About Dawn Davis

  • Dawn Davis

Rev. Dr. Dawn Davis is Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology and Director of Leadership for Ministry Programs at Huron University College, part of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont. She's an experienced Anglican priest with professional human resources certification, specializing in training and development, and organizational behaviour. She also holds a doctorate in ministry in spiritual formation.

Dawn has a passion for inspiring lay leaders and helping them grow in confidence in their faith. She recently co-edited and contributed to Experience: Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education. Experience equips field educators for the significant task of fostering the spiritual growth of their students. Students in turn will have a treasure trove of spiritual formation exercises/practices that they can adapt as ministerial leaders in congregations, chaplaincy settings and in faith-based non-profit organizations. She also authored the Revive program through RenewalWorks, a ministry of Forward Movement, to help parishes facilitate growth in spiritual vitality.

Dawn has a passion for inspiring and growing faith and confidence among lay leaders. She authored the Revive program through RenewalWorks, a ministry of Forward Movement, to help parishes facilitate growth in spiritual vitality.

Experience: Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education

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Spiritual formation has gained increasing attention with theological schools as a significant element of the theological education process. Repeated Association of Theological Schools studies have revealed a broad interpretation of what is meant by spiritual formation and how it is achieved within the theological education framework. Theological schools look to what happens in the field education courses as the most significant source of spiritual formation.

Experience: Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education provides effective resources that field educators may employ to foster spiritual formation. In the first section of the book twenty-five practices are introduced that are employed currently by field educators with strong favorable student feedback. In a second section ministerial leaders in a variety of settings share spiritual practices that they have found life-giving and foster deeper connection with God and God’s world.

Experience equips field educators for the significant task of fostering the spiritual growth of their students. Students in turn will have a treasure trove of spiritual formation exercises/practices that they can adapt as ministerial leaders in congregations, chaplaincy settings and in faith-based non-profit organizations.

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The Revive Program

Revive is a discipleship program to help active lay leaders—wardens, property and finance officers, committee chairs, vestry members, church school teachers, youth ministers, pastoral visitors, and liturgical ministers—grow in confidence as spiritual leaders.

Revive is about transformation through spiritual formation. In just 10 months, this small-group program transforms leaders of practical church ministry into confident spiritual leaders who love God and participate in Christ’s ministry.

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Are you a current or past participant or leader of the Revive program? Are you considering using at at your church, but have questions or would appreciate feedback? Join the brand new Revive Community on Facebook and share, discuss, and grow with the program's author, Rev. Cannon Dr. Dawn Davis, and other community members.

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RSS Dawn’s Revive Blog

  • When can I start Revive? November 23, 2019
    You can start Revive right now! Our suggested start-up for your Revive small group is October, with the three, six-week modules rolled out over the program year: one in the fall, one during Epiphany and the final after Easter. Generally, this works well with the yearly momentum of the liturgical cycle. However, this ideal timing […]
  • Who should lead Revive? October 9, 2019
    Typically, the facilitator of the program is a ministry leader of the congregation, such as the rector, lead pastor, senior minister or another clergyperson. This is not a requirement, since anyone can lead Revive. We have purposefully used the word minister to signal that the facilitator can be ordained or lay. However, our feedback surveys […]
  • What do you receive when you download Revive? September 25, 2019
    Dawn Davis, creator of Revive Revive is a one-time purchase that gives you access to all the materials you need to run the program. The only restrictions are that you not share the materials and passwords with others, and not use the program as a “consultant” with many churches and institutions. When you purchase Revive […]

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  • Meeting Meditation, Broken Hearted People June 15, 2020
    Issues of race are taking center stage during this time of social distancing. Hello, I am Andrew Faiz. I am a religious journalist that writes on popculture and race and I am offering Love Letters this week. “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase. Gold there is, […]
  • Meeting Meditation, Black Lives Matter June 9, 2020
      Issues of race are taking center stage during this time of social distancing. Hello, I am Rev. Canon Cheryl Palmer. I am Black and I am offering Love Letters this week. I refused to watch the video of the police officer using his knee to squeeze the breath of life out of George Floyd. […]
  • Meeting Meditation, Trinity Sunday June 2, 2020
    Issues of race are taking center stage during this time of social distancing. You may wish to use this scripture meditation for an e-conference small group or alone as a personal devotion. Give yourself the time to process the challenging issues you are facing. “I can’t breathe!” Can you hear this cry of truth? It is hard […]