Pastoral Calling Reimagined
Recognizing the Spirit’s Abundant Invitation in Canada
May 1, 1:00 pm - 9:30 pm (SK time)
May 2, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm (SK time)
Saskatoon, SK & online
Hampton Free Methodist Church
2930 McClocklin Rd.
Saskatoon, SK, S7R 0A1
Across Canada, congregations are searching for pastors, while many gifted, faithful leaders go unnoticed, unsupported, or unseen.
Pastoral Calling Reimagined is a two-day gathering for pastors, denominational leaders, theological educators, and lay leaders who sense that the Spirit is already calling people into vocational pastoral ministry, even as our traditional models often struggle to recognize and support them.
Rather than responding with fear or scarcity, this conference invites participants into a hopeful and grounded reimagining of pastoral leadership shaped by real Canadian contexts.
Drawing on the new book Pastoral Calling Reimagined: Celebrating the Spirit’s Abundant Invitation, we will explore how pastoral calling is emerging today through:
Mid-career calls into pastoral ministry
Multivocational pastoral leadership
Shared call and leadership between clergy and lay leaders
This is not simply a book launch. It is a working gathering designed to help pastors, churches, denominations, theological institutions and leaders learn how to notice, name, and nurture the pastoral gifts already present in their communities.
Together, participants will:
Gain language for recognizing pastoral calling beyond traditional pipelines
Explore practical practices for mentoring and discernment in local congregations
Reflect on how structures, expectations, theological education and imagination must shift to create a culture of openness
Discern where you and your community fit in the future of pastoral leadership in Canada
Presenters include contributors to the book: Gordon T. Smith, Karis Le, Amy Caswell Bratton, and Clara King.
Whether you are discerning a call, supporting others in leadership through a denominational role or theological educator, or responsible for forming and mentoring pastors, this gathering offers wisdom, community, and practical insight for what comes next.
Join us in Saskatoon as we Reimagine Pastoral Calling together.
Presenters:
Cost:
Onside: $99 (lunch on Saturday included)
Early Bird Pricing $89 until April 15, 2026
Online: $59
Early Bird Pricing $49 until April 15, 2026
Pre-order your copy of Pastoral Calling Reimagined for pick up at the event.
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
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