Letting Go to Make Room at CSN - Saturday, March 14
- Christ Episcopal Church
- Feb 24
- 3 min read
Updated: 18 hours ago
As we walk our Lenten journey, we rest in that sometimes uncomfortable in-between place. We journey through the wilderness, waiting on the Holy Spirit to clear out what is not of God to make space for what is growing within us. 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.
Programs for March center around the theme “Letting Go to Make Room” and include: Meditation, Spiritual Direction, Sacred Art, and discussions on journeying in the wilderness. You can learn more about the 2nd Saturday CSN at our website www.christchurchcolumbia.org/spiritual-nourishment.
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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: Setting Down What We Carry
Drawn to God: Praying Through Art (Desert Art)
Spiritual Direction Circle
9:10 - 11:15: Movie and Discussion: Amistad
10:15 – 11:15: Christian Meditation · Contemplative Christianity
Fr. Manny: Journeying through the Wilderness
11:30 – 12:00: Reflection Circle
Join us on Saturday, February 14 as we offer:
Drawn to God: Praying Through Art
led by Deacon Mike and Leah Chrest
Create beautiful colored pencil desert drawings as we reflect on what is growing and blooming within us during this time in the wilderness. God gave everyone a gift- a special aptitude, ability, power or talent. And gifts are meant to be an act. A verb - to bestow, share and connect. “ Drawn to God” is a place for spiritual nourishment through the practice of creating. Creating ways to engage with God. A short session of fellowship in process-oriented art projects. Art as Prayer and Prayer as Art. No matter what gifts or talents you bring, you will be inspired to become a maker- and enjoy a moment of creative flow. Plus it is just fun to make things. The joy is in the journey, your creation your reward.
Setting Down What We Carry: Decluttering Spiritual Debt
led by Toni Summerell
Join us for a reflective and engaging session exploring the many ways Divine Love is expressed in our lives. Rather than viewing love as a single experience, this session invites participants to discover love as a sacred spectrum—friendship, family care, self-love, romantic connection, and unconditional love—each offering a unique window into the heart of the Divine. Through gentle reflection and interactive moments, we’ll consider where these forms of love are present, where they may be calling for growth, and how they work together to deepen our spiritual lives. This session is welcoming, thoughtful, and designed to help you recognize Divine Love already at work within and around you.
Contemplative Meditation
led by Leah Chrest
Examine the life example and ministry of Ginny Owens and listen to her song and reflect/discuss the lyrics of “If You Want Me To”. Finally, be led into a guided meditation on faith in the desert before resting in the enriching silence of God’s presence. 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.
Journeying through the Wilderness: Transformational Knowing of Self and God
led by the Rev. Emmanuel Ato Mercer
How well do you know yourself? How well do you know God? This is an invitation to the kind of transformation that is possible only through the knowledge of self and then of God. Using the Apostle Peter as a case study, we will explore how knowledge of the self, led to the knowledge of God which then spurred his transformation.
Film Screening: Amistad
led by George Toth
A true story of a Spanish-owned slave ship, La Amistad, which experiences a revolt in 1839 of Mende captives during which members of the crew are killed. The disabled ship is captured off the coast of Long Island, and then the legal struggle beings: the courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves and property, or free men and kidnapped victims by the ship’s company - as well as their guilt or innocence of the killings which occurred. Laws governing the slave trade of the U.S. and diplomatic U.S.-Spanish relations heighten the conflict. Don't miss this classic.
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