BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260508T175704Z UID:517-3337949@valleyanglicans.ca DTSTART:20260530T180000Z DTEND:20260530T200000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260505T161308 DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a special book launch on Saturday\, May 30th from 2-4pm at Holy Trinity Pembroke for Hands Like Roots: Notes on an Ent angled Contemplative Life by Rev. Dr. Therese DesCamp. \nIn a luminous an d open-hearted series of essays\, Therese DesCamp explores the meeting poi nt of daily life with science and contemplative practice. Therese is a wri ter\, spiritual director\, minister and contemplative\; a 2023 CBC Nonfict ion Prize long-lister\, author of numerous scholarly and popular articles\ , and a columnist on spirituality for the Valley Voice newspaper. While sh e’s been writing since she could hold a pencil\, this collection of essa ys takes the reader deeply into the places where words falter.\nTherese ho lds an M.Div. from Pacific School of Religion and a Ph.D. from the Graduat e Theological Union\, Berkeley. She was ordained in the United Church of C hrist\, admitted to the United Church of Canada\, and has worked with grou ps in these churches as well as the Anglican Church\, the Episcopal Church \, and the Presbyterian Church. She has taught graduate school courses in spirituality\, biblical studies\, feminist studies and cognitive linguisti cs. She has been a Benedictine oblate\, co-taught retreats with a Zen Budd hist priest\, co-ministered with a Jewish rabbi\, and first learned medita tion from a Sufi teacher.\nTherese’s current work includes an evolving f orm of community spiritual companionship outside the walls of church\, roo ted deeply in Christ\, scripture\, and community. She leads a monthly cont emplative group\, a bi-monthly prayer group\, works as a spiritual directo r\, and serves on the board of The Contemplative Society. Her past volunte er work includes ten years on the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society and a ye arlong stint in Grade 4-5-6 at Lucerne Elementary in New Denver\, B.C.\, w here she lives with her husband George Meier.\nAt the event on May 30th bo oks will be available for purchase for $25.00\, with cash or interact e-tr ansfer.\n \nQuotes about Hands like Roots:\n“When an extraordinarily gi fted and skilled writer offers essays on the contemplative dimensions of l ife\, we would all do well to pay attention...”\nBrian D. McLaren\, auth or and public theologian\, Life After Faith and Faith After Doubt\n \n“ Her hands\, her feet\, her heart are firmly planted in the physicality of our planet. And she writes about this\, beautifully...”\nAlanna Mitchell \, international award-winning author of Seasick: The Global Ocean in Cris is\n \n“I didn’t know I had been thirsting until I discovered I was d rinking at your waterfall...”\nJoy Kogawa\, international award winning poet and author of Obasan\n \n“...if you are among those who have chose n to keep loving this beautiful\, aching world\, you need this book.”\nD r. Mardi Tindal\, former Moderator of The United Church of Canada\n \n“ Hands Like Roots is an extraordinary work of hope in a moment that often f eels completely bereft of hope...”\nDouglas Christie\, Ph.D\, author of The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T161308 LOCATION:Holy Trinity Pembroke SUMMARY:Book Launch and Author Conversation URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.valleyanglicans.ca/events/book-launch-and-author- conversation/2026-05-30 ATTACH;FILENAME=Book-Launch.png;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.clo udfront.net/2026/05/05/19/54/20/d0b46b7e-9749-446d-84d8-d44925a4d3b8/Book- Launch.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR