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Save the Date - October 28, 2021 
Caring Conversations:
"Being Seen and Loved as We Are" 
with Daniel Whitehead  

Save the Date, October 28, 2021 for "Caring Conversations: Being Seen and Loved as We Are" with Daniel Whitehead 

We are excited to announce that Daniel Whitehead, CEO of Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries in Vancouver will be our guest speaker for our fall public event. Daniel is a Regent College graduate and ordained minister with over ten years of full-time vocational church ministry experience.

Daniel writes, “Having spent ten years in full-time vocational church ministry, I know the levels of brokenness that a community carries, often in secret, and I have witnessed at firsthand the good, the bad, and the ugly approaches to mental health. I can personally attest to the challenges of leading at times when my own mental health was poor. It is undoubtedly these firsthand experiences, including walking with many friends and family members through debilitating mental health struggles, that have caused me to see the value and power of Sanctuary’s work.”

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