Come and Celebrate all Mothers at CSN: Divine Mothering - This Saturday, May 9
- Christ Episcopal Church
- May 7
- 4 min read
Journey with us as we discover the ways we view God as a divine mother and explore how we celebrate those who have played a nurturing role in our lives. Among other programs at May's Center for Spiritual Nourishment, we celebrate the introduction of our first-ever Sound Bath experience! Our inspirational film options are split into two sessions, so that you can mix and match your choices throughout the morning.
The 2nd Saturday Center for Spiritual Nourishment (CSN) provides opportunities for us to be in closer relationship with God by offering an array of experiences that engage the mind, body, and spirit.
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Whether you've joined us before or are a first-timer, we are sure that there's something special waiting for you here. Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there!
Schedule of Events:
8:30 – 9:00: Breakfast and social time
9:00 - 9:10: Greeting; Outline the day's sessions
9:10 – 10:05: Spiritual Mother: Legacy, Influence, Impact
Spiritual Direction Circle
Film Screening #1
10:15 – 11:15: Sound Bath
Community Bike Ride
Film Screening #2
11:30 – 12:00: Reflection Circle
Join us on Saturday, May 9 as we offer:
Spiritual Mother: Legacy, Influence, and Impact
led by Toni Summerell
This session honors the sacred role of the spiritual mother—a presence found across all faiths, traditions, and walks of life. Whether through mentoring, guiding, encouraging, or quietly holding space for others, spiritual mothers shape lives in profound and lasting ways. Together, we will reflect on the women who have nurtured our growth, explore the unique influence they/we carry, and consider the legacy they/we are creating—often in ways unseen but deeply felt. We will create legacy maps as a part of the session. This is an invitation to recognize, reclaim, and intentionally live into the impact of spiritual mothers in our own lives and communities.
Spiritual Direction Circle: Experiences of Mothering
led by Carol Abbott
In our spiritual direction session, we will use poetry and memory to explore experiences of mothering using the following questions as an opening to deeper understanding of ourselves and others.
Think of a time when you experienced the mothering aspects of God such as love or nurturing. Did you name it as mothering at that time? How do you feel about naming the mothering aspects as being part of God/Holy Spirit? What experiences of your own mothering (or lack thereof) might have influenced how you experience God?
Film Screening #1: It's All Connected
led by George Toth
A Perfect God Only Plans Perfectly
We often marvel how a series of small actions result in something great and amazing. The quaint expression “the butterfly effect” tries to encapsulate such thinking, but often we only see a single or at most a few threads creating the event. What would one say if an entire book written over centuries by countless, unknown authors had more threads pointing to one single event in human history, an event which changed the entire course of the world? Would such a story grab us to learn about it? Come watch this amazing presentation proclaiming how the Perfect God has a Perfect Plan with a precision of execution that cannot even be imagined.
Sound Bath
led by Tiffani Peguese
Join us for a deeply restorative Sound Bath and Guided Meditation experience in celebration of Mother’s Day and all who gather in the spirit of love and connection. Immerse yourself in the healing vibrations of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and the gentle sounds of ocean drums as soothing sound waves wash over your body, melting away tension and stress. A warm, guided meditation will lead you through a journey of gratitude, self-compassion, and inner peace — honoring the many forms of love, strength, and nurturing energy that exist in our lives. This experience is thoughtfully designed for everyone in the room, whether you are a mother, celebrating a mother, holding space for a complicated relationship or simply in need of rest and renewal. Come as you are, breathe deeply, and allow this shared space to hold and restore you. Please consider bringing a yoga mat/blanket and pillow to enhance your experience.
Film Screening #2: Miracle, Episode One
led by George Toth
Science Confirms the Existence of Miracles
Joshua W. Brown, a neuroscientist, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and he and his wife, who is an academic/scientist, go on a long road trip, looking for healing both spiritual and physical. His focus seeks people and places where healing miracles are heard to be real leading him to quest areas of South America and Africa. Witnessing and documenting what he experiences, always hoping he might be saved he becomes immersed in his quest and experiences forgetting his own condition only to find after some time that his tumor has gone and only scar tissue remained.
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