Listening Together
Thursday, March 11, 2021 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
This half-day event is for budding and seasoned spiritual directors who practice deep listening as spiritual companions…who listen others into Life.
Through a plenary session, two break-out sessions discussing practical topics related to spiritual direction, and a closing conversation with a panel of seasoned spiritual directors, we hope participants will:
• Experience an emerging, supportive community of companions in the practice of spiritual direction
• Engage in practical conversations related to forming or enriching a one-on-one practice of spiritual direction
• Glean and share insights to deepen our purpose as spiritual directors
• Discern the start or adjustment of a spiritual direction practice
“Living into a vocation of spiritual direction, especially in these days, it is imperative to pause on a regular basis, connect with other listening companions, rehearse essentials and find enrichment to sustain the journey.”
-John Kiemele, Spiritual Director & Rolling Ridge Program Director
Although there is no fee for this event, please consider a donation of at least $40 to help us cover our costs. Thank you for your support.
This will be an online Zoom event. A Zoom link for participation will be emailed upon registration.
For more information contact John Kiemele (kiemelejohn@gmail.com) or Rolling Ridge (thestaff@rollingridge.org)
About the leader(s)
Gayle
Kerr
She has worked as a teacher, a Director of Christian Education and as a Spiritual Director at the Middleton Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, PA. From 2000-2007 she worked at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ with a team of Spiritual Directors who were invited to help create a program for Spiritual Formation at the Seminary.
Gayle and her husband moved to Cape Cod in 2007 where she continues to provide individual and group Spiritual Direction as well as Retreat Leadership from her home on the Cape as well as from the Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church in Hope, RI. She also teaches classes in Spiritual Gifts at the RISEM District Lay Academy of the New England Conference of the UMC. She is a member of the Northside UMC in Brewster, MA where she serves in various capacities.
John
Kiemele
Heidi
Miller