This series is open to all. It may be taken as a group in a congregation or taken individually. These four online sessions will be led by Martha Harris, Outreach Coordinator of Gestalt Pastoral Care Associates, Inc. and Alexandra MacCracken, Gestalt Pastoral Care Minister and Trainer. Join us to prepare our hearts for the season …
View course details “Advent Series: Tending Our Souls and Preparing Our Hearts”

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We now all know – except those who are strenuously doing their best to deny it – that the Earth is in grave danger. The conditions for human life, even the conditions for life itself, are severely threatened. There have been previous radical shifts of climate as well as catastrophic mass extinctions across the almost …
View course details “Contemplating Earth With Jim Green”

Learn to embrace unexpected, holy moments in your day-to-day life. Through audio teaching, poetry, art, music, guided meditation, reflection questions and invitations into silence, Ann Kulp invites you into intentional quiet space to help you learn to notice and embrace unexpected, holy moments that happen each day. Leader Ann Kulp was an associate staff member with …
View course details “Holy Interruptions Quiet Day”

Facilitator: Kathie MacDuff Register for either day or both! While one builds on the next, each can be taken as a standalone class. Supplies are listed but PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE anything new…there are always alternatives and we can discuss these during the classes.   Creative Journaling on Zoom:  Moment to moment “Life is measured …
View course details “Creative Journaling with Kathie McDuff”

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The RESTORE conference will be looking at an understanding of God gleaned from Scripture which shapes our call as Christians – the work of God in restoring humanity taken up by the church.  During the two day conference we will be covering such things as the solicitude of God and how this is to be …
View course details “Restore Conference, by Renovaré Canada”

Join a free conference call to discern about the rightness of this program for you. Sign up for a call on Wednesday, October 20 at 4:00pm ET or on Tuesday, November 9 at 7:00pm ET. Apply Now! Overview Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups & Retreats is designed to equip, encourage and support those called to …
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A retreat to explore the art and writing of Hildegard von Bingen,1098-1179, Benedictine Abbess, Christian Mystic, composer, philosopher, prophet, poet. Her themes of God’s energy in Creation will inspire and resonate with those finding a life-giving spiritual path in our own time. Facilitator: The Right Rev. Dr. Lynne McNaughton, Bishop of Kootenay Lynne has taught …
View course details ““All Verdant Greening” Retreat”

Join Bishop Anna as we begin the Advent Season with an examination of what it means to be in liminal times. Advent has much to teach us about waiting, about preparation, about ambiguity, about hope, about daring to be incarnate despite the chaos and uncertainty of our world. Over the weekend we will read texts …
View course details “Advent Retreat: Finding Hope in Liminal Times”