Saturday, September 27, 20089:00 am – 4:00 pm(in the Worship Space)8:30 am registration/continental breakfast Register by: September 26 Fee: $60.00 Close Bio
As news of global warming and global warring dominates the headlines, Michael Dowd believe that nothing matters more at this crucial crossroads in human history than accepting evolution as a fact of life. Reality is teaching us that it's not just what we believe that matters, it's how we choose to evolve. A sacred evolutionary worldview offers a way for people to make peace with themselves, each other, and the planet, and no gift could be greater than that right now.As a Christian minister, Dowd especially addresses the concerns that Christians have about evolution, but his insights will appeal to all people of faith and of no faith. Fun and uplifting, he goes beyond the current debate to offer up a whole new way of thinking about science and religion.
The Reverend Michael Dowd is one of the most inspiring speakers in America today. For the past five years he and his wife, Connie Barlow, an acclaimed science writer, have lived permanently on the road sharing a sacred view of evolution with religious and secular audiences of all ages, as America’s evolutionary evangelists. At home in both conservative and liberal settings, and uniquely gifted at building bridges between religious and nonreligious people, Michael is passionate about sharing the 14-billion-year epic of evolution in ways that uplift and expand heart, mind, and soul.
Saturday, October 11, 20089:00 am - Noon(in the Worship Space)8:30 am registration/continental breakfast Register by: October 11 Fee: $35.00 Close Bio
Muscles, joints or tendons as well as emotional issues can be the cause or "results" of pain. If you or someone you know is dealing with chronic or acute pain, this presentation will give you some practical information how to handle it, from medical, spiritual, and emotional perspectives. These practitioners will discuss the practical implications of pain and its treatment from their respective disciplines. You will have a chance to ask questions of both of them.
Judi Bar is an Advanced Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist and complimentary Health Care Specialist with the Center for Integrated Medicine Cleveland Clinic.Dr. Wayne Daum is a Cleveland Clinic Orthopedic Surgeon.
Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and 2, 2008(in the Worship Space)Friday, October 317:00 – 9:00 pm6:30 pm registrationSaturday, November 19:00 am – 4:00 pm8:30 am registration/continental breakfastSunday, November 29:00 am – Noon8:30 am continental breakfast Register by: November 1 Fee: $200.00 Close Bio
The deepest definition of Christ Consciousness is that it is dynamic divine love in all transforming and radical action. The path to becoming an instrument of this nuclear love force lies through a great death, the death of the false self, the stage that is known is Christian mysticism as the dark night of the soul, and in as in Sufism is known as Fana. This great death leads to a great birth, a birth into what Andrew Harvey calls Sacred Activism. The fusion of divine knowledge, peace and love acquired through mystical practice, with focused wise radical action. Teaching will alternate with Sacred Practice and sharing.Overnight accommodations $35/night, call for availability
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, and teacher, and the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, as well as Journey to Ladakh, The Return of the Mother, Son of Man, and The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World's Mystical Traditions. He is also coauthor of the best-selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Born in south India in 1952, Harvey studied at Oxford University and became a Fellow of All Soul's College in 1973. He has devoted much of his life to studying the world's various mystical traditions while living in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco. He has taught at Oxford University, Cornell, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the University of Creation Spirituality.
Wednesday, December 10, 20087:00 pm – 9:00 pm(in the Worship Space)6:30 pm registration Register by: December 10 Fee: $20.00 Close Bio
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God...And the Word became flesh." (Jn 1:1 and 14) The creation of the universe is a foundation for the Incarnation. Christ has come, Christ is here, and Christ will come again. The universe is waiting. We are waiting. Through Scripture and the story of the cosmos, this Advent reflection will explore the answer to the question for whom and for what are we waiting?
Maria Beesing, an Akron Dominican, is an experienced spiritual director and supervisor (Jesuit Renewal Center, Milford, Ohio) of many years. Maria has given seminars, retreats, workshops nationally and internationally, on topics related to adult formation, eco-spirituality, Eucharist, and the Enneagram. Ann Walters, a Grand Rapids, MI Dominican, earned her MA degree in Christian Spirituality from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. She has been involved in adult formation and retreats for several years nationally and internationally.
Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:00 pm in the Worship SpaceReception immediately following Register by: December 12 Fee: $10.00 Close Bio
A holiday song and dance experience that will touch your spirit. Come and celebrate the joy of the season with your family and friends at this very special event.
Yarbrough & Company, under the direction of Tremell Yarbrough, celebrates nearly 15 years of spreading the good news through music this year. Their repertoire includes hymns, anthems, spirituals, classical, traditional and contemporary gospel music. Members of the ensemble performed together in musical theater and other genres. Deciding to combine their gifts and talents, Yarbrough & Company was created. The ensemble facilitated "Y'all Can Sing", a workshop based on African American Spirituals, in Memphis, Tennessee for the African American Catholic Conference on Evangelization. Other performances include 100 Black Men of Greater Cleveland, the 63rd anniversary celebration of CMHA, guest performers in a tribute to Congressman Louis Stokes, Black History Celebrations at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the Bicentennial Celebration for the City of Cleveland and a multitude of Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrations. They have also used their talents to minister at the Eliza Bryant Center and the North Central Correctional Facility in Marion, Ohio. This multi-talented ensemble includes Sheila Fantroy, Sandra Gay-Chapman, Ronald Harris, Barbara Owens, Leonard White, and Marva White .
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