January / February Facilitator Bulletin

Dear Facilitators:

I would like to start the first Facilitator Bulletin of this year by sharing a sheet called "The Centering Prayer Group Facilitator" (available here, in the blogpost below this one). It provides a basic overview about Centering Prayer groups and of the role of facilitators. It serves as a beginning and is, indeed, at the beginning of the Facilitator Handbook. 

In your responses to what you would like addressed in these Newsletters, more than a few of you mentioned losing motivation and wished that you had a co-facilitator to help you with the group. I would like to briefly address this issue. 

"The Centering Prayer Group Facilitator"

Facilitators guide the Centering Prayer Groups that are established, particularly the weekly session after the presentation of the initial Six-Hour Introductory Workshop on "The Introduction to Centering Prayer."

The primary purpose of Centering Prayer Groups is to help sustain the commitment in a regular practice of Centering Prayer. The Centering Prayer Group meetings consist of period(s) of Centering Prayer, ongoing education in the conceptual background to Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, and the sharing with others of experiences with Centering Prayer and its effect in daily life. Such small groups have the potential to grow into Contemplative Communities to support the members' growth in the contemplative dimension of the Gospel.

Servant Leadership Team Minutes from Jan. 11, 2020

In attendance: Mary Williams, Linda Dollins, Merrilee Melvin, Diane Oldfield, Vicki Rehkoph, Elena Andrews, Rick Martin, Susan Wheeler, and Patti Smith.

Opening:  Mary led us in a period of Centering Prayer and then we read aloud the CONSD Mission, Vision and Core Values statement.  Mary continued to lead the business meeting.

How to Use This Blog

Greetings CONSD servant-leaders!

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Vision, Mission, and Core Values

The VISION of Contemplative Outreach of North San Diego is to foster the process of transformation in Christ in one another through the practice of Centering Prayer. 

The MISSION of Contemplative Outreach of North San Diego is to: present the method of Centering Prayer, build a Christ-centered community, and support the contemplative life.