Dates: Wednesday, August 10th from 12 PM - 1 PM ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
Price: This is a free event!
Do you frequently ask yourself, “what is mine to do” and/or “how do I want to show up in the world?”
One Spirit's Interfaith/Interspiritual Seminary program can help you explore those questions and more fully reveal your calling. Our program cultivates spiritual awakening through our experiential and heart-centered educational model.
Join us for this introductory session to find out how One Spirit's training can support you to take action in your life, community, or the world while being your most authentic and compassionate self.
We'll also share how our training is now more accessible to more people - more than ever before.
If you have a problem registering, please email Help@1spirit.org.
Iyanifa Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens
Iyanifa Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens is the Co-Director of One Spirit Seminary and a psychotherapist, professional development trainer, interfaith minister, and founder of ILERA Counseling & Education Services. Through ILERA, she has implemented workshops at various agencies focusing on vicarious trauma and wellness, healing from sexual abuse, sexuality, and spirituality. DeShannon is the author of Hush Hush: An African American Family Breaks Their Silence on Sexuality & Sexual Abuse (2007, 2015) and an emeritus interfaith scholar with the State of Formation. She was also the first recipient of AASECT’s Bill T. Jones Award. Presentations of her work have taken place at Harvard University, American Academy of Religion, Washington University, New York Theological Seminary, and Interfaith Center of New York. (www.ilera.com)
Rev. Eileen Fisher
Rev. Eileen Fisher is the Co-Director of One Spirit Seminary and has been teaching in NJ public schools for over 20 years. She holds a Master’s degree in education and has experience developing educational programs while working with young children, families and adult learners. She is currently the facilitator of a mindful education program in a middle school. Eileen was ordained by One Spirit in 2010 and has supported One Spirit as a classroom assistant and coordinator of the mentoring ministry program. She has served through her local hospice and a women’s prison in New Jersey. A Sufi dervish in the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order, Eileen strives to walk the path of remembrance and expresses her ministry by supporting the spiritual growth of others through officiating life cycle ceremonies and spiritual counseling. She is deeply committed to protecting and caring for the Earth and all sentient beings. Eileen believes we are all connected and called to demonstrate the transformative power of Love through expression of our own Divine Wisdom in ways that will bless and heal the world.