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Greetings!
I trust that you are digging into this new beginning with heart and courage!
With this email comes deep appreciation for you and for the ways in which you step into this needy world with compassion and integrity. We are all needed, all have something we can offer, are all bound together in the tapestry of Life.
Join us this week and next week:
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Feb. 2nd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific
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Feb. 4th (Wed.) Harvesting the Natural Beauty of Interfaith Engagement via Zoom Free (register to get access) Offered in collaboration with World Interfaith Harmony Week – A United Nations Official Observance 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Feb. 6th (Fri.) Web of Life Event: Reverence for Air Bethany Lutheran Church, Bainbridge Island Free Hosted by the Bainbridge Island North Kitsap Interfaith Climate Circle 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Feb. 7th (Sat.) Wild Church Suquamish United Church of Christ Free 10:00 – 11:15 AM
May you remain safe and warm, offering a kind hand to those who need you.
Blessings,
Jennifer Wilhoit
Founder, TEALarbor stories
Important Dates
Learn more about all of these here.
Registration for most paid events closes one week prior to start date.
TEALarbor stories' new Spiritual Ecology Training is available with rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. Join us now!
Feb. 2nd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central
Hosted by Jennifer Wilhoit (TEALarbor stories Spiritual Ecology Training Founder/Mentor) and Brooke Gilley (Naturalist, Spiritual Ecology Training Graduate, Forest Bathing Guide)
Come gather with us for ninety nourishing minutes every first Monday of the month for an exploration of Compassionate Spiritual Ecology. Together we will engage the many ways of embodying Spiritual Ecology values, practices, and rituals to enhance our everyday connections with the sacred in the Earthy wild within and outside of us. Please bring a journal, pens, and a sacred-to-you item to each gathering.
Feb. 4th (Wed.) Harvesting the Natural Beauty of Interfaith Engagement via Zoom Free (register to get access) Offered in collaboration with World Interfaith Harmony Week – A United Nations Official Observance 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
Gather with us to explore the rich terrain of interfaith unity and collaboration through guided creative and nature-based practices consistent with your own spiritual or faith path. This is not a sectarian offering; it is intended to support people of all faiths (or none) in finding and deepening their relationships with others through peaceable, interdisciplinary practices that they create consistent with their specific beliefs. Participants are requested to bring: paper, colored writing pens, photos of nature, objects from nature (leaves, cones, flowers, shells, rocks, soil, water, etc.). Everyone is welcome. Limited to 100 participants. Register in advance for this meeting.
Feb. 6th (Fri.) Web of Life Event: Reverence for Air Bethany Lutheran Church, Bainbridge Island Free Hosted by the Bainbridge Island North Kitsap Interfaith Climate Circle 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Pacific
Feb. 7th (Sat.) Wild Church Suquamish United Church of Christ Free 10:00 – 11:15 AM
Mar. 2nd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central
Hosted by Jennifer Wilhoit (TEALarbor stories Spiritual Ecology Training Founder/Mentor) and Brooke Gilley (Naturalist, Spiritual Ecology Training Graduate, Forest Bathing Guide)
Come gather with us for ninety nourishing minutes every first Monday of the month for an exploration of Compassionate Spiritual Ecology. Together we will engage the many ways of embodying Spiritual Ecology values, practices, and rituals to enhance our everyday connections with the sacred in the Earthy wild within and outside of us. Please bring a journal, pens, and a sacred-to-you item to each gathering.
News
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BARN's Annual Holiday Bazaar event was fabulous! I sold my books and handmade collage greeting cards to friends old and new once again at Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network. This all-day event is always very festive and we artists also support each other by buying one another's goodies. What a great start to the dark winter season.
Tuesday Nov. 4th we convened the final session of Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. What a wonderful experience this has been! In addition to check-ins and next steps for how to continue writing on the landscape, we had a long stretch of time to create a nature journal page sitting in the autumnal glory of the day. We concluded by discussing various ways we can incorporate our direct engagement with the natural world into our everyday writing processes. Bloedel Reserve staff and I are in communication about continuing a modified version of this series in Spring 2026. Check back here for updates.
We co-hosted our final Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Gathering of 2025 in November. Our focus this month was on reverence, awe, beauty. For our outdoor portion of the session, we each went outside to create a piece of beauty using found, fallen nature bits. Everyone seemed to enjoy and find value in this practice.
Throughout the month of October 2025, I was delighted to have four of my handmade artist books on display at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts (BAC), a collaboration between Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN) and BAC. We displayed our work there in celebration of the Bainbridge Book Festival.
I'm so happy to tell you that my third book, Writing on the Landscape, is now being sold at Bloedel, our lovely local nature reserve.
The Spiritual Ecology Training has rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. You can join in anytime. Join us now!
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