Second Wednesdays
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
We gather on the second Wednesday of the month for discussions on topics related to spirituality, prayer, growth in faith, wellness, and wholeness. Held in the Annunciation Room on the first floor. A brief contemplative eucharist precedes the sessions at 7:00 – 7:25 p.m. in the nave.
Schedule
September 9: Journaling: A Companion to Spiritual Growth – Karol Weigelt
Our stories are sacred and unique--each one different. Our own journeys are the paths which can find expression through the written word--a personal map of our inner and outer lives. This short exploration of journaling offers techniques and methods which open and invite the written process as a vehicle for your own spiritual growth. Karol provides spiritual direction and counseling through Holy Trinity’s Spiritual Life Center.
October 14: Focusing – Ann Sanders
Dr. Eugene Gendlin uses the term “focusing” to describe a specific body-mind skill that anyone can acquire for the purpose of stress reduction and emotional growth. It involves paying close attention to one’s bodily expression of emotion in order to resolve negative feelings. By contacting the inner feeling (known as the “felt sense”), welcoming it, accepting it and listening to it, a person is able to clear it from his/her system. Ann is a spiritual director and recent graduate of the Institute of Spiritual Companionship.
November 11: Health and Wholeness – Carol Schickel
How do we sustain being healthy and whole as an individual while being part of a relationship? Consider how it is possible for you to feel complete as you are, even as you enter into relationships…with friends, at work, in dating and partnering. Join this conversation about effectively caring for yourself as you establish or grow in connecting with others. We will explore the concept of differentiation and try out some simple communication practices. Carol Schickel is a therapist and one of the founders of the Spiritual Life Center at Holy Trinity.
December 9: What Are We Waiting For? – Pr. Craig Mueller
Most of us spend a good deal of life waiting for our lives to get better, for the pain to go away, or for our luck to change. As much as Advent spirituality invites us to learn the virtues of waiting and patience, there is also wisdom in living in the “power of now,” to quote well-known author Eckhart Tolle. As we prepare for Christmas, come and reflect on the gift of “waiting for what we already have.”
January 13: Inner Work for the Challenges in the Outer World – Pr. Craig Mueller
Though we often consider “the problem” outside ourselves, many times the only changes we can make are within us. What invitations to inner work and personal growth come with the many struggles, conflicts and issues in our outer lives such as conflicts in relationships with significant others, colleagues or family members?
February 10: Centering Prayer – David Webb
In our busy lives centering prayer is a practice that nurtures a sense of God’s presence. Using prayers of simplicity, like the sacred word (mantra), we shed the comings and goings of our daily lives and spend time in God’s presence, allowing the silence and stillness to serve as the medium through which we experience God. David Webb, a seminary student at LSTC with experiencing leading Centering Prayer, will provide an introduction to this spiritual discipline.
March 10: Led by Seminarian Matthew Stuhlmuller (topic to be announced)
April 14: Living The Eucharist - Seminarian Crystal Solie
Each Sunday (and most Wednesday’s) we gather and share a holy meal of bread and wine. What is really happening in this experience? How do we experience and live out the Eucharist day-to-day? Through a conversation, we will share observations about our experiences encountering Christ at the table and explore how the Eucharist spills forth in into our daily lives in service to others. Led by Seminarian Crystal Solie, we will gather in the choir room following the Wednesday Service.
May 12: Creating Your Life or How to Be(come) a Lily – Barbara Wahler
Changes in our lives may give us pause, but major upheavals can present major opportunities - for reflection, examination, and alteration. As Neale Donald Walsch writes "when everything changes, change everything." Join a discussion on how we can learn to roll with the changes life throws our way, perhaps even to welcome and celebrate them. Barbara Wahler is a social worker and one of the therapists at Holy Trinity's Spiritual Life Center.
See also:
Sunday Forum | food 4 thought | Brochure