Let Your Spirit Grow - Saturday, October 11
- Christ Episcopal Church
- Oct 4
- 3 min read
Join seekers of a deeper relationship with the Divine at the 2nd Saturday Center for Spiritual Nourishment. The 2nd Saturday CSN offers free experiences that engage the mind, body, and spirit by offering safe spaces to explore an array of opportunities for spiritual growth. The CSN is for anyone interested in spiritual nourishment, regardless of religious affiliation or spiritual beliefs. Come for one session or the entire morning.
Spiritual Direction, Praying Through Art, Yoga, Contemplative Meditation, Community Bike Ride, Self and Spirit: Creation and Spirit (discussion), and Spiritual Practices: Becoming Love (discussion). We will also be showing the movie Facing the Giants. The morning concludes with a short Reflection Circle Service. If you want to learn more about future Center for Spiritual Nourishment events, submit your email address below to receive regularly updated information (we will not share or sell your address to anyone).
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 – 10:00: Conversations on Spiritual Practices : Becoming Love
Contemplative Meditation
Spiritual Direction Group
9:00 – 11:15: Film screening: War Room
10:15 – 11:15: Community Bike Ride
Contemplative Meditation
Self and Spirit: Creation and Spirit
Spiritual Direction Group
11:30 – 11:50: Reflection - Circle Service
Join us on Saturday, October 11 as we offer:
Spiritual Direction Group
led by Carol Abbott
October’s session will focus on the Gospel of Mark and the season of winter, with a framing question, “How can we endure the season of suffering?” In this spiritual discernment and direction group we practice listening deeply to each other using prompts from scripture, poetry, nature, and our bodies. These practices are designed to help us notice and respond to the voice of the Holy moving in our lives.
Community Bike Ride
led by Kevin Osborn and Cycling for Health & Fellowship
All cyclists are welcome on a one-hour bicycle ride! The ride will be self-paced and out-and-back. An experienced ride leader from the CEC community will lead the ride, which will be conducted according to Baltimore Bicycle Club rules. Riders should be adults and everyone should wear a helmet. Cyclists should rest their bicycles by the lower-level outside of the CEC New Brick building before 10:15, so that they can quickly "jump" onto their bicycles at 10:15. The ride course will depend on weather conditions, and it will be cancelled for steady rain.
Film Screening: War Room
led by George Toth
A couple, Tony and Elizabeth, who seemingly have it all: great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home, are faced with a reality that their marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With guidance from Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers that through prayer she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. As the power of prayer energizes and transforms Elizabeth, will Tony also join the fight and become the man he knows he needs to be? Experience how prayer forms our relationship to Christ and allows us to heal and strengthen the relationships we share here on earth. Love forms relationships – these are the treasures waiting for us in heaven.
Contemplative Meditation
led by Leah Chrest
Discover the desire God has to commune with us and how to inwardly attune ourselves to the Spirit's voice. Learn about the history of contemplative Christianity, study the power of breathwork, be led through guided visualizations, become proficient in multiple techniques for stilling the mind, and practice drawing focus into your heart center. In a mixture of teaching, discussion, and practice, strengthen your ability to engage in the equally important side of the conversation with God--if prayer is talking to the Lord, meditation is listening to God’s voice, and being changed by God’s presence.
Self and Spirit : Understanding Complex Trauma
led by Michael Looney
Join us for a timely discussion as we explore the seen and unseen impacts of complex trauma. We will focus on how it impacts our spiritual health and learn some self-care techniques to help us deal and heal.
Conversations on Spiritual Practices and Growth
led by Rev. Manny Mercer
How well do you know yourself? Which practices help you in trying to discern who you are, your relationship with God and how to best nurture that relationship? Join us in a conversation about how we can better know ourselves and deepen our relationship with God. If self-knowing leads to greater participation in life, then join us as we journey to better know ourselves. October's session will be focused on Becoming Love.
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