P2C PLUS Conference

December 28 – 31, 2019
Toronto, Ontario

P2C PLUS is the annual focused gathering of Power to Change – Students, which brings together 1000+ youth and young adults from across Canada and around the world. We gather under one roof for four days of seeking God’s presence together, growing individually and corporately in our knowledge of him, and gaining fresh vision for making him known in our communities.

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Speakers & Artists

Alyssa Esparaz

Cheryl Bear

Jen Pollock Michel

John Van Sloten

Jon Corbin

Jon Tyson

Katharine Hayhoe

Jen Pollock Michel

John Van Sloten

Jon Tyson

Katharine Hayhoe

Alyssa Esparaz

Main Session

Alyssa Esparaz is a communicator with a passion for inspiring and equipping Christians to live compassionate lifestyles. As a young person in the church, Alyssa loves seeing her generation bring Christ’s hope to this messy and broken world. She serves as a Writer and Communicator at Compassion Canada, one of the world’s leading child development organizations. She also studies International Development at the University of Toronto. She blogs at alyssaesparaz.ca and is a regular contributor to Love Is Moving magazine. When she is not doing any of the above, Alyssa can be found cheering for the Raptors, dreaming about traveling on an airplane, or eating way too much ice cream.

Cheryl Bear

Main Session

Cheryl Bear, from Nadleh Whut’en First Nation, is well known as an important and respected voice on behalf of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. As a speaker and teacher, she has traveled to over 600 Indigenous communities in Canada and the United States, sharing her songs and stories. She also visits non-Native communities (schools, government, churches, and businesses) holding workshops to raise awareness and understanding of Indigenous issues.

She has released three albums sharing stories of Indigenous life: Cheryl Bear (self-titled), The Good Road, and A’BA. Cheryl’s albums have received three Indigenous People’s Choice music awards, two Covenant Awards and a Native American Music Award.

Cheryl is a founding board member of NAIITS, an Indigenous learning community. She is also an Associate Professor at Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Cheryl has an earned Doctorate from The King’s University in Los Angeles, and a Master of Divinity degree from Regent College.

She has written two books, Introduction to First Nations Ministry and a children’s book called The Honour Drum.

She is currently serving as a Strategic Associate to the Indigenous Relations Specialist with Canadian Baptist Ministries.

Jen Pollock Michel

Main Session, Workshop

Jen Pollock Michel is the award-winning author of Teach Us to Want and Keeping Place. Her third book, Surprised by Paradox, released in May 2019. It traces four themes in the Bible—incarnation, kingdom, grace, and lament—as a way of discovering some of the surprise of God’s story. Jen writes widely for print and digital publications and travels to speak at churches, conferences, and retreats. She holds a B.A. in French from Wheaton College and an M.A. in Literature from Northwestern University.

She is an American living in Toronto. Her husband Ryan and five children moved to Canada in 2011, planning on a two- or three-year adventure. They are still here and quite naturally finishing their sentences with “eh?” Their family attends Grace Toronto Church. As part of her volunteer work with her local church, she is the lead editor for Imprint magazine.

You can subscribe to her monthly newsletter at jenpollockmichel.com.

(Pronunciation Guide: Pollock = Paul-luck (like Jackson Pollock, painter) Michel = Michelle (like the woman’s first name).

John Van Sloten

Main Session, Workshop

John Van Sloten is a pastor, teacher, and writer who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His passion is to know God more (and to read everything he’s written). For the past 20 years, John has been exploring a worldview that seeks to discern God’s voice in all things: the Bible, the arts, sport, science, film, music, literature, history, mathematics, nature, and human nature. His first book, The Day Metallica Came to Church: Searching for the Everywhere God in Everything, listened for God’s whispers in pop culture. John’s second book, Every Job a Parable; What Walmart Greeters, Nurses, and Astronauts Tell Us about God, listens for God’s words at work. John has taken part in three John Templeton Foundation sub-grants to explore the intersection of faith and science in the context of preaching, and just finished draft one of his third book, God Speaks Science.

Jon Corbin

Main Session

Jon Corbin is a Canadian hip-hop artist, spoken word poet, speaker, band leader, writer, and DJ based in Milton, Ontario. Since 2001, first under the name The Runaway, Jon has blessed stages big and small with lyrical themes of faith, love, family, social justice, and personal growth.

Corbin is a veteran artist who has quietly carved a niche in Canada’s hip-hop community, collaborating with multiple Polaris Music Prize nominee Shad, Juno Award winner Caroline Brooks of The Good Lovelies, and many other revered emcees on both sides of the border.

As a speaker, Corbin speaks passionately on topics of identity, race and racism, mental health, and community connections.

Jon is signed to LSTNFND music. You can find links to his work on the LSTNFND site.

