"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
Step Eleven
THE WELCOMING PRAYER PRACTICE
12 Step Welcoming Prayer Practice Group meets every Thursday 7-8PM Central time. Find link to group on Welcoming Prayer page below or in Meetings & Groups tab.
All are welcome!
The Contemplative Dimension of the 12 Steps with Thomas Keating.
In this video series Thomas Keating speaks with a group of people in 12-Step recovery who are interested in Centering Prayer as an 11th step practice. He teaches the method of Centering Prayer along with its conceptual background. These newly edited videos are available for you to use in your 12 Step CP groups, retreats, or for your personal enrichment.
WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING - Emotional Sobriety- Thomas Keating Meets Bill Wilson: Finding Freedom through the Contemplative Dimension of the 12 Steps
Jim M, Joelle M, JoAnn S, from St. Louis, MO and Therese W, & Dave D from Phoenix, AZ will discuss the connection Thomas Keating discovered with Bill Wilson especially as Bill struggled with depression and eventually found release. Bill asks the question "how can we, who have successfully used the steps to stay sober, find emotional sobriety in them?".
11th Step Retreat in Frenchville, PA June 28-30, 2024
Nancy Cord-Baran and Michael Gidlewski invite you to join us in this weekend retreat. It is for people who participate in any 12 Step program of recovery and have the intention to improve their meditation practice and enlarge their spiritual life.
The retreat will offer an environment of solitude and silence in community with time for reflection, fellowship and 12 Step meetings. We will present an Introduction to Centering Prayer in the context of 12-Step recovery. There will be an optional Track II for participants who have made this retreat before.
2024 Intro Workshops Saturday mornings May thru Sept
CP 12-STEP OUTREACH IS OFFERING a free monthly on-line Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop.
The Intro workshops will be presented the 1st Saturday morning of each month beginning in May and run through September. Join us for any or all sessions by registering through the link below. Each monthly Intro will have two experience practitioners presenting the workshops. The workshops are free though we accept all donations which go toward our mission of bringing CP to all in recovery who desire deeper healing.
2024 SPRING SPIRITUALITY EVENT
"Emotional Sobriety
Finding the Heart's Center"
Saturday, April 20th 12PM ET
Please join us for a free on-line event which features three speakers who will share their personal recovery experience of how the practice of Centering Prayer can help bring about Emotional Sobriety. The Event is free but you must register to receive zoom link.
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Your donation will help support OUR VISION to pass on the gift of Centering Prayer as an 11th step practice and related spiritual practices to those in recovery.
There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit. But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life.
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