{"id":4630,"date":"2014-10-30T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=4630"},"modified":"2014-10-30T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:47:05","slug":"ryan-dueck-visits-cmu-as-pastor-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2014\/ryan-dueck-visits-cmu-as-pastor-in-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Dueck Visits CMU as Pastor-in-Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018I\u2019m looking forward to hearing people\u2019s stories,\u2019 Lethbridge pastor says<\/em><\/h2>\n

Ryan Dueck, pastor at Lethbridge Mennonite Church in Lethbridge, AB, will visit Canadian Mennonite University as Pastor-in-Residence from Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 7.<\/p>\n

Dueck is eager to connect with CMU students.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung adulthood is a really\u2026 interesting phase of life where so much is up for grabs,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool to have even a small window into people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in its fifth year, CMU\u2019s Pastor-in-Residence program is designed to encourage out-of-province pastors to live in residence, participate in the life of the CMU community, and share their faith experiences in a variety of settings including CMU chapel sessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal has always been to have the pastor come and serve in our community so that our students, staff, and faculty are cared for by an outside person,\u201d says Melanie Unger, Spiritual Life Facilitator at CMU, adding that hopefully, the week is refreshing for the visiting pastor as well. \u201cIt\u2019s about building relationships with our church constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CMU’s Ryan Dueck, pastor at Lethbridge Mennonite Church in Lethbridge, AB will be CMU’s pastor-in-residence from November 3-7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dueck has been the pastor at Lethbridge Mennonite Church since 2011. Prior to that, he served for three years as associate pastor at Neighbourhood Church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation in Nanaimo, BC.<\/p>\n

Dueck grew up on a farm in southern Alberta and says he never imagined that he would become a pastor. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Philosophy at the University of Lethbridge and then a Master of Christian Studies from Regent College in Vancouver, he thought he might pursue further studies.<\/p>\n

A handful of people close to Dueck encouraged him to work in the church. Dueck recalls a conversation with his thesis advisor at Regent during which he shared that he wasn\u2019t impressed with some of the pastors he had encountered growing up.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe your job is to be the pastor you wish you had,\u201d Dueck\u2019s thesis advisor suggested.<\/p>\n

Afterward, Dueck decided to pursue ministry. Given his passion for academia, he says he is naturally drawn to the cerebral aspects of being a minister, such as researching, writing, and preparing sermons.<\/p>\n

Over the past six years, however, he has come to appreciate simply being able to hear and be a part of people\u2019s stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a pastor, you\u2019re invited into some of the most frightening and most holy moments of people\u2019s lives, and that\u2019s an honour I didn\u2019t fully appreciate until I became a pastor,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Since 2007, Dueck has maintained a blog called \u201cRumblings.\u201d The blog includes reflection and conversation about various topics related to the intersection of faith and culture.<\/p>\n

Dueck is married to Naomi, and the couple has 13-year-old twins. When he isn\u2019t working or spending time with his family, Dueck enjoys playing soccer, hockey, and riding his motorcycle in the mountains.<\/p>\n

He is anticipating meaningful conversations during his week at CMU.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs human beings, we learn and grow when we have an opportunity to have our stories rub off on each other a little bit,\u201d Dueck says. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to hearing people\u2019s stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

About CMU
\n<\/strong>A Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, CMU\u2019s Shaftesbury campus offers undergraduate degrees in arts, business, humanities, music, sciences and social sciences, and graduate degrees in Theology and Ministry. CMU has over 1,600 students, including those enrolled in degree programs at the Shaftesbury Campus and in its Menno Simons College and Outtatown programs.<\/em><\/p>\n

For information about CMU, visit:\u00a0www.cmu.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

For additional information, please contact:<\/p>\n

Kevin Kilbrei, Director of Communications & Marketing
\nkkilbrei@cmu.ca; 204.487.3300 Ext. 621
\nCanadian Mennonite University
\n500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, MB\u00a0 R3P 2N2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018I\u2019m looking forward to hearing people\u2019s stories,\u2019 Lethbridge pastor says Ryan Dueck, pastor at Lethbridge Mennonite Church in Lethbridge, AB, will visit Canadian Mennonite University as Pastor-in-Residence from Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 7. Dueck is eager to connect with CMU students. \u201cYoung adulthood is a really\u2026 interesting phase of life where so much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,25,5,1],"tags":[59,562],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4635,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630\/revisions\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}