“I feel blessed to have been a part of this event. I was taken into a broader scope of a multi-faith approach to spirituality.”
Free Community Event
Free Community Event—Open to the Public
Are you thirsty for a fresh opportunity to draw wisdom from the human experience? Do you seek community with others who tend the spiritual aspect of everyday life? Join us! The Free Community Event is a special evening created to build community around spiritual care and compassionate presence. The program will feature the newly appointed president of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, The Reverend Dr. Barbara Holmes, a dynamic leader in spirituality and justice. Come and cultivate compassion in community and in light of the holy to promote peace, justice, and the integrity of creation. Everyone is welcome to particpate.
The 2013 Free Community Event will be held at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul - Riverfront Hotel, 11 Kellogg Boulevard East, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, USA. Invite colleagues, friends, and family—everyone is welcome!
Thursday Evening, April 11
FREE and open to the public
5:00 p.m. Exhibitors and Conference Bookstore open to the public
7:00 p.m. Welcome to Cultivating Compassion on the River
7:05 p.m. Contemplative Practice
7:15 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Holmes, The Dream-Keeping Women:
Womanist Approaches to Spiritual Direction
8:15 p.m. Cultivating Compassion in Community
Evening Event Details:
5:00 p.m. Exhibitor and Conference Bookstore
Spiritual Directors International provides excellent resources to cultivate compassion and contemplative practices. Please visit the exhibitors and the comprehensive onsite bookstore. The bookstore is open daily, closing on Sunday at noon.
7:00 p.m. Welcome to Cultivating Compassion on the River
7:15 p.m. The Dream-Keeping Women: Womanist Approaches to Spiritual Direction
The Reverend Dr. Barbara A. Holmes will explore the mystical legacies of black women that are rarely spoken of but prevalent in the black family traditions. Dr. Holmes will explore her roots in Gullah culture and the women of her family who acted as shamans and mediators of mystery in everyday life. She will also discuss elements of womanism that inspired the contemplative activism of Fannie Lou Hamer and Rosa Parks.
Drawing from her books, Joy Unspeakable, Dreaming and Liberation and the Cosmos, and Dreaming, Dr. Holmes’s presentation will include storytelling about the everyday lives of people who connect to one another and the spirit realm with equal ease and familiarity. Spiritual direction in this context includes the wisdom of those who exist in the life beyond life.
8:15 p.m. Cultivating Compassion in Community
Cultivating Compassion on the River
April 11: Leadership Institute
April 11: Spirituality and Health Care Institute
April 11: Free Community Event
April 12-14: Conference
April 13, 14: Field Trip
April 15: Pilgrimage
April 16-18: Contemplative Retreat
