Opportunities for
Study and Retreat
A spiritual
guide need only be one who has traveled some distance along the
path of the Christian life. A guide should be knowledgeable about the markers
that lead forward on this path, as well as familiar with the pitfalls, detours,
trials, and temptations along its course. Such a person will reflect something
of the character of Christ as a result of following in his way.
— Marjorie Thompson, Soul Feast:
An Invitation to the Christian Life
 Books,
Web sites and other resources can teach us so much. But there is no substitute
for being with others, as companions on the way or experienced guides on the
spiritual walk. There are training opportunities, camps
and conference centers and places for retreat and respite.
Training Opportunities
Journey Partners: Training in spiritual direction
Journey Partners is a partnership between the Center For Ministry and the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. It is a two-year training program in spiritual direction, the classic practice of Christian spiritual guidance. Nineteen persons are currently immersed in the 2008-2009 series of retreats, reading and supervision, with Wendy Miller from Eastern Mennonite Seminary as instructor. A new class will begin in 2010.
Contact Journey Partners
c/o Center for Ministry
1701 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39210
Phone: (601) 974-1488
Fax: (601)974-1484
San
Francisco Theological Seminary
The SFTS Program
in Christian Spirituality emphasizes an integrated, holistic spirituality where
personal and corporate prayer, study, worship and service are maintained in dynamic
relationship.
Columbia Theological
Seminary/Certificate Program
Columbia Theological
Seminary is excited and honored to offer study and growth opportunities
in the area of spirituality. Christian spirituality explores
the relationship with God — how it is initiated,
affirmed and nurtured. Spiritual development demands that hard,
ethical questions be asked about the living of faith in a changing
world.
Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary
Today's theological
climate has fostered a growing interest in the nature, practice and significance
of a life in the Spirit of Christ. In response, the Certificate in Spiritual Formation is a cooperative program by Pittsburgh and Columbia Seminaries. Participants help each other on their spiritual journeys as they learn more about Christianity's rich spiritual heritage and how to impart it more effectively in their own work and lives.
Pneuma is a two-year certificate program in Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Leadership. It offers educational and supervised training of pastors and laity in the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola while engaging in Reformed, Catholic and other diverse theological perspectives on growth in faith and the Christian life along with skill building in the arts of spiritual direction and spiritual leadership. Learn more. Contact the director of Pneuma, Dr. Martha Robbins.
Spiritual Directors International
Spiritual Directors International [SDI] is an ecumenical
association of colleagues, grounded in the Christian faith,
whose sole purpose is to serve the growing network of spiritual
directors world-wide and the people who train them.
Camps and Conference
Centers
Ghost
Ranch
One education and retreat center in two
New Mexico locations.
Montreat
The Montreat conference center offers a year-round schedule
with over 35 conferences and retreats for all ages and interests and attracts
more than 30,000 participants annually. For more than 100 years, groups and individuals
have come to Montreat to be inspired by its programs and to be physically and
spiritually renewed in its beautiful western North Carolina mountain setting.
Stony Point
Stony Point Center is nestled in the Lower Hudson River Valley,
between New York City and West Point. It began as a summer get-away
cottage for a New York family and has grown into a 32-acre
place of renewal that welcomes ALL who seek its hospitality. Thousands
of people from all over the world, representing all walks of
life, have come and been touched by the experience, the presence
and challenge of God.
PC(USA) Camp and Conference Ministries
Presbyterian
Church Camp and Conference Assocation
Retreat and Respite
Companions on the Inner Way Retreat
Companions on the Inner Way is a five-day guided retreat in the Christian tradition sponsored by the Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California. For more information on upcoming retreats visit their Web site.
Veriditas
The vision of Veriditas is to activate and facilitate the transformation of the human spirit. The work of Veriditas centers around the Labyrinth Experience as a personal practice for healing and growth, a tool for community building, an agent for global peace and a metaphor for life. |
