Group Spiritual Direction Circles
For spiritual leaders and seekers in a climate-changed world
March/April - October/November 2024, dates and times vary
Group Spiritual Direction Circles have started and are meeting regularly. Please contact Program Director, Nicole Diroff, at nicole@thebtscenter.org with any questions.
If you would like to participate in a future circle, please fill out the below interest form.
Throughout cultures and across time, people have gathered to share stories. Stories of becoming and stories of ending. Stories about small things like seeds and beans and big stories about floods and famine. Storytelling and story-hearing are parts of how we make sense of our lives and imagine our futures. In our current crises, we need these tellers and hearers, those with the capacity and the will to name ways through that other models of response have not yet been able to capture.
In this spirit, we are pleased to offer an eight-month opportunity with The BTS Center, in which spiritual leaders and seekers are strengthening their holy hearing and sharing in group spiritual direction / companioning. Gathering monthly from March through November in groups of six over Zoom, each two-hour session is centered on a prompt related to climate change, liminality, or uncertainty. Rather than a solution-seeking conversation, group members are invited to respond from their hearts to that prompt and each other, together investigating spirit-centered responses.
Justin Ferko, facilitator — LGBTQIA+ Group
Second Mondays:
April 8, May 13, June 3, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11
Time: 1 - 3 pm (Eastern)
Note: this specialized group is for members of the LGBTQIA+ community
Dan Wolpert, facilitator
Fourth Mondays:
March 25, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, September 23, October 28
Time: 2 - 4 pm (Eastern)
Ash Temin, facilitator
Second Tuesdays:
March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11, July 9, August 13, September 10, October 8
Time: 10 am - 12 pm (Eastern)
Eileen Gebbie, facilitator - Clergy Group
Fourth Thursdays:
March 28, April 25, May 23, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24
Time: 10 am - 12 pm (Eastern)
Note: this specialized group is for clergy
Chelsea MacMillan, facilitator - Climate Organizers/Advocates Group
Second Fridays:
March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11
Time: 2 - 4 pm (Eastern)
Note: this specialized group is for climate organizers and advocates
Hailey Mitsui, facilitator
Third Fridays:
March 15, April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18
Time: 1 - 3 pm (Eastern)
