Spiritual Deepening Offering: My Grandmother's Hands book discussion
This book group will explore the body-centered trauma of white supremacy and a path toward healing through a discussion of the book My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem.
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Spiritual Deepening Offering: When the Spirit Calls Book Discussion
This Spiritual Deepening group combines discussion of When the Spirit Calls by Jay Marshall with workshop opportunities to think more deeply about how call and discernment may be present in one's own life. Our time together will include a combination of author presentation, short readings from the book, questions for conversation, and reflection opportunities. Each 90 minute session will focus on two of the book's ten chapters.
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers
The Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers eRetreat invites you to explore and practice the experience of Quaker worship and silent waiting, for an inward encounter with Inner Teacher who leads, guides, and transforms us every day. This session is offered for people who are curious about Quakers or new to Quakerism and will explore the basics of Quaker theology and practice.
Spiritual Deepening Offering: The Kingdom of God Is... Worship Sharing
In the Bible, it is called the Kingdom of God, and sometimes the Kingdom of Heaven. In the Cotton Patch Gospel, Clarence Jordan calls it “The God Movement.” Mary Linda prefers “God’s World” and “kin-dom of God” while Mark favors the implied sovereignty of “Commonwealth of God.”
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: About the Platform
The Spiritual Deepening eRetreat Program uses the Matrix online learning platform to organize all of the content, links, resources, and online conversations that make an eRetreat so engaging.
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: The Book of Joy Discussion
This book discussion will explore the challenges of living a joyful life through a discussion of The Book of Joy, by the 14th Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Book of Joy book discussion group will meet weekly on Sundays at 7:30pm Eastern / 5:30pm Mountain time starting May 3, 2020 and continuing through the end of May. The group will decide together whether to meet on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10.
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: What Canst Thou Say?
What Canst Thou Say: Spiritual Inquiry Grounded in Worship Sharing
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: Building a Meaningful and Connected Life
The Building a Meaningful and Connected Life eRetreat invites you to explore and practice the spirituality of meaning-making, resiliency, renewal, and life transitions. Rather than focusing on death and dying, this eRetreat explores the spiritual gifts of aging across the lifespan.
Week 1: What is a Meaningful Life?
Week 2: What Gets in the Way?
Week 3: Resilient Transitions
Week 4: Renewal
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: Weaving a Wider Welcome
Do our meetings truly reflect all the faces of God among our members and attenders? FGC has heard from many of you that the answer to that question is often no. We have heard that many meetings wonder why their newcomers stop coming after a few visits-- especially LGBTQ folks, families with young children and People of Color. In this eRetreat, we will explore how newcomers experience welcome, mistakes meetings make with newcomers, and what approaches to welcoming have worked in FGC meetings.
In this workshop you will learn:
Spiritual Deepening eRetreats: A Quaker Way of Living with Dying
The A Quaker Way of Living with Dying eRetreat invites you to explore and practice the spirituality of death. Growing old, even when that means facing physical or other changes, can help us focus on what is essential. This eRetreat was previous offered with the title Aging, Death, and Dying.
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