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Calgary Book Launch - Pastoral Calling Reimagined

  • 8336 34 Avenue Northwest Calgary, AB, T3B 1R2 Canada (map)

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May 3rd
in Calgary, AB

Pastoral Calling Reimagined

Celebrating the Spirit’s Abundant Invitation

May 3rd, 2026, 7 pm

Anglican Diocese Office
8336 34 Avenue NW, Calgary, AB

Join us to celebrate the new book, Pastoral Calling Reimagined: Celebrating the Spirit’s Abundant Invitation, with contributor Clara King and special guests, editor Gordon T. Smith, & Joel Thiessen.

Note: this venue is accessible. Contact us if you have any requests about accessibility needs.

Presenters:

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Gordon T. Smith
Gordon T. Smith

Gordon T Smith is the Executive Director for Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC) and a Teaching Fellow at Regent College, Vancouver.   He is the author of a number of publications, including  Welcome Holy Spirit:  A Theological and Experiential Introduction (IVPress, 2021), Your Calling Here and Now:   Making Sense of Vocation (IVPress, 2022), and In the Meantime:   Living in Light of the Ascension (Cascade, 2025).  He has for many years had a particular interest in the question of vocation, work and career.   Gordon is married to Joella and together they have two adult sons and six grandchildren.

Clara King
Clara King

Clara King is an ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Canada (M.Div '08, Vancouver School of Theology), with experience in urban, suburban, rural, and regional ministry. Since 2018, Clara has taught leadership for clergy and lay leaders in a variety of denominations in Canada and the United States. She is a teacher and mentor in the Leader’s Way Program for clergy at Yale Divinity School, and a PhD candidate in Practical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. With her husband Michael, she has two adult step-daughters, two characterful horses, and a Border Terrier named Jonah. They live in Calgary.

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Pre-order your copy of Pastoral Calling Reimagined to pick up at the book launch on May 3rd. Please select Calgary as your pickup location in the payment screen.

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Pre-order your copy of Pastoral Calling Reimagined for $20 to pick up directly from the New Leaf team or from the authors when it is released!

Pastoral Calling Reimagined:Celebrating the Spirit’s Abundant Invitation

Conversations in the Canadian Church book 02

Edited by Gordon T. Smith
Chapters by Gordon T. Smith, Karis Thy Le, Amy Caswell Bratton, Clara King
Foreword by Mark Buchanan

Who is God calling into ministry leadership? This question rings through churches looking for pastors, denominations seeing fewer new pastors and theological institutions training the next generation of leaders.

Pastoral Calling Reimagined explores mid-career calling, multivocational leadership, and shared ministry between lay leaders and clergy in the church. The variety of people God is calling today brings hope to a changing landscape. Dr. Gordon T. Smith ignites the conversation and brings in three voices, Rev. Karis Thy Le, Amy Caswell Bratton, and Rev. Clara King, who are active in the Canadian church, to share their experience of the Spirit’s abundant invitation.

✨ Available pickup locations are currently limited to regions surrounding Victoria, BC, Calgary, AB, Saskatoon, SK, Brampton, ON, and Waterloo Region, ON. ✨

If you would like to order more than 10 copies, contact us for a bulk discount: publishing@newleafnetwork.ca

Earlier Event: May 1
Pastoral Calling Reimagined: Recognizing the Spirit’s Abundant Invitation in Canada
Later Event: May 9
Victoria Book Launch - Pastoral Calling Reimagined