"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 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.
"Continuing Our Spiritual Practices During Uncertain Times"
2-part online Spring Spirituality Series. Two speakers share their experience, strength and hope.
When we are challenged by illness, grief, political events, and a changing world, we can be overcome by anxiety, and powerlessness. We may need help with changing our attitude. In this Series, two long-time practitioners discuss how their experience allowed them to surrender and how their practices became the resource that moved them through the experience.
New Speaker Meeting
12 Step Outreach Monthly Speaker Meeting 1st Wednesday of the Month 8:00 PM ET. Discover How Centering Prayer Can Deepen Your 12 Step Journey.
The meeting will open with 5 minutes of silence and the speaker will give a 30-minute talk about:
o What it was like before having a contemplative practice
o What happened
o And what it is like now
After the speaker finishes, the meeting will open for discussion and sharing your own experience, strength and hope.
We hope you will join us and pass on the information to anyone who you think might be interested.
April 10-12, 20276
Anawim Ministries, Frenchville, PA
11th Step Retreat
Nancy Cord-Baran, Michael Gidlewski and Kathleen Maxwell 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 attended this retreat before.
Passing the Basket...
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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