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Central Baptist Church invites you to attend a seminar titled "Addiction and Life of the Church: How Christians can think creatively, clearly, and hopefully about this challenging issue".

What is addiction? Why is it such a devastating problem in our time? What might the Christian story have to say about what addiction is and how it is healed? This workshop aims to engage the contemporary addictions crises through the lens of a Christian understanding of what it means to be a person. We will consider foundational questions of the nature of addiction, empowering Christians to think freshly about this challenging issue, with courage, creativity, and hope. We will also discuss how Christian communities should care, hope, and pray for our family members and neighbors with addictions.

Presenter: Dr. Quentin Genuis is an emergency physician and ethicist at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. He serves as the physician ethicist for Providence Health Care, and is a Sessional Faculty and the Professional in Residence at Regent College in Vancouver, where he teaches on topics including medical ethics and addiction.

Date: Saturday, October 17

Time: 1-3 pm

Location: Central Baptist Church Auditorium

Cost: $20 - early bird, $25 - after October 4

To Register: CLICK HERE

Payment can be made by:

  • e-transfer to office@centralbaptistchurch.ca, please put keyword "seminar" in the message box
  • cash at sign-up table in the lobby on Sundays, Oct 4 & 11, or at the office through the week