Gardener's House of Prayer...
...Is a supportive community offering competent spiritual direction, studies on prayer and spiritual growth, and psycho-spiritual therapy. It is a ministry that is compassionate and welcoming and focuses on the needs of the individual Christian. The full participation and collaboration of both laity and clergy are embraced.
2009 Adult Spiritual Formation Offerings
Classes
- Tuesday, January 6 – March 24, 2009, 6:30-8:30 PM for 12 weeks
School of Christian Prayer – Christian Spirituality
Prayer is a means of descending to the level of the heart and of finding God. (St. Benedict sixth century) To grow in love of the God whom the heart seeks. (Ignatius of Loyola sixteenth century) A process of interior transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. (Thomas Keating twenty first century)
View, download or print PDF with more information.
Registration Cost: $50.00 each month (includes book and materials)
Registration required by January 2
Contact Suzanne Broussard at 830-832-3714 or suzanne@gardenershouseofprayer.org
Spiritual Integrative Growth and Spiritual Direction
- Each Available on an Ongoing Basis
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Designed for the Individual by Our Member of Spiritual Directors International
Spiritual Integrative Growth provides spiritual practices and exercises that help heal physical, emotional and spiritual concerns. For more information, visit our Spirtual Integrative Growth page.
Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. For more information about spiritual direction, visit the Spiritual Directors International website.For more information about your journey, contact Suzanne Broussard at 830-832-3714 or suzanne@gardenershouseofprayer.org
Fall 2008 Adult Spiritual Formation Offerings
Classes
- Beginning Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 2:00 PM for 13 Weeks
at Christ United Methodist Church, Stockdale, Texas -
Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley's Sermons for Today
A study of the sermons of the founder of Methodism
John Wesley was a leader in social and religious reform in the 18th century. His words speak to the 18th century and to today with vitality and the power of a man steeped in the Word of God. A study of "the central themes of Wesley's theology of salvation."Book is available from Cokesbury.com or Cokesbury Book Stores, ISBN 9780881775198.
Contact carolyn@gardenershouseofprayer.org for more information. - Monday, September 8 - October 20, 2008, 1:00-3:00 PM OR 6:30-8:30 PM for 7 Weeks
Bridges to Contemplative Living
Contemplative living is a way of responding to our everyday experiences by consciously attending to our relationships. Living contemplatively begins with ourselves but leads us in the end to embrace deeply not only our truest self, but God, neighbor, and all of creation. Registration Fee: $5.00
Cost of Study: $30.00 (book included)
Registration required by September 1
Contact Suzanne Broussard at 830-832-3714 or suzanne@gardenershouseofprayer.org- Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:00-8:30 PM for 30 Weeks
at Peace Lutheran Church, New Braunfels, Texas -
Foundations of Christian Spirituality - The Biblical Tradition
O LORD my God, teach my heart where and how to seek you, where and how to find you…For I cannot seek you unless you teach me…or find you unless you show yourself to me. Let me seek you in my desires, Let me desire you in my seeking. Let me find you by loving you, and let me love you when I find you. (St. Anselm of Cantebury)
If this could be the prayer of your heart, mark your calendar to join a group of seekers discovering the wisdom so often over-looked in modern Christianity.View, download, or print PDF with more information and registration form.
Cost: $30 for text and materials.
Registration required by September 2
Contact Diana Beardsley at 830-708-5477 or diana@gardenershouseofprayer.org for more information.
Prayer Group
- Beginning Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 6:30-8:30 PM, Monthly Meeting
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Centering Prayer Gathering
Centering prayer is an effort to renew the teaching of the Christian tradition on contemplative prayer. It is a contemporary form of prayer of the heart, prayer of simplicity, prayer of faith, prayer of simple regard — a method of reducing the obstacles to the gift of contemplative prayer and of facilitating the development of habits conducive to responding to the inspirations of the Spirit.
Suggested donation: $5.00
Contact Suzanne Broussard at 830-832-3714 or suzanne@gardenershouseofprayer.org
Required book to be purchased from a book dealer of your choice: Open Mind Open Heart by Thomas Keating
Registration required by September 16th
STAFF: Suzanne Broussard, SDI Member - spiritual direction, adult formation
Diana Beardsley, MA, LPC - psycho-spiritual therapy
Rev. Carolyn McGuire, M Div - ordained pastor, healing, prayer
Linda Lange, MS, MA - Web steward