Young Adult Events

 We can't wait to meet with you in person. Until it's safe for all, we're gathering online for worship, study and community!   

The events that are posted on this site are events hosted by the Pacific Mountain First Third Ministry or by United Churches and ministries offering Young Adult opportunities in the Pacific Mountain Regional Council, and across the country. You might also be interested in what LeaderShift is offering! 

YA BOOK STUDY
​"Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants"

Join book club facilitators Rev Graham Brownmiller and Rev Deb Walker, and a small group of other young adults four Thursday evenings in March. Registration is open now, and the book study is free. If you have your own copy of the book, or can borrow a copy, you're all set. If you need a free copy sent to you by the First Third Ministry Team, let us know in the registration form. 

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About the book

Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - an extraordinary book written by Robin Wall Kimmerer - asserts that plant life has been our oldest teachers, and continue to teach us about life, beauty, hardship and change. Robin covers issues about language, colonization, purpose, and sustainability. From Muskrat Magazine, “Braiding Sweetgrass contains too many marvelous gems of wisdom to do justice to in a small review but to close let me leave you with a simple yet profound notion that is transformational for me every time I reconnect with it: “… all gifts are multiplied in relationship”.  What more can I say? If you want your mind blown and your spirit expanded check out Kimmerer’s book.”

About the facilitators

Graham (he/his) is in ministry with the folx at Jubilee United Church in Burnaby, the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh speaking peoples. Reading has often been one of his favourite activities and sharing thoughts about the books just makes it that much better. Here are a few other things about him and book study:

• he is not an authority about anything, and loves conversations in which he learns from others;
• he loves it when he gets to see people have unexpected epiphanies;
• he respects differences of opinion;
• he is human and sometimes forgets that his face shows things differently than what his heart might be experiencing;
• he loves the mystery of God;

and he is looking forward to sharing in this time with you and Deb!

Deb is a newcomer to PMRC and is working with the fine people of Shaughnessy Height United Church in Vancouver, who live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people.

Deb is an avid reader, has a deep love for radio/podcasts and stories – and is excited about this particular faith study because:

"As a life long learner, I love learning from others, every story has a hint of wonder, the natural world is a complete language of 'awe' in itself, the story of reconciliation and right relationship is inside each of us, and I love to be surprised by unintentional opportunities for growth and transformation."

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OTHER EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

From the wider regional communities of faith

From the national church