Motivation is everything in the spiritual journey.

Thomas Keating, Intimacy with God

Groups

What is a 12 Step CP Group?

The most important thing to be clear about is that this is not a 12-step meeting (i.e. AA, Al-anon, OA, NA, SA…). A 12 Step CP group is made up of others in 12-step recovery who practice or want to practice Centering Prayer as an 11th Step practice and it is intended to help deepen our CP practice. It usually consists of a CP period, a 20 – 30 minute period of study related to CP, and sometimes a discussion about the material and the relationship to recovery. Since this is not a 12-step meeting, we are free to discuss CP openly without fear of voicing an “opinion on an outside issue.”

Contemplative Outreach (CO) has used this format of small groups for many years to form a spiritual network of support for those practicing CP. Those of us in 12-step recovery also find this to be extremely important in maintaining our 11th step practice and as a way to encourage others or introduce others to the practice.

You may add another group to our listing or update a current listing.

For more information click the name of the group below.

Group Name State City Day Time Place Address
Tempe AZ Monday Night Meeting Arizona Tempe Monday 7:00pm Living Faith Church corner of Guadalupe Road and Country Club
Scottsdale Group Arizona Paridise Valley Tuesday 7:00pm St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church 6715 North Mockingbird
East Valley Group Arizona Mesa Wednesday 7:00pm Unity Church of Mesa 2700 E Southern Avenue
Centering Prayer California San Pedro Tuesday 7:00pm St. Peter's Episcopal Church chapel 1648 West 9th Street
Fort Collins Group Colorado Ft. Collins Tuesday 7:00pm Home of Carmen DeFrance 153 Yale Ave
Centering Prayer Group for the 11th step Colorado Boulder Wednesday 6:30pm St. Ambrose Church 7520 South Boulder Road
The Contemplative Dimensions of the 12 Steps Iowa Urbandale Thursday 7:00pm Covenant Christian Church 2700 72nd Street
Forest Park CP 12 Step Group Missouri St.Louis Saturday 11:00am Unity Christ Church basement Skinker Blvd and Forsyth Blvd.
12 Step Centering Prayer Group New Mexico Albuquerque Monday 6:00pm Central United Methodist Church 201 University Blvd NE in room 306
Divine Therapy Study Group New York Yonkers Tuesday 7:30pm Annunciation Convent basement (door at bottom of driveway) 466 Westchester Avenue