Programs

Nature and Forest Therapy is a gentle, reverent practice rooted in ecospirituality, the understanding that God moves through all creation and that our own wholeness is woven into the wholeness of the Earth. Led by Certified Forest Therapy Guide Kelly O'Mahony, SCN, participants engage in a series of simple invitations that encourage presence and direct sensory engagement with the natural world. Drawing on the relational approach of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, the practice invites participants to explore their relationship with the more-than-human world through direct experience. What to Expect Walks are unhurried and include opportunities for observation,…

Nature and Forest Therapy is a gentle, reverent practice rooted in ecospirituality, the understanding that God moves through all creation and that our own wholeness is woven into the wholeness of the Earth. Led by Certified Forest Therapy Guide Kelly O'Mahony, SCN, participants engage in a series of simple invitations that encourage presence and direct sensory engagement with the natural world. Drawing on the relational approach of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, the practice invites participants to explore their relationship with the more-than-human world through direct experience. What to Expect Walks are unhurried and include opportunities for observation,…

A GUIDED RETREAT AND VISIT TO GETHSEMANI AND MERTON’S HERMITAGE Thomas Merton wrote: “The artist should preach nothing—not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony with every other kind of truth—moral, metaphysical and mystical.” The Trappist monk famous for his autobiography and spiritual writings was also a photographer and artist. Retreatants will journey through Merton’s life in art: his parents who were artists, his college cartoons, a religious conversion inspired by art, and his evolving style of photography and calligraphic drawings that parallel his growth and development…

Registration Deadline is February 1. Women of the Old Testament Mondays | February 15 – March 22, 2027 | 6:45–8:00 p.m. In Scripture, we encounter God and come to know God’s people. Women in the Old Testament takes you on a journey through Israel’s beginnings, Israel’s captivity and freedom, and Israel’s tribal period from the perspective of the earliest women of salvation history, including Sarah, Deborah, and Ruth. Join us for this six-week Scripture journey as we explore the stories of these faithful women and discover how their experiences continue to offer wisdom, inspiration, and insight for believers today. Whether…

Join us on Saturday, March 20, 2027, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM (EST) / 1:00 – 3:00 PM (CST) for a heartfelt conversation with Jan, an open Q&A, and a shared time of prayer and contemplation. This gathering will be held via Zoom only.  A recording of the event will be available through email for registrants that are unable to attend.   Jan Richardson is an artist, writer, and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. She serves as director of The Wellspring Studio, LLC, and has traveled widely as a retreat leader and conference speaker. With work described by the Chicago…

In this weekend retreat, trauma-informed meditation teacher Leah Raidt introduces participants to various meditation techniques and somatic practices to support building a consistent, sustainable, and integrated meditation/spiritual practice.  Learn tools to de-excite the nervous system, release stress, expand self-awareness, and access a felt-sense of safety and divinity from within. Retreat tuition includes room, board, group sessions, optional activities (and office hours), 1:1 virtual follow up (2-4 weeks after retreat), and on-going meditation guidance and spiritual support from Leah Raidt as needed. This retreat centers LGBTQ+ and those that love us.  Open to all genders and faith traditions (including no faith…