Past Events (Page 5)

Past Events (Page 5)

Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2023
Grand Canyon Synod Retired Pastors' Retreat

Synod Retirees Retreat 2023

The 18th Annual Grand Canyon Synod Retired Pastors’ Retreat features The Rev David Lose, pastor at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
Oct 27 – 29, 2023
Woman to Woman Retreat; image of many hands clasped together, affirming one another

Woman to Woman Fall Retreat

The purpose of Woman to Woman is to create an atmosphere to share experience, strength and hope, promote friendship among alcoholic women in recovery throughout the greater Phoenix area and offer women a glimpse of a new way of life.
Oct 22 – 25, 2023
Boundless Compassion Retreat

Boundless Compassion Retreat

Offering quiet reflection time and small group dialogue, this four-day retreat serves as a catalyst for a renewed commitment to becoming a compassionate presence. Experience this opportunity to deepen and expand the capacity for compassion in your life and in your community.
Oct 21, 2023
Spirit's 30th Anniversary

Spirit Shines! 30th Anniversary Celebration

Connect with friends, meet Spirit staff & board, and celebrate 30 great Spirited years at Spirit on October 21 at Spirit in the Desert in Carefree, AZ.
Sep 21, 2023
Joyce Rupp Boundless Compassion

Spirited Book Club ~ Boundless Compassion

In “Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life,” bestselling and award-winning author Joyce Rupp offers the definitive Christian guide to compassion.
Sep 14 – 17, 2023
Gather the Women Annual Gathering; watercolor image of 4 women embracing

Gather the Women 2023 Annual Gathering

The GTW Annual Gathering is an opportunity for women to gather and share the experience of being in a Sacred Circle for four days. In small, intimate circles women will discuss topics around the theme “We Are Women Of Substance.”
Aug 24, 2023
Climate Theater image of a hand holding the earth

Climate Theater

“Climate fatigue is real. We’re all worn out by the constant barrage of bad news. Climate anxiety is real. More than half of the population reports feeling somewhat-to-extremely anxious about global warming. Climate grief is real. Too many of us have turned that grief inward where it festers as despair. Where are the voices of hope, of encouragement, of resilience?”
Aug 24, 2023
The Planet You Inherit by Larry L. Rasmussen

Spirited Book Club ~ The Planet You Inherit

In “The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren when Uncertainty’s a Sure Thing” author Larry Rasmussen shares, for the first time ever, love letters consciously written by elders of one geologic epoch to the young of another.
Jul 20, 2023
Larry Gordon, author of The Seventh Sunrise

Spirited Book Club ~ The Seventh Sunrise

“The Seventh Sunrise: A Time to Hear God’s Whisper” from Christian Faith Publishing author Larry Gordon is an inspiring collection of personal stories that bring readers a message of peace and understanding through God.
Jun 15, 2023
Kate Bowler, author of Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!

Spirited Book Club ~ The Lives We Actually Have

Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie offer creative, faith-based blessings that center gratitude and hope while acknowledging our real, messy lives. Formatted like a prayer book, The Lives We Actually Have is an oasis and a landing spot for weary souls, with blessings that focus on the full range of human moments: garbage days, lovely days, grief-stricken days, and even (especially) completely ordinary days.