Engage Difference Nov. 2025 – Ontario – Forum for Intercultural Leadership

Five Days to Build Bridges with Faith, Heart, and Skill

A 5-day intensive for ministry leaders and community members to explore how culture shapes us and how we can build respectful, intercultural relationships through learning, reflection, and dialogue.

Engage Difference! It’s not just a workshop; it’s an interactive journey designed to equip ministry leaders and community members with practical tools for fostering cultural relevance, understanding, and awareness.

Date: November 10-14, 2025

Location: Jackson’s Point Retreat & Conference Centre, 1890 Metro Rd N, Georgina, ON L0E 1L0

This is a full-immersion residential program

Regular Participant

$1500 Residential program. All meals, accommodation, program activities and materials included.

Bursaries are Available
Contact montealegre@councilofchurches.ca for more information and to apply.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada members: up to 80% of fees. Email cramirez@elcic.ca
United Church of Canada members: if you need bursary assistance, please contact montealegre@councilofchurches.ca
FILL Diversity Fund: Amount on an as needed basis. Available to those who self-identify as members of a marginalized community, including (but not limited to) racialized, Indigenous, person with a disability, neurodiverse, etc.

Registration Deadline: October 31st, 2025
A $200 deposit (non-refundable after the registration deadline) is required to confirm registration. Full fees can be paid when registering. Balance of fees is due at the registration deadline. Payment options include credit card, e-transfer, cheque, or an invoice can be provided for payment by a sponsoring agency.

Learn more about the Engage Difference! Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry program.

For more information, email ho@councilofchurches.ca

This is a program of The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning, a reference group of The Canadian Council of Churches in collaboration with Prairie Centre For Ecumenism.

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Engage Difference Nov. 2025 – Ontario