Upcoming events
Upcoming Events
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Julian, Teach Me to See - An In person event in Wheaton, IL - Sat., Feb. 22, 2025
Julian, Teach Me To See is a guided silent retreat that will consist of three short talks, sharing and reflecting on Julian’s words. Time for personal reflection, prayer and journaling will follow each talk. Presenter is David Miller.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
Spiritual Direction Training: Tending the Holy Come and See Info Session for all programs - Online via Zoom
Come and see what Christos’s spiritual direction training is all about. Free online session to learn about our distance, Twin Cities and Chicago area programs.
Contemplative Pause
Join our community of contemplatives and experience prayer, meditation, and time for personal reflection. Free. Facilitated by Heidi Lender, Executive Director of Christos.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., March 11, 2025
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
In Search of God's Will: Online book club, March 13-April 10, 2025
Online, five-week book club to read and discern God’s hopes and dreams for you. Based on “In Search of God’s Will” by Trevor Hudson.
In Search of God's Will: Online book club, March 13-April 10, 2025
Online, five-week book club to read and discern God’s hopes and dreams for you. Based on “In Search of God’s Will” by Trevor Hudson.
In Search of God's Will: Online book club, March 13-April 10, 2025
Online, five-week book club to read and discern God’s hopes and dreams for you. Based on “In Search of God’s Will” by Trevor Hudson.
Spiritual Direction Training: Tending the Holy Come and See Info Session for Distance Program - Online via Zoom
Come and see what Christos’s spiritual direction training Distance program is all about. Free online session.
Spiritual Direction Training: Tending the Holy Come and See Info Session for Distance Program - Online via Zoom
Come and see what Christos’s spiritual direction training Distance program is all about. Free online session.
Contemplative Pause
Join our community of contemplatives and experience prayer, meditation, and time for personal reflection. Free. Facilitated by Heidi Lender, Executive Director of Christos.
In Search of God's Will: Online book club, March 13-April 10, 2025
Online, five-week book club to read and discern God’s hopes and dreams for you. Based on “In Search of God’s Will” by Trevor Hudson.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., April 8, 2025
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
The Least of These: A Tending the Call event, Rose Larson, Presenter
Join Rose Larson as she shares what the Good Shepherd teaches us about being present in marginalized populations. An online Tending the Call event.
In Search of God's Will: Online book club, March 13-April 10, 2025
Online, five-week book club to read and discern God’s hopes and dreams for you. Based on “In Search of God’s Will” by Trevor Hudson.
Spiritual Direction Training: Tending the Holy Come and See Info Session for Twin Cities Program - Online via Zoom
Come and see what Christos’s spiritual direction training Twin Cities hybrid program is all about. Free online session.
Sensitivity to Trauma in Spiritual Direction
In this one-day Tending the Call workshop for Spiritual Directors, we seek to enhance your Spiritual Direction offering with a basic understanding of the nature of trauma, its lingering impact, and how symptoms might show up in a spiritual direction session. In person in Lombard, IL. Presenter is Wai-Chin Matsuoka.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., May 13, 2025
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., Feb. 11, 2025
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
Contemplative Pause
Join our community of contemplatives and experience prayer, meditation, and time for personal reflection. Free. Facilitated by Heidi Lender, Executive Director of Christos.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully - Online Book Club, Tuesdays Jan. 21 - March 4, 2025
This seven-week, online book club discusses The Gift of Years by Joan Chittester, exploring the blessings and burdens of growing older. Facilitator is Peg Ruetten.
A Fruitful Harvest: Age, Loss and New Life in the Generative Season
Joel Warne leads us in a time to consider the wisdom of geting older in a maturing and generative season of life. In person at Christos in Lino Lakes, MN.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., January 14, 2025
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
New Year's Eve Quiet Pause: All About Love
Come, notice God with you. This is an annual favorite for those who want to pause and pray before the new year begins. Online and in person at Christos.
Christmas Quiet 2024: The Nativitas
Our annual time of reflection on the birth of Jesus. Invite family, friends, colleagues and join us online for this free event.
Contemplative Pause
Join our community of contemplatives and experience prayer, meditation, and time for personal reflection. Free. Facilitated by Heidi Lender, Executive Director of Christos.
All Will Be Well: Reading and praying with Julian of Norwich - Book study facilitated by David Miller
Join us for a six-week online book study based on Showings by Julian of Norwich. Facilitated by David Miller.
Saturated in Love: Belovedness -a Tending the Soul Retreat
Mike Hotz leads us in a time to come away and experience God and your belovedness. In person at Christos in Lino Lakes, MN.
Rhythms of Grace: A Fresh Look at the "Rule of Life" - Nov. 16, 2024
Take time to reflect on your soul-care rhythms and then provide you with an interactive, contemplative, and creative space to design (or to refresh) your personal “Rule of Life.” Presenter is Sandy Henkel. In person in Wheaton, IL.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., Nov. 12, 2024
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
All Will Be Well: Reading and praying with Julian of Norwich - Book study facilitated by David Miller
Join us for a six-week online book study based on Showings by Julian of Norwich. Facilitated by David Miller.
Faith Like A Child (Part 2): Listening to God with Children and Teens
Faith Like a Child is a transformative way to approach your own faith development as well as the faith formation in the young people you love and serve. Online event.
Contemplative Pause
Join our community of contemplatives and experience prayer, meditation, and time for personal reflection. Free. Facilitated by Heidi Lender, Executive Director of Christos.
All Will Be Well: Reading and praying with Julian of Norwich - Book study facilitated by David Miller
Join us for a six-week online book study based on Showings by Julian of Norwich. Facilitated by David Miller.
All Will Be Well: Reading and praying with Julian of Norwich - Book study facilitated by David Miller
Join us for a six-week online book study based on Showings by Julian of Norwich. Facilitated by David Miller.
Faith Like A Child (Part 1): Becoming Like Children
Faith Like a Child is a transformative way to approach your own faith development as well as the faith formation in the young people you love and serve.
All Will Be Well: Reading and praying with Julian of Norwich - Book study facilitated by David Miller
Join us for a six-week online book study based on Showings by Julian of Norwich. Facilitated by David Miller.
Painting as Spiritual Practice – Tending the Soul Workshop
Join presenter Carole Lundell to discover how to paint to quiet your mind and just be in the presence of the Lord.
All Will Be Well: Reading and praying with Julian of Norwich - Book study facilitated by David Miller
Join us for a six-week online book study based on Showings by Julian of Norwich. Facilitated by David Miller.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., Oct. 8, 2024
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.
Contemplative Pause
Join our community of contemplatives and experience prayer, meditation, and time for personal reflection. Free. Facilitated by Heidi Lender, Executive Director of Christos.
Peer Supervision Refresher - Pathway to Peer Supervision Groups: Special Online Event for Tending the Holy Alumni
Join us for a FREE on-line gathering that will provide a reminder of what Peer Supervision is, why it is important, and give you a variety of resources that will launch you into a group.
The Sound of Silence: A Tending the Holy Retreat at Christos
Join presenter Mike Carlson to reconnect with yourself and ease ourselves into silent places, seeing silence as a friend, not a foe.
Alumni Happy Hour - Online - Tues., Sept. 10, 2024
Connect with your peers online for casual conversation and fellowship. Free! Bring your own beverage to this Zoom event.