario.