Queer SoulCare

Program Details

Queering SoulCare is a new contemplative ONLINE small‑group experience at Rolling Ridge that opens space to explore the intersection of sexuality and spirituality. Rooted in the Ridge’s commitment to inclusion, spiritual depth, and compassionate presence, all are welcome as explore the beauty and sacred worth of every person created in the image of Divine Love. This SoulCare group offers a gentle, courageous space to listen for the movements of the Spirit within our lives and stories, especially those in the LGBTQIA+ community and those exploring queer identity.

To “queer” something is to lovingly expand it — to open it, question it, and allow it to reveal deeper truth. In Queering SoulCare, we bring this lens to our spiritual journeys, exploring how our identities, relationships, and lived experiences become places of divine encounter. Through contemplative practice, shared reflection, and honest conversation, we discover how queerness itself can be a doorway into greater authenticity, freedom, and connection with the Holy.

This group welcomes LGBTQ+ people of all backgrounds — those who are out, those who are questioning, those who carry wounds from religious spaces, and those longing for a community where their full self is honored. Together, we will practice being present to God’s loving gaze, to one another, and to the sacred truth that our queerness is not an obstacle to spiritual life, but a gift that reveals new ways of seeing, knowing, and belonging.

Come as you are. Bring your story, your questions, your hope, your heart. In all things, for every one — Queering SoulCare invites you into a contemplative journey of wholeness, dignity, and joy.

Join us on the third Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 pm eastern.

Please register by clicking the "REGISTER NOW" button at the top of the page. You will receive login information upon registering.

This monthly gathering is made possible because of the generous donations of those who believe in our mission. Please consider making a financial gift to the Ridge so that we can continue to create safe and sacred space that connects all people, God, and creation. Thank you for your support.

About the Leaders

Larry Jay

As Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Jay guides the vision and direction of Rolling Ridge. In addition to working with staff to ensure an outstanding guest experience, he collaborates with retreat leaders to deliver exceptional programming and is available to speak about the ongoing ministry and historic mission of Rolling Ridge as a place of rest, retreat, and transformation. A trained spiritual director and ordained American Baptist pastor, Larry (as he is known by friends) is a graduate of UCLA, Golden Gate Seminary, Franciscan School of Theology, American Baptist Seminary of the West, and the Gateways to God Missional Spiritual Direction Program. He is also Adjunct Faculty at Merrimack College in the Masters of Spirituality and Spiritual Direction programs and was interviewed about his ministry on Dan Lee's podcast. Eco-spirituality is his passion (and was his doctoral dissertation), encouraging everyone to live into the fullness of our connection with our True Self, nature, God, and all people.