Jennifer Neutel

Freelance Journalist and Development Manager at Christian Courier.

Bio last updated April 30th, 2019.

Jennifer Neutel

Articles by Jennifer Neutel

  • Getting Relations Right

    Formed in the fall of 2015, the Right Relations Circle developed out of an energy in Calgary's Hillhurst United Church congregation for reconciliation and gathering. Spirituality, learning, awareness and co-participation are among the group’s tenets.

    She sees a similar spark with people who are part of a Right Relations Circle at Hillhurst United Church in Calgary Upcoming possibilities for the circle includes planning a group trip to Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, forming a book club and adding a right relations section in the church’s lib...

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  • Refuge of Hope

    Jodi Lammiman and Amy Spark co-created Calgary-based Refugia Retreats in August 2016, forming a space that combines environmental concerns, spirituality and self-discovery. 

    Amy: Macy speaks of three “stories” of our time: Business As Usual, which emulates the growth narrative) the Great Unraveling , the “doom and gloom” narrative, and the Great Turning, the story of hope It doesn’t deny that we are living in the midst of a difficult and uncertain time, but at the same ...

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  • Blanket the Land

    Churchgoers at Calgary’s Hillhurst United Church experienced a different kind of service recently when they participated in the Blanket Exercise — a teaching tool that shares the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.

    Churchgoers at Calgary’s Hillhurst United Church experienced a different kind of service recently when they participated in the Blanket Exercise — a teaching tool that shares the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada An immigrant to Canada her...

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  • Prayer Houses

    Calgary’s interfaith community hosted Habitat for Humanity build days during UN World Interfaith Harmony Week in early February. Pictured: a clergy build day last August in Calgary.

    Incorporating the build days with Interfaith Harmony Week showed a “demonstration of solidarity among faith groups, each responding to the urgent need for affordable home ownership,” says Les Sawatsky, Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta board member ...

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  • The Silent Fall into Love

    A group of multifaith Calgarians meets every week for a contemplative service. Together they focus on experience rather than language or doctrine, and experience the peace and rest that silence offers.    

    Many people find silence frightening to be with, she says, and may not be open to exploring it until experiencing the peace and rest it can offer Cooper says she hopes those who attend the open service get a taste of what silence really is, and an awareness of another approach to worship and spiritu...

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  • Building Faith in Calgary

    Interfaith Harmony Week in Calgary this year will go beyond encouraging different traditions to live together. One of its featured events will explore how different faiths can live under the same roof.

    Rabbi Shaul Osadchey, a member of the Calgary Interfaith Council steering committee who approached Mayor Naheed Nenshi to proclaim city support for the week, says it will show how faith groups can work together to make positive community changes ...

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  • Harmony in Halifax

    As we begin World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017, Jennifer Neutel shares how Halifax has become a model of religious diversity and openness.

    When the UN kicks off its World Interfaith Harmony Week today, the people of Halifax will know their city has been put on the map as a model of religious diversity and openness Interfaith Harmony Halifax considers its resources and website open source ...

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  • Harmony in Halifax

    As we begin World Interfaith Harmony Week 2017, Jennifer Neutel shares how Halifax has become a model of religious diversity and openness.  

    When the UN kicks off its World Interfaith Harmony Week today, the people of Halifax will know their city has been put on the map as a model of religious diversity and openness Interfaith Harmony Halifax considers its resources and website open source ...

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