Group Spiritual Direction (online)
Would you benefit from exploring your spiritual journey, and hearing about how others practice their own spirituality? Group Spiritual Direction is for you!
Join us for two online Group Spiritual Direction Sessions sessions in February:
Tuesday, February 10th 7:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, February 17th 7:30-8:30pm
Participants should plan on attending both sessions to build group connections. Suggested donation for both sessions: $30. Donate here and register here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
Finding Joy in Queer Spirituality
Join us for a day of Finding Joy in Queer Spirituality, co-sponsored by New Breath Spirituality Center and the Spirit Committee of the Pride Center of the Capital Region!
There will be a keynote address by Bex Mui of House of Our Queer, and a panel discussion about LGBTQIA+ topics with spiritual leaders in the NY Capital Region. Allies and queer community folx are all welcome. Location and ticket information coming soon!
Spring Retreat: “God in the Wild Places”
Spend some time away with God and with others! We will be on retreat for the weekend, staying in the Chi Rho House at Camp Fowler in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains.
The theme for our time together is “Finding God In the Wild Places - An introduction to eco-spirituality and an invitation to discover the Divine in the natural world.” Rev. Elena Delhagen will be our workshop leader.
Group Spiritual Direction (online)
Would you benefit from exploring your spiritual journey, and hearing about how others practice their own spirituality? Group Spiritual Direction is for you!
Join us for two online Group Spiritual Direction Sessions sessions in May:
Tuesday, May 12th 7:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, May 19th 7:30-8:30pm
Participants should plan on attending both sessions to build group connections. Suggested donation for both sessions: $30. Donate here and register here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
Spiritual Poetry (online)
Ever see a meme or phrase that seems to be just everywhere? How about when something gets stuck in your head and you feel like you’re wrestling with it in your soul?
In this online interactive workshop we will take an opportunity to write Spiritual Poetry with Rev. Dr. Katy Stenta. Here we will explore forms of writing, how to play with words, explore intersections between prayer, contemplation and poetry, and talk about the modern zeitgeist of memes and poetry.
Suggested donation: $20. Donate here and register here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Winter Retreat
Spend some time away with God and with others! We will be on retreat for the weekend, staying in the Chi Rho House at Camp Fowler in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. Our theme is “Breath of God” and breath guide Sarah Hutcherson from Slo Breathworks will be leading us in some restorative breathwork, and connecting our breath to our spirituality!
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Group Spiritual Direction (online)
Would you benefit from exploring your spiritual journey, and hearing about how others practice their own spirituality? Group Spiritual Direction is for you!
Join us for two online Group Spiritual Direction Sessions in November:
Tuesday, November 11th 7:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, Nov 18th 7:30-8:30pm
Participants should plan on attending both sessions to build group connections. Suggested donation for both sessions: $25. Donate here and register here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)— in September we are meeting on the 5th Tuesday for something different! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Don't Skip Recess: Play and Spirituality (online)
How are play and spirituality connected, and how can we incorporate more spiritual play into our lives?
The burden that precious humans carry these days tends to be heavy, gloomy, and stressful. Can you relate? Far from bypassing pain, play and innocence resource us to show up over and over again.
Suggested donation: $20. Donate here and register for the program here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
This program is led by Matthew Ray Lyda, who drives a 2012 Honda minivan sporting a unicorn license plate. A husband to one, and a father to three - all of whom couldn't care less about his postnominals and certifications that tag onto his name like a caboose, including: certified spiritual director, rainbow advocate educator, author, and pastoral sex addiction professional.
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Group Spiritual Direction (online)
Would you benefit from exploring your spiritual journey, and hearing about how others practice their own spirituality? Group Spiritual Direction is for you!
Join us for three online Group Spiritual Direction Sessions:
Wednesday, June 4th 7:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 11th 7:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 18th 7:30-8:30pm
Participants should plan on attending all three sessions to build group connections. Suggested donation for all of the three sessions: $30. Donate here and register here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Centering in Vitality: Opening to three natural laws for sourcing collective power (online)
In the face of disruptive change, how can we center into our innate vitality, moment-by-moment? How can we navigate complex power dynamics in our every-day interactions, while sourcing our collective powers to co-create futures where we all get to be alive, well, and free? How can we disrupt the politics of extraction, exploitation, and exclusion and cultivate a politics of flourishing?
Inspired by Howard Thurman, Thich Nhat Hanh, Robin Wall Kimmerer and other luminaries, we will engage in a guided somatic practice to center in vitality. We will then explore how an inner-compass, the “Vitality Triangle,” can help us meet these challenges, guide our inner work, and advance awareness-based system change by embodying, embedding, and emplacing three principles of vitality in living systems: liberty, reciprocity, and integrity.
Suggested donation: $20. Donate here and register for the program here. Registered participants will be emailed a Zoom link before the first session.
This program is led by Elizabeth A. Walsh, PhD. As an engaged neighbor, facilitative leader, and scholar-practitioner of regenerative development, Elizabeth feels most alive when collaborating with diverse kindred spirits in service of a just and flourishing world where we all get to be alive, well, and free. Powered by her love for place and people, Elizabeth has supported positive social and ecological change in Boston, Austin, Buffalo, and Denver – from the scale of the home to the bioregion.
Introduction to Centering Prayer
Centering Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer that can deepen our relationship with God, the Indwelling Presence-- a prayer in which we can experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. There will be presentations and practices at this introductory class.
This class is led by Rev. Dr. Chaplain, I. Teresa Ko-Davis. D.Min, STM. M.Div and Rev. Dr. Chaplain Richard Davis, Ph.D, both serve as a volunteer chaplains at the Albany Medical Center and co-priests for the Holy Cross Universal Church/Humanitarian Outreach ministering to refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers and students.
Suggested Donation: $20. Donate here and register for the program here.
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Spring Retreat
Spend some time away with God and with others! We will be on retreat for the weekend, staying in the Chi Rho House at Camp Fowler in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. The theme for our time together: “Loved by God.”
Spiritual Book Club Online: The Practice of the Presence of God
Join us for our Spiritual Book Club where we'll dive into The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence together!
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Spiritual Book Club Online: The Practice of the Presence of God
Join us for our Spiritual Book Club where we'll dive into The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence together!
Spiritual Book Club Online: The Practice of the Presence of God
Join us for our Spiritual Book Club where we'll dive into The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence together!
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!
Spiritual Book Club: The Practice of the Presence of God
Join us for our Spiritual Book Club where we'll dive into The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence together!
Grace & Graze
Join us every 4th Tuesday of the month for prayer (grace) and snacks (graze)! We will try some spiritual/prayer practices together, and spend some time in conversation. Did we mention snacks??
Monthly Labyrinth Walk
The Labyrinth is open to the public and available to walk on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 11:00am – 2:00pm and 5:00 – 7:00pm in Assembly Hall. All are invited! There will be music, candles, chairs, opportunities to rest, pray, contemplate, and walk the labyrinth. Parking is available in the church parking lot until 6pm. After 6pm please park on the street and not in the parking lot. Enter through the door off the State St. parking lot or the door by the ramp on Willett St. Someone will be present at the labyrinth throughout the time to offer any assistance.
All ages welcome!