2022 Conference - Oct. 16, 17, 18
2022 CONFERENCE
After a two-year absence of in-person gathering, we are happy to have A Sound Renewal, Sunday, October 16 to Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at the Best Western Inn on the Bay in Owen Sound. Registration is now closed.
DRAFT AGENDA:
Sunday, October 16th
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registration and Check-in, Book Display by Christian Resource Centre, Mitchell
5:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
5:15 p.m. Worship
6:00 p.m. Grace and Buffet Dinner
7:30 p.m. Getting to know each other / networking
9:00 p.m. Book Display until 9:15 p.m.
Monday, October 17th
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast vouchers for those staying over
8:15 a.m. Book Display until lunch
9:00 a.m. How to Make Our Workplace Healthy – Dana Burtt
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Making our Bodies & Minds Healthy – Dana Burtt
12:00 noon Grace and Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Annual General Meeting
2:15 p.m. Board bus for Synagogue, Walk to Georgian Shores United Church
4:30 p.m. Return to Hotel for free-time
6:00 p.m. Grace and Buffet Dinner
7:15 p.m. Entertainment – Owen Sound City Band
8:15 p.m. End of Day
Tuesday, October 18th
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast vouchers for those staying over
9:00 a.m. Archives – What to Keep! What to Discard! – Clyde Harris
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Privacy Act and How it Relates to the Church – Clyde Harris
12:00 noon Grace and Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Good-byes
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Dana Burtt is a Senior Customer Success Manager at LifeWorks (formerly Morneau Shepell) and a Workplace Wellness & Nutrition Specialist. Dana will present two workshops on Monday morning.
CONFERENCE OUTING - The Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is Canada’s Last Small Town Synagogue and has been the main stay and spiritual home for the Jewish community in the Owen Sound area for close to a hundred years. We will travel by school bus to the Synagogue in the afternoon where Jeff, our host, will talk about the history and artifacts and why the synagogue is so special to the Grey/Bruce area. From the Synagogue we will walk two blocks to Salvation Corners, the home of Georgian Shores United Church along with three other churches, for a tour of the building and peace labyrinth before catching the bus back to the hotel.
CONFERENCE RESOURCES - Christian Resource Centre from Mitchell will be providing a book display Sunday evening and Monday morning. We are working with the Centre to provide a way to pre-order with pick up at the Conference, so please keep this option in mind as you start to plan for the fall and winter.
After a two-year absence of in-person gathering, we are happy to have A Sound Renewal, Sunday, October 16 to Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at the Best Western Inn on the Bay in Owen Sound. Registration is now closed.
DRAFT AGENDA:
Sunday, October 16th
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registration and Check-in, Book Display by Christian Resource Centre, Mitchell
5:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
5:15 p.m. Worship
6:00 p.m. Grace and Buffet Dinner
7:30 p.m. Getting to know each other / networking
9:00 p.m. Book Display until 9:15 p.m.
Monday, October 17th
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast vouchers for those staying over
8:15 a.m. Book Display until lunch
9:00 a.m. How to Make Our Workplace Healthy – Dana Burtt
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Making our Bodies & Minds Healthy – Dana Burtt
12:00 noon Grace and Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Annual General Meeting
2:15 p.m. Board bus for Synagogue, Walk to Georgian Shores United Church
4:30 p.m. Return to Hotel for free-time
6:00 p.m. Grace and Buffet Dinner
7:15 p.m. Entertainment – Owen Sound City Band
8:15 p.m. End of Day
Tuesday, October 18th
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast vouchers for those staying over
9:00 a.m. Archives – What to Keep! What to Discard! – Clyde Harris
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Privacy Act and How it Relates to the Church – Clyde Harris
12:00 noon Grace and Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Good-byes
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Dana Burtt is a Senior Customer Success Manager at LifeWorks (formerly Morneau Shepell) and a Workplace Wellness & Nutrition Specialist. Dana will present two workshops on Monday morning.
- How to Make Our Workplace Healthy will concentrate on our office space, especially after the last two years of opening and closing restrictions and will include Emotional Intelligence: What it is and how it can help us at our jobs
- Dana has her degree in human nutrition so her next topic will be Making our Bodies & Minds Healthy .
- Archives and Record Retention – with so many churches of all denominations closing or amalgamating, questions are being asked. What has to be kept and where? What can be disposed of and how? Plus other questions you might have!
- Privacy and How It Relates to the Church – in the last few years, some Church Administrators-Secretaries have gained the title of Privacy Officer. What does it mean? How and what do we share? Although the Privacy Act has been in effect for many years, Clyde will help us to understand what it means in various church denominations.
CONFERENCE OUTING - The Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is Canada’s Last Small Town Synagogue and has been the main stay and spiritual home for the Jewish community in the Owen Sound area for close to a hundred years. We will travel by school bus to the Synagogue in the afternoon where Jeff, our host, will talk about the history and artifacts and why the synagogue is so special to the Grey/Bruce area. From the Synagogue we will walk two blocks to Salvation Corners, the home of Georgian Shores United Church along with three other churches, for a tour of the building and peace labyrinth before catching the bus back to the hotel.
CONFERENCE RESOURCES - Christian Resource Centre from Mitchell will be providing a book display Sunday evening and Monday morning. We are working with the Centre to provide a way to pre-order with pick up at the Conference, so please keep this option in mind as you start to plan for the fall and winter.