EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES with IRIDESCE
We are happy to be expanding our team this year, with contract positions for Local Facilitators, a National Coordinator, and a Researcher. To read the full job descriptions, please click here or visit iridesce.ca/news or request the PDFs by email.
UPDATE ON IRIDESCE 2.0
THE WORK OF THE FIRST YEAR of the Iridesce Project culminated in a theatre play, a workshop, a poster-art installation, and a report at GC43, with excellent engagement from commissioners. "We were so pleased with how the stories of 1988 and beyond, collected by this Project, were received," noted the Project Coordinator, "The work that people across the country put into the Iridesce Project was inspiring, but we knew we still had people and communities to engage with who we hadn't reached." After GC43, we took some time to reflect on the work we had done in communities across the country. "We engaged in sincere prayer and reflection," noted the Coordinator, "seeking to understand the why and how of our successes in connecting with people and our challenges." The result is what we are calling Iridesce 2.0. Together the project partners are committed to outreaching to engage more voices into both the work and the process of Iridesce. We want to support our new Regional Councils, and we want to help our churches utilize the creative tools available, so they can bring the Iridesce project into their communities.
TOGETHER, Affirm United/S'Affirmer Ensemble and The United Church of Canada, decided to expand the Iridesce team to share the work of engaging and supporting communities of faith across the country. Local Facilitators (paid contract positions) will build relationships and collect stories locally across the Regions, focusing on marginalized communities and focusing on communities who have not deeply engaged in LGBTQ2+ dialogues in our church. A National Facilitator will provide support for faith communities wishing to present our self-guided workshop, put on our theatre play, borrow our posters, etc. (For a complete list of our resources please visit here.). A Researcher will conduct research into our 1988 history and collect theological resources relating to our LGBTQ2+ story. Finally, the work of the Project Coordinator will shift to supporting the Regional Councils who may be creating Interim Action Plans to continue to be or become Affirming Ministries. The Project Coordinator will continue engaging with folks sharing their personal stories and histories; sending out communications concerning Iridesce, such as this newsletter, on our website and on social media platforms.
Iridesce is funded by Mission & Service and is very grateful for the opportunity to continue this work and ministry. "We want to support our church in the best way we can as we discern together if a possible apology is needed toward LGBTQ2+ people, their family, their friends, their communities... our communities. We're hoping that with the vision of Iridesce 2.0 we can do that together." With God's help we know we can bring this vision to life together
PRAYER CIRCLE REQUEST
Seeking group and solo prayer enthusiasts to hold this project in prayer. We are hoping to have prayers from each Region of our church. To be involved, please email livingapology@gmail.com
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