Pastors, Chaplains, Congregational Leaders Event - Part 3 of 4

MCEC Pastors, Chaplains and Congregational Leaders Events (PCCL) have a long standing history for resourcing and encouraging pastors and leaders. This year the PCCL event has been reimagined into four separate events: January 21, 2023; February 28, 2003; May 11, 2023 and June 3, 2023. Join together to discuss, discover and share what it means to become a restorative church.

God’s solidarity with all who are vulnerable, victimized and traumatized serves to empower relational healing as well as transformational building of the “beloved community” and “peaceable kingdom.” Together with our guest speakers, Nancy Kauffmann, Carmen Brubacher, and Sara Garnet, we will explore how we cannot just develop safe church policies but live into them and teach them in our congregational settings.

May 11, 2023
7 - 9 p.m.
Hybrid meeting
Community Room
50 Kent, Kitchener & Zoom
Cost $35

Registration Deadline:
May 4, 2023

Register Below

Our Speakers:

Nancy Kauffmann is the President/Board Chair of Dove’s Nest, a non-profit organization committed to empower faith communities to keep children and youth safe from abuse in their churches, homes and communities. Nancy is a former pastor, conference minister and denomination minister and is a founding board member of Dove’s Nest where she served as interim executive director from 2021 – 2022 and returned to her role as president in May 2022.

Carmen Brubacher is an MCEC pastor at Waterloo North Mennonite Church where she serves as Minister for Faith Formation. Carmen has used Dove’s Nest Circle of Grace curriculum in her ministry to teach children to distinguish between safe and unsafe secretes, identify trusted adults in their lives and knew how to respond to situations they’re not comfortable with. She has trained other congregations and leaders on how to implement this curriculum in their contexts.

Sara Garnet is the Connections and Education Coordinator at Faith Mennonite Church in Leamington, ON. She connects with neighbours of Faith Mennonite to implement new education opportunities in the community, with a focus on children and youth.

2023 Pastors, Chaplains and Congregational Leaders series. You do not have to attend each session to take part in any of the sessions. All are welcome. Please join us.

• Becoming a Restorative Church – Embodying our Safe Church Policy (May 11, 2023 Hybrid)
• Being a Restorative Church – Creating Brave and Accessible Space (June 3, 3023 In-person)