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The Coming Light: Advent in the Learning Centre


The Coming Light
Advent in the Learning Centre

Thursdays, December 4 & 11, 2025
1:30 pm ET - online

 

Despite our best efforts, Advent and the Christmas season can often feel overwhelming, busy and rushed. We want to offer you a gift in this season - the gift of a slowed-down place (at least for an hour or so).

Carve out time for prayer, stillness and silence on Thursday, December 4th and December 11th. Join this Advent Learning Centre space where, together, we'll enter into a time of prayer, silence, and other spiritual practices to make room for what is to come. God’s gaze is always waiting for us, especially in this time of Advent, so we want to slow down and pay attention to the Spirit in our midst. Come be refreshed - come and "be" this Advent season.

Learning Centre sessions are recorded and made available afterwards for those who sign up but cannot attend in person

Presenters:

Featured
Elle Pyke
Elle Pyke

Elle Pyke is the Director of Programs & Innovation for the New Leaf Network. Elle has served on the board of a number of organizations such as Women Powering Technology Global, TEDxWaterlooWomen and The Christian Entrepreneurial Leaders Organization. She is currently pursuing her MA in Theology and Culture from the Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice at St Stephen's University. She loves spending time with friends and family, the great outdoors and all things New Leaf.

Beth Anne Fisher
Beth Anne Fisher

Beth Anne Fisher is a PhD candidate in Theology at Emmanuel College, part of the Toronto School of Theology, and has a Masters of Divinity from Wycliffe College in the same consortium. They belong to the Christian tradition and also have extensive experience working in interfaith contexts. 

Their education and career have led them to explore how faith leaders can build integrated theological and spiritual practices that help them lead with integrity and hope, building communities of spiritual healing rather than harm. 

 

Register

There are two options to access the New Leaf Learning Centre: a monthly subscription or a one-series pass (below). For the monthly subscription, please visit here.


from CA$0.00

The suggested amount is $20 ($10/week); simply choose your amount in the drop-down menu and “sign up now.”

We would like for you to join us, so if you can’t afford the registration at this time, please choose the $0 option. If you are able to bless New Leaf this Christmas season to support the work we do, please choose the $50 option.

 
Earlier Event: November 6
Mend Book Club
Later Event: December 15
Advent Soft Space