Walking the Wild Edges

Group Spiritual Accompaniment for Challenging Times

March – October 2026

Various days and times available

Program fee: $225

Scholarships are available. Please contact ash@thebtscenter.org to inquire.

Our climate-changed world demands ever more from us — more presence, more love, more courage, more capacity to hold grief. These circles on the wild edges provide an oasis of respite and discernment to nourish you and the spiritual communities you touch.

This spring, The BTS Center is once again hosting group-based spiritual accompaniment. Led by skilled and credentialed facilitators, and drawing on the deep traditions and practices of spiritual direction: these circles are brave communities of exploration, questions, and contemplation.

We live in and love a broken and beautiful world, and we are not meant to carry that love alone. We find ourselves at the edges of systems — religious, political, and ecological — that are beleaguered but could be lifegiving. Walking these wild edges, we find like-spirited seekers, and together we hold the big questions of vocation, calling, and journey.

Our many diverse religious and spiritual traditions have well-tested technologies of the soul that help us meet apocalypse. Individual practices are vital, but community and connection are the ballasts that strengthen and steady us for the work to which we’re called.

If you have questions about these circles, if you wonder if this offering is a good fit for you, or if you would like to suggest a different meeting time from what’s listed, please contact Ash Temin at ash@thebtscenter.org.

Our climate-changed world demands ever more from us — more presence, more love, more courage, more capacity to hold grief. These circles on the wild edges provide an oasis of respite and discernment to nourish you and the spiritual communities you touch.

“Taste Of” Spiritual Accompaniment Circles

Are you interested in our Spiritual Accompaniment Circles but still have questions about whether this offering is right for you? Click below to view the recording of our “Taste Of” Spiritual Accompaniment Circles event. You’ll get a chance to meet a number of our facilitators and to engage in a brief guided practice — as well as to hear an overview of the Circles and to hear the questions others raised!

Spiritual Accompaniment Schedules

For LGBTQIA+ Folks

Second Mondays, 10AM - 12 PM ET

With Justin Ferko

 

March 9 • April 13 • May 11 • June 8 • August 10 •
September 14 • October 12 • November 9

Open to all

Fourth Mondays, 4–6pm ET

With Dan Wolpert

 

March 23 • April 27 • May 25 • June 22 • July 27 •
August 24 • September 28 • October 26

Open to all

First Tuesdays, 3-5 PM ET

With Wanda Stahl

 

April 7 • May 5 • June 2 • July 7 •
August 4 • September 8 • October 6 • November 3

Open to all

Second Tuesdays, 10AM–12PM ET

With Ash Temin

 

March 10 • April 14 • May 12 • June 9 •
July 14 • August 11 • September 8 • October 13

 

For climate activists

Third Tuesdays, 4–6PM ET

With Chelsea MacMillan

 

March 17 • April 21 • May 19 • June 16 • July 21 •
August 18 • September 15 • October 20

For BIPOC

Second Wednesdays, 7–9pm ET

With Hailey Mitsui

 

March 11 • April 8 • May 13 • June 10 • July 8 •
August 12 • September 9 • October 14

 

Open To All

Second Thursdays, 10AM–12PM ET

With Eileen Gebbie

 

March 12 • April 9 • May 14 • June 11 • July 9 •
August 13 • September 10 • October 8

Meet Our Facilitators

Justin Ferko
Eileen Gebbie
Rev. Eileen Gebbie
Chelsea MacMillan
Hailey Mitsui
Rev. Dr. Wanda Stahl
Rev. Ash Temin
Dan Wolpert