BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//A Rocha - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arocha.ca
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for A Rocha
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Vancouver
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20190310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20191103T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20200308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20201101T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20210314T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20211107T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260606T122524
CREATED:20201127T040421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T024230Z
UID:33658-1608141600-1608145200@arocha.ca
SUMMARY:Advent as Spiritual Resistance: Christmas\, COVID\, and Consumerism
DESCRIPTION:Exploring how we might engage Advent and Christmas in ways that care for Creation and resist consumerism in a time of COVID! \nZoom link will be sent to registrants. \nAbout this Event\nWhile this can often be a stressful season filled with large expectations – both social and economic (did you get the office party in our calendar? Do we have an even number of gifts for our siblings or children?!)\, this year we bear a whole different set of stress markers within us as we prepare for Christmas. \nUsually we speak of Advent as a time of waiting – but this year\, we are all a bit tired of waiting! \nSo how do we engage the season of Advent and Christmas this year? How might thinking of this as a time of resistance re-energize us in our care for Creation – and our facing the challenges of this year due to COVID-19? \nJoin our panel as we explore this season of Advent as a preparation for and anticipation of Emmanuel\, God-with-us. \nElisa Leahy\, film-maker  \nElisa Stone Leahy is a Peruvian-American independent filmmaker who was raised in Peru. She studied film in Vancouver\, B.C. where she co-founded Noonday Films. Her company has produced award-winning documentaries about guerrilla gardening in Vancouver\, B.C.\, children with HIV/AIDS in Honduras (Crystal Heart Award\, Heartland Film Festival)\, and elderly activists in the United States (DER Award\, Hot Docs Festival).\n \nMeagan Crosby-Shearer \nMeagan has a passion for creative liturgy\, social justice and engaging ways of entering into our faith story that make them come alive. She loves the wild beauty of the West Coast and learning from her twins Amaya and Zion. She is trained as a Registered Nurse and an ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Canada\, where she shares in leadership at the Abbeychurch and St. Matthias in Victoria\, BC. \nPaul Neufeld\, farmer \nPaul has been growing vegetables as the lead farmer at A Rocha in Surrey for the past 16 years.  He loves the physical work of farming\, the beauty of vegetables\, the limitless possibilities of soil and watching folks get excited about the flavours and challenges of local seasonal eating.  Paul lives (and farms\, along with his wife Angela) at Kingfisher farm\, a 10-acre property which is co-owned by a community of 6 families.
URL:https://arocha.ca/event/advent-as-spiritual-resistance-christmas-covid-and-consumerism/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online Programming
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arocha.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Advent-Eventbrite-Image.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR