During this time, participating in a small faith community online is a helpful resource to stay connected and enhance your prayer life.
Chapels are hosted by trained leaders Monday – Saturday of each week. There is no fee and you can participate when you are able. We connect together in our online chapel through the video conferencing platform, Zoom. In order to participate in any of the online chapels, you will need to register by going to contemplativecommunity.org and completing a simple registration form. Once you have registered, an email will be sent to you with the URL and all the info you will need for participating in any of the chapels throughout the week.
This summer our prayer in the online chapel will focus on joy … exploring the nature of true joy as we confront the obstacles to lasting happiness. Is it possible to find joy in times that seem as dark and divided as ours do? To help us pray with that question our chapel readings will draw on the wisdom of two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
The chapel experience is made up of a period of silent meditation, a short reading for prayerful reflection and an opportunity for simple faith sharing. It is a chance to take time out of your day for a rendezvous with God in a community that is hospitable and inclusive. An opportunity to find support and enhance your prayer and spiritual practicing.
The chapel schedule is below, and you are welcome to join us whenever you are available. Register here to receive the Zoom link to participate. For further details about the experience go to www.contemplativecommunity.org.
If you have questions, please contact Al Gustafson at algustafson@sbcglobal.net.
This summer our prayer in the online chapel will focus on joy … exploring the nature of true joy as we confront the obstacles to lasting happiness. Is it possible to find joy in times that seem as dark and divided as ours do? To help us pray with that question our chapel readings will draw on the wisdom of two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
The chapel experience is made up of a period of silent meditation, a short reading for prayerful reflection and an opportunity for simple faith sharing. It is a chance to take time out of your day for a rendezvous with God in a community that is hospitable and inclusive. An opportunity to find support and enhance your prayer and spiritual practicing.
The chapel schedule is below, and you are welcome to join us whenever you are available. Register here to receive the Zoom link to participate. For further details about the experience go to www.contemplativecommunity.org.
If you have questions, please contact Al Gustafson at algustafson@sbcglobal.net.
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Chapel Schedule:
Monday | 7 am CST | John Blumberg & Linda Tomasello Monday | 7:30 pm CST | Guided Loving Kindness Meditation Al Gustafson & Deb Wilson Tuesday | 7 am CST | Ed Shurna & Vince Keenan Wednesday | Noon CST | Al Gustafson & Bill Hassett Wednesday | 7:30 pm CST | Mary Beth McEuen & Ed Siderewicz Thursday | 8 am CST | Marybeth Coleman & Eileen O’Shea Thursday | 5 pm CST | Happy Half-Hour (30-minute meditation) Friday | 10 am CST | Al Gustafson Saturday | 7 am CST | Kate DeVries & Margie Rudnik |
Loving Kindness Meditation Mondays at 7:30 pm
Join us in the OSP online chapel on Monday evenings for a guided Loving Kindness meditation practice beginning every Monday at 7:30 pm. This meditation has its roots in the Buddhist tradition and is a practice for cultivating Christ like compassion for ourselves, those in our life and our sisters and brothers throughout the world. It can serve very practically as a necessary and skillful antidote to the negative states of mind that are nearly impossible to guard against during these days of the pandemic. This will also be an opportunity to join our hearts as one, sharing our prayer of care and becoming a collective channel of Light to a world that can use a little more love. To sign up and receive a Zoom link to access the chapel, visit bit.ly/contemplativecommunity |