Recognizing that Pullen people are in different stages of their faith and spiritual development, a program called Gardeners:Planting Seeds of Faith, Tending the Spirit is offered to help people create a course of self-directed learning to deepen their faith and nurture their spiritual life.  After identifying the topic for study and reflection, each person is assigned a mentor to assist with his or her learning.  Although designed to be a significant, intentional plan of study, participants in Gardener’s and their mentors determine format and meeting times to meet their needs.

Contact:Cathy Tamsberg

828-0897, x-214, ctamsberg@pullen.org

Spiritual Life Group

Pullen's Spiritual Life Group serves as both a supportive gathering of persons with a special interest in spirituality and a task group fostering this area of the church's life. Each meeting includes time for community building and worshipful silence as well as attention to planning retreats and programs. SLG activities include leading an annual prayer vigil during Lent, sponsoring quiet days, placing books on spirituality and related materials in the library, maintaining and offering Pullen's labyrinth, and otherwise supporting Pullen members' search for a deeper sense of the Spirit's presence in their lives. The SLG is open to any interested persons and meets periodically in the evening at a member's home.

Contact: Suzanne Hayes

828-6544

Joyce Hollyday

"Living Reconciliation"

As part of Pullen's annual observance of Peace Sunday the first weekend in August, a workshop entitled "Living Reconciliation" will be led by Joyce Hollyday on Saturday, August 4, 2007.

Joyce was the Associate Editor of Sojourners magazine in its early years and a member of their international community in Washington , DC. She recently served as Associate Conference Minister for the Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ and is a co-founder and pastor of Circle of Mercy, and Alliance of Baptists-UCC congregation in Asheville, NC. She chairs the national board and serves on the faculty of "Word and World: A People's School," an itinerant school for faith-based activists. She has worked as a court advocate for victims of domestic violence, a chaplain for children with cancer, attended the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in South Africa, and she is a nationally known writer and retreat leader.

This morning and afternoon workshop will be on truth-telling, forgiveness, nonviolense and reconciliation that is open to all. More information and registration materials will be available in early summer.

Contact: Cathy Tamsberg

828-0897, x-214, ctamsberg@pullen.org