Dates: Thursday, December 2, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
Suggested Love Offering: $ 10.00
Wisdom of Rest
Facilitated by Rev. Claudia Ruth Kohn and Rev. Julie Brooks
“winter...earth at rest.” (Zenju Earthlyn Manuel). Going to work, sitting to meditate, giving a speech, officiating a ceremony, heading to school, attending a service, leading a workshop, celebrating our holidays. We live in a world that moves quickly, wherein we are called to do all sorts of things in service to our families, our communities, our environments and our planet. Of course, these things that we do are important and integral to how we survive, thrive and cherish our time in this world. And, sometimes, we just need time and space to rest. For this Gathering, on the cusp of Winter, you don’t have to prepare anything, bring anything, or do anything (well, other than sign on to Zoom). Grounded by music, poetics, and silence, we invite you to be with us in the spaciousness and stillness of rest.
Facilitators:
Rev. Claudia Ruth Kohn
Rev. Claudia Ruth Kohn grew up in the suburbs north of Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to New York City upon graduating from university. After marrying and having four children, she moved to Europe and Asia, where she raised her children while acquiring a Master’s degree in the UK, became a Buddhist in Hong Kong, and interacted with many people and cultures along the way. After nearly 20 years travelling, she returned to New York. She has worked as a docent at the Statue of Liberty, managed a soup kitchen in Manhattan, ministered to patients and their loved ones at the Haven Hospice, studied Contemplative Care at the Zen Center, and completed seminary at One Spirit; she was ordained and graduated in 2019. As well as working for the seminary as a dean’s assistant for two years, she competed her chaplaincy training and is currently a chaplain at New York Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Claudia is certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Grief and Bereavement work, and is a Reiki Master Teacher as well as a poet. In her “free” time, she is working on a memoir exploring her work as a chaplain during the COVID pandemic. She is deeply honored and excited to be a Dean at One Spirit, and looks forward to exploring ministry and sacred gifts with each new class.
Rev. Julie Brooks
Rev. Dr. Julie Brooks is an intergenre writer, Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister, and reverent rambler amongst the sacred and the sublime in Upstate New York. She has worked as a clinical social worker, outdoor education instructor, college professor teaching Sociology and Education, and has a rich and textured history facilitating groups and leading worship experiences under the trees, on two wheels and “paddling with poets and prophets” on the Finger Lakes. Julie loved being a Dean’s Assistant with the One Spirit Second-Year 2020 and 2021 Seminary Classes. And is now over-the-moon serving, with love, light and laughter, as a Dean for the Second year Seminary class. Finally, as the Chief Executive Pedaler of sacredcycling.com, when not playing with One Spirit, Julie pedals her ministry from the saddle of her bike. She has a keen interest in Contemplative Practices across the wisdom traditions, and is currently working on setting some of those practices onto the saddle in her forthcoming book, Back to the Hub: InterSpiritual Practices for Sacred Cycling. Blessed be the wonder of wandering the world on a wheel!
If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@1spirit.org or call 212-931-6840.