Jon Tyson

Main Session, Workshop

Jon Tyson is a widely respected church planter and pastor in New York City. He is the author of Sacred Roots, A Creative Minority, and The Burden is Light.

Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Jon moved to the United States two decades ago with a passion to seek and cultivate renewal in the Western Church. His preaching is known for the rare fusion of passion and depth. He regularly speaks at large events around the world including Q Conference and Catalyst.

Jon lives in the Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood of Manhattan with his wife and two children. Visit him at churchofthecitynyc.com.

Katharine Hayhoe

Main Session, Workshop

Katharine Hayhoe is an accomplished atmospheric scientist who studies climate change and why it matters to us here and now. She is also a remarkable communicator who has received the American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize and the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication She has been named to a number of lists including Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Thinkers, and FORTUNE Magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders.

Katharine writes and produces the PBS Digital Studios series, Global Weirding, and serves on advisory committees for a broad range of organizations including the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, the Earth Science Women’s Network, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is currently a professor and directs the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. She has a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Toronto, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Illinois.

Jen Pollock Michel

Main Session, Workshop

John Van Sloten

Main Session, Workshop

Jon Tyson

Main Session, Workshop

Katharine Hayhoe

Main Session, Workshop

Schedule

Jesus FIRST in Relationships

9:30am
Registration Opens
1:00pm
Workshops Round 1
2:00pm
Workshops Round 2
3:00pm
Break
3:30pm
Main Session 1
with Alyssa Esparez
5:30pm
Supper
7:00pm
Kick-Off

Jesus FIRST in Theology

9:30am
Main Session 2
with Jon Tyson
11:30am
Lunch
1:00pm
Workshops Round 3
2:00pm
Break
2:30pm
Workshops Round 4
3:30pm
Break
4:00pm
Workshops Round 5
5:00pm
Supper
7:00pm
Main Session 3
with Jen Pollock Michel and Jon Tyson

Jesus FIRST in Vocation

9:30am
Main Session 4
with John Van Sloten
11:30am
Lunch
1:00pm
Workshops Round 6
2:00pm
Break
2:30pm
Workshops Round 7
3:30pm
Break
4:00pm
Workshops Round 8
5:00pm
Supper
7:00pm
Main Session 5
with Katharine Hayhoe

Jesus FIRST in Culture

9:30am
Main Session 6
with Jon Corbin and Cheryl Bear
11:30am
Lunch
1:00pm
Workshops Round 9
2:00pm
Break
2:30pm
Workshops Round 10
3:30pm
Break
4:00pm
Workshops Round 11
5:00pm
Supper
7:00pm
New Year’s Eve Party

Explore

Main Sessions

Our main sessions are designed to inspire and challenge attendees in their faith journey by hearing from gospel-centered, well recognized speakers, and theologians. We also use the sessions to praise and worship God, with the help of local worship bands, as a corporate body.

This year, we will be adding speaker panels to our main sessions to facilitate discussion with attendees, celebrate diversity in opinion and perspective, and expose a wide range of Christian views on selected topics.

Workshops

Our workshops encourage students to take a deep dive into a broad range of focused topics that intersect faith and culture like: leadership and mentorship, spiritual growth and disciplines, prayer, discernment, discipleship, evangelism in local and global contexts, personal growth, relationships, mental health, gender identity, addictions, trauma, shame, suffering, grief and loss, healing, health, humanization, racism, world religions, financial stewardship, hospitality, vocation, technology and design, creativity, apologetics, and the church.

The Hub

This year we will be introducing a central engaging and interactive space where attendees (throughout the conference) can connect with each other and our diverse group of partners, grab some snacks and drinks, take time to reflect, rest and relax, and have fun! Including…

3D Photo Booth
Interactive Art Display
Lounges
Busking and Spoken Word
Video Wall
Hot Drinks
Charging Stations
Wifi

Networking Opportunities

Unique lunch experiences connecting interested youth and young adults with kingdom-centered opportunities.

We’ll be hosting an Alumni Dinner for reconnecting short-term missions trip groups, an Explore Dinner to introduce attendees to long-term career opportunities with partners at P2C PLUS, a Missions Luncheon to challenge and empower youth and young adults to respond to the urgent need for the gospel globally, and a Youth Luncheon held exclusively for youth attending the first day of our conference.

Prayer & Support

This year we will be carefully crafting a safe space where attendees have the opportunity to be prayed for, ask questions regarding their faith journey, and seek certified help during the course of the conference.

New Year’s Party

Our iconic New Year’s Eve Party is back! Complete with a DJ dance party and non-dance activities such as our mini-stick hockey tourney (back by popular demand), laser tag, karaoke party and rap battle (NEW), bubble soccer (NEW), board games, video games, and our ultra interactive and insta-worthy photo booth. Did we also mention there will be snack bars (NEW)?

Location

Sheraton Centre Hotel
123 Queen St. W
Downtown Toronto