Dates: Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
Suggested Love Offering: $ 10.00
“Holy Encounters" - A Street Ministry of Befriending Fellow Humans
Rev. Diane Berke welcomes Joe George
Joe George, chef, photographer, and interfaith minister (One Spirit Seminary 2014) lives car-free in Buffalo, NY, where his favorite mode of transportation is a bicycle (yes, even in winter). He has carried a camera with him always for more than the past decade, and in his photographs (along with short descriptions, which are like a public digital library) he tries to capture the beauty which is everywhere: a lighthouse shining in the dark, falling snow and ice glinting like diamonds on the branches of trees, the full moon in dazzling detail. But perhaps the most powerful images of beauty Joe captures and shares are the faces of humanity who survive on the street. Come meet some of the people Joe has photographed in his simple ministry of befriending the humanity and beauty in everyone and reflecting it back to them.
FACILITATORS:
Joe George
Joe George is a 2014 graduate of One Spirit Seminary and a certified spiritual counselor with a BA in religious and philosophical studies. On his website, urbansimplicity.com he describes himself as a "Chef, Photographer, Writer, Mystic, Interfaith Minister, Cyclist, INFJ, and Human on Planet Earth.
Rev. Diane Berke
Rev. Diane Berke is the Founder and Spiritual Director of One Spirit. Ordained as an interfaith minister in 1988, she is a widely respected pioneer in developing interfaith/interspiritual ministry education. Diane is on the faculty of Andrew Harvey’s Institute for Sacred Activism, a founding member of The Contemplative Alliance of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a founding member of Transformation365, and a certified facilitator for the Circle of Trust® work of the Center for Courage and Renewal. She is the author of numerous books and educational manuals, including Love Always Answers, The Gentle Smile, Developing and Deepening Your Spiritual Practice, and Interfaith Ministers’ Service and Reference Manual. A psychotherapist and spiritual counselor for over thirty years, Diane is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of New York. Most important, Diane is widely known and respected for the impact she has on those who study with her. With boundless care, clear intelligence, and deep safety, she creates an extraordinarily rich learning environment. Diane’s students, as well as her clients in private sessions and participants in her workshops and retreats, report experiencing profound acceptance and a deep invitation to the truth that facilitates genuine transformation and healing.
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.