Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz

Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz, a United Church of Christ pastor, currently serves as the interim pastor of the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. For 25 years, he was pastor and member of the leadership staff team at University Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle. The author of Setting Sail: A Collection of Poems, he offers coaching, consultation, sailing retreats and workshops through his ministry Navigating Through Change.

Announcements

The BTS Center publishes its 2022 Report to the Community, celebrating a few highlights from the more than thirty different programs we’ve developed and hosted over this past year and looking ahead with hope and anticipation. View the Report here.
The BTS Center is pleased to welcome Rev. Ash Temin to its staff team, serving in the role of Communications Manager. Ash has been collaborating with The BTS Center over the past several weeks as a program consultant, assisting with some fall programming, and she officially assumes this new role effective October 25. Learn more …
If you attended Convocation 2021, you’ll remember some really sacred moments as our Convocation music leader, Pax Ressler, shared their original song, “The Soil,” commissioned by The BTS Center especially for this year’s Convocation — “We Are God’s Soil: Spiritual Leadership in a Climate-Changed World.”

Several of you have asked for sheet music, and with special thanks to Pax, now it’s available — and not only sheet music, but a lead sheet, a lyrics sheet, and an mp3 recording — all free for download here.
We are delighted to announce the six recipients of From What Is to What If Micro-Grants. Each of these grants will help a community of faith try something new, lay the groundwork for further innovation, and help to fire the imaginations of others. Learn more …
Learn more about our Research Collaborative program!
Introducing our new LEADERSHIP COMMONS: Welcome to The BTS Center’s new Leadership Commons, a space where we are developing new content, and gathering materials adapted from past programs, to help equip faith leaders in the work of guiding communities of spiritual practice through the uncertainties of life on a changing planet.

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10 Mar

On March 24th, in collaboration with Maine Council of Churches, we'll host an online screening of the powerful film Truth Tellers, followed by a live Q&A with some of the artists and activists featured. Please join us! For more info and to register: https://thebtscenter.org/truth-tellers-online-film-screening-and-live-qa/

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7 Mar

Join us tomorrow for a Fireside Chat with Rabbi Yonatan Neril, Executive Director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development. Live on Zoom and Facebook at 12.15pm EST. For more info and to register: https://thebtscenter.org/fireside-chat-with-rabbi-yonatan-neril/

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10 Feb

Join us TONIGHT for our third Lament with Earth event in collaboration with @TheManyAreHere, an extraordinary group of liturgists, musicians, and spoken word artists. For more info and to register: https://thebtscenter.org/lament-with-earth/

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