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DESCRIPTION:(Above: Photo of Ruth Harvey\, credit: Freya Austin)\nWe are ex
 cited to welcome Ruth Harvey as our keynote facilitator for the 2026 Cle
 rgy Conference! The theme this year will be ‘Rooted in Hope: lived in C
 ommunity’.\nAbout Ruth\nBorn and brought up in Scotland\, with stints in
  Glasgow\, Iona\, Stirling\, South India\, Aberdeen\, Germany\, Amsterdam 
 and Edinburgh\, Ruth now lives in Cumbria\, NW England with views of the n
 orthern fells and Ullswater where she swims when she can. Having been brou
 ght up in faith-based intentional community\, Ruth is passionate about the
  power of intentional community\, gathered and scattered\, to model that h
 ope to which we are called in the face of so much fracture.\nThis early im
 mersion in community led Ruth to train as a mediator. She worked for many 
 years in faith-based conflict situations and continues to volunteer with P
 lace for Hope as a Practitioner\, Mediator and Conflict Coach\, facilitati
 ng large and small group mediations. Ruth is also an editor and a writer\,
  contributing prayers\, poems and liturgies regularly to Wild Goose Public
 ations and other outlets. \nIn 2023\, Ruth took part in a nine-week liste
 ning pilgrimage across the lands now called Australia with the Wellspring 
 Community\, and in Aotearoa/New Zealand. She met over 30 indigenous Christ
 ian leaders and explored with them questions about creation care\, climate
  justice\, and First Nations indigenous rights. You can read her pilgrima
 ge reflection here.\nRuth is an ordained Church of Scotland minister and a
  member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Ruth and her husban
 d Nick brought up their family (three daughters) on the edge of England’
 s lake district. Ruth enjoys paddling a canoe and walking in the mountains
 .\nAbout the Conference Theme\n‘Rooted in Hope: lived in Community’\nT
 he Iona Community has been experimenting with the power of faith-based int
 entional community since1938. We do this through welcoming guests to share
  a ‘common life’ with us at our residential centres on the Scottish is
 lands of Mull and Iona. And we do this\, as a dispersed\, global Membershi
 p community\, through meeting monthly in one another’s homes. We pray\,
  sing\, listen\, laugh and learn with one another about what it means to w
 ork for the justice and peace of Christ’s gospel today. \nFounded in a 
 time of war and the rumour of war\, we boldly assert that in the face of a
 ll that is fractured in our world\, there is hope in community. There is t
 he hope of new life nestled deep within all that is wrong. This is not a n
 aïve hope. This is an active hope\, that points beyond a fingers crossed 
 optimism to transformation. \nDrawing on her experience of a life lived i
 n Christian community\, Ruth will help us gently to explore the fractures 
 facing our world today. We will dig deep into Scripture and other sources 
 of wisdom\, including rich resources from the world of conflict transforma
 tion\, to reveal hope beyond optimism. And we will look at models of inten
 tional community to learn from one another about how to live now for the g
 ood of all.\nRegistration\nThe registration package will be emailed to cle
 rgy on June 1\, 2026. Registration closes September 1\, 2026.
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