{"id":44039,"date":"2019-11-21T10:34:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=44039"},"modified":"2020-01-20T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T15:27:58","slug":"shalom-in-the-streets-january-2020-school-for-leadership-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/shalom-in-the-streets-january-2020-school-for-leadership-training\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shalom in the Streets\u2019: January 2020 School for Leadership Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Right in the midst of what is being dismantled, biblical narratives beckon us to discover shalom in genuine relationships with the people in our neighborhoods, communities and cities. In the flourishing of the places where we live, we flourish as well. (Jeremiah 29:7)
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Eastern Mennonite Seminary\u2019s School for Leadership Training<\/a> (SLT) in January 2020 will gather religious leaders and scholars to engage with the theme, \u201cShalom in the Streets: Recapturing God\u2019s Vision in Ordinary Places.\u201d The event runs Monday, Jan. 13, to Wednesday, Jan. 15. Seminars will cover pastoral responses to climate change, how to help families with the spiritual journey of death and grief, faith-based community organizing, Bowen family systems theory, disability and other topics.
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The keynote speakers for this year\u2019s SLT are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n