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Register here! Solidarity Forever: Faith and Politics Public Lecture — Thursday, October 2 at 7pm PST Join Sara Miles, Founder and Director of The Food Pantry and former Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, for the 2025 Somerville Lecture at the Vancouver School of Theology. This free public lecture invites students, ...

Register here! The Holy Spirit and The Christian Life Public Lecture — Friday, August 8 at 7pm Workshop — Saturday, August 9 from 9:30am – 12:30pm (1 hour lunch included) Abstract: Who is the Holy Spirit, and how can the Spirit be known? And what difference does that make in our lives and world events? ...

Presented by the O'Driscoll Forum on Preaching and the Arts & the Anglican Foundation of Canada: REGISTER NOW! Join VST’s very own Rev. Dr. Joni Sancken and celebrated textile artist Thomas Roach for an evening of exploration into how rips and tears—physical and metaphorical—can be opportunities for newness and beauty born of the Holy Spirit. ...

   Register now The Vancouver School of Theology’s Inter-Religious Studies Program will host the conference Compassion: Mutual Care in Troubled Times, May 27 – 29, 2025, both in-person and on Zoom. This conference seeks to explore what the spirituality and practice of compassion should look like in our time. Keynote speaker Dr. Terri Elizabeth Givens ...

register now full conference information Some call this a ‘liminal season’ — a time when individuals and institutions are struggling with surprising forces inside and out, often experiencing disorientation, disengagement, and disenchantment. Leadership in ministry today requires dexterity in navigating the ‘known and the unknown’ of this time. At this Vancouver School of Theology conference, we ...

Preaching Under the Radar: The Creative World of Female Preaching in Late Medieval Europe  Public Lecture — Friday, February 21 at 7pm Workshop — Saturday, February 22 from 10am–2pm (lunch included) Step into the captivating, often overlooked world of medieval women preachers with international scholar Dr. Carolyn Muessig! This free public lecture offers a chance ...

Do you feel a call to engage your faith more deeply? Have others enthusiastically nudged you to embark on a journey of theological education? Are you curious about what it’s like to be a graduate student at a collaborative theological school? Then be an Explorer! For three days, you will explore theological education at VST ...

Register here! An Invitation to Stretch: Reconstructing Our Theological Assumptions Public Lecture — Thursday, October 17 at 7pm Join Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond, President of New York Theological Seminary, for the 2024 Somerville Lecture at the Vancouver School of Theology. This free public lecture provides an opportunity for students, theologians, steadfast church-goers, rigorous questioners, unabashed analysts, ...