Toronto Spiritual Activist Summit, 2011

UNITY: One World. One Family. One God.

October 21 - 23, 2011 / Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Basic Info
Speakers

Selected Summit Highlights

Young people gathered for a weekend of discussions about their relationship with God, their neighbors and the world! We formed connections with fellow summiteers, made music with Ben Vaughan and Ashton Glass, we heard from The Mother Church Board of Directors, the President of The Mother Church, interacted with some amazing lectureres and participated in workshops from dance to acting to writing. Bascially, it was a weekend of inspiration.

Marta Greenwood, President of The Mother Church concluded the summit by saying “We need a movement of healers, not a movement of patients.” We all left feeling united in our mission to heal the world.

Watch the slideshow to see some of the highlights from the weekend.

Basic Info

Date/Time

Friday October 21 - Sunday 23, 2011

Venue

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Toronto

Ages

The summit was open to youth age 12 to 30, Christian Scientist and non Christian Scientists

Speakers

Chet Manchester, CS

“So, what is your heart beating for?” was a question I faced in my late twenties. I was a struggling filmmaker in Los Angeles, experiencing some problems with my heart after a failed marriage and an unsuccessful business venture. On my mental knees in prayer, I opened to a passage in Mary Baker Eddy’s writings that instantly got my attention: “The heart that … Read more

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Christine Driessen, CSB

Christine Driessen is a Christian Science practitioner, teacher and lecturer who has relied on this system of healing all of her life -- as a ballet dancer, harpist, track and long distance runner, swimmer and diver, snowboarder and mother! She has found that this spiritual perspective has also strengthened her work as a French teacher at Indiana University and in … Read more

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Tom McElroy, CS

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