Gornik In Toronto
Monday, March 13
2.00 - 4.00 pm
To Live in Peace: Sandtown 30 years later
Fifteen years after publishing his ground breaking book, To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City, and thirty years after launching the “New Song” ministry in Sandtown, Baltimore, that inspired that book, Mark Gornik reflects on both the community and the book.
Wycliffe College, Leonard HallThis event is sponsored by Trinity College Faculty of Divinity, Wycliffe College, and CRC Campus Ministries, U of T.
Contact: Brian Walsh, brian.walsh@utoronto.ca
7.00-9.00 pm
Reimagining Seminary
Speaking out of the experience of City Seminary of New York, Gornik will share his vision for indigenous learning communities that takes seriously the changing shape of the church, the city and world Christianity.
Wycliffe College, Reading RoomThis event is sponsored by Trinity College Faculty of Divinity, Wycliffe College, and CRC Campus Ministries, U of T.
Tuesday, March 14
7.22-9.00 am
Wine Before Breakfast
Mark will be preaching on Colossians 15-28 at this early morning worship community.
Wycliffe College, Founders Chapel (Breakfast to follow)This event is sponsored by CRC Campus Ministries, U of T.
Contact: Brian Walsh, brian.walsh@utoronto.ca
1.30-4.30 pm
“Sensing the City: Formative Practices for Faithful Urban Life”
Drawing upon 30 years of urban ministry and education, Mark will share some of his most recent insights into urban ministry. For Mark, ministry in the city begins with how we see, hear, taste, smell and touch the city. Our afternoon will be devoted to reflecting together on how this might affect our approach to ministry in the city and how it impacts our discernment.
H.B. Martin Family Centre for Urban Education 306 Gerrard Street EastThis event is sponsored by Yonge Street Mission and CRC Campus Ministries, U of T
Contact: Melody Hung, 416 929 9614
7.00-9.00 pm
The Word Made Global: The Changing Shape of Christianity and its Implications for Urban Ministry
Context: A public event directed at urban ministry practitioners, denominational leaders, pastors, lay people, students. Noting that the urban church is most vital amongst immigrant communities predominantly from the Global South (Asia, Africa, Latin America), Gornik has researched and written on the changing shape of urban Christianity in the cities of North America.
St. James Cathedral CentreThis event is sponsored by St. James Cathedral and CRC Campus Ministries, U of T
Contact: info@stjamescathedral.on.ca
Mark Gornik is the author of the ground breaking book To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City and Word Made Global: Stories of African Christianity in New York City, and the founder and director of City Seminary of New York. He will be in Toronto on March 13 and 14 presenting lectures on urban ministry, seminary education, faithful urban living and the changing shape of urban Christianity.
