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Greetings, Dear Jennifer!
It's almost the equinox! (Happy Autumn to our friends in the southern hemisphere)...
Though March 20th is the calendar marking of the new season, signs of what will be spring in TEALarbor stories' part of the world are already visible and audible!
The other night walking home, I heard the first small chorus of frogs singing in the protected wetland. Daffodils and crocuses are in bloom across the island. Robins, juncos, and chickadees seem especially earnest in their paired foraging and flitting. And a few species of trees' dark, cold buds are just beginning to soften and open.
These natural transitions, gradual but sure, can mirror hope for us: hope that we have the steadfastness to do our part for the world, hope that compassion and peace will predominate, hope that those who are suffering across this globe (human and more-than-human) will be relieved of their distress. This is not an easy hope; it requires - for me, anyway - a continual replenishment of the inner well of resilience. But it is a real hope, grounded in faith and our own everyday efforts to heal what is fractured, to hold what is tender, to sit with uncertainty until the path becomes clearer.
So let's celebrate and put into deeper practice our shared hopes for unity, beauty, and love by allowing the buds of our deepest longings to ripen. If you'd like to do so in community with others, please consider joining the WE cohort in June.
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May this new season offer you the blessings of open-heartedness and steadfast renewal.
Blessings,
Jennifer Wilhoit
Founder, TEALarbor stories
Important Dates
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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!
Mar. 16th (Sun.) Spiritual Life as an Ecotone Sermon at Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church, The Island School, Bainbridge Island 10:00 AM
Apr. 7th (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific
Apr. 16th (Wed.) Spiritual Ecology in Practice: Everyday Expressions of Caring for Our Common Home via Zoom Starting at £10 GBP donation (register) 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific
May 1st, 8th, 15th (Thurs.) Nature-Based Journaling for Wellbeing via Zoom $109. in collaboration with Chuckanut Writers/Village Books and Whatcom Community College Register here 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
May 5th (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific
Jun. 2nd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific
Jun. 3rd – Aug. 5th (Tues.) Writing Through the Seasons: Summer Pre-register by emailing Amy King: aking@bloedelreserve.org
Non-member $350.
Bloedel Member $275.
BARN Member $300.
Member of Bloedel & BARN $250.
Jun. 9th – Aug. 27th WE (Whole Earth) Cohorts via Zoom $650./3 months Email Jennifer for info and to register.
News
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On Mar. 3rd we hosted our monthly Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Virtual Gathering. Those of us who attended had the opportunity to share deeply as we looked at the intersection of the CSE values of interconnectedness and reverence, and how these look in practice. Read more.
On Feb. 21st, our local Interfaith Climate Circle offered another Web of Life event. This one we titled: For the Love of Earth Re-membering Our Dependence on Soil. Read more.
Each morning, Feb. 4th – 6th, I offered Love, Serve, Abide: Spiritual Ecology as Lifestyle. I have been gifting interactive experiences to attendees of World Interfaith Harmony Week (A United Nations Official Observance) for a number of years now. Read more.
The Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Virtual Gathering occurred again on Feb. 3rd. We had a very full Zoom room of heart-centered, Earth-loving participants. Read more.
On Feb. 1st, I joined with my colleagues at the Interfaith Climate Circle to offer a Climate Cafe. This model of conversation follows that of the Death Cafes. Read more.
We kicked off the new year with our Compassionate Spiritual Ecology gathering via Zoom. It was an even deeper engagement than before with folks convening from a few U.S. states and the Philippines. Read more.
The Spiritual Ecology Training has rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. You can join in anytime. Join us now!
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