Course opens October 18, 2024



A self-paced, on-demand online retreat for anyone leading a life of spiritual service.

Why Centering?

Because life gets busy and we can get caught up in the demands of the world!

We all benefit from opportunities to slow down and reconnect with the sparks of purpose, meaning, and inspiration that guide us.

If you are devoted to a life of service and ministry in any manifestation, this retreat is for you! 


No matter your training, faith tradition, or the shape of your spiritual service in the world, the series of invitations in this retreat will lead you back to yourself.

Whether you set aside a weekend or complete this retreat over a few days or weeks of devoted time, this opportunity for deep reflection will honor your being and your vocation.

During this 10 hour course, you will be gently guided by ChIME's faculty and inspired by the reflections of pilgrims who have gathered on retreat before you.

Pause

The act of retreat, of retirement for a period of spiritual self-examination, is as old as the hills. Whether you retreat regularly or, for whatever reason, never seem to get to it, this invitation is for you.

Clarify

Over the course of this retreat, we’ll explore the themes of integrity, spiritual presence, and prophetic voice through the lenses of mind, body, and spirit.
Invitations to contemplation, reflection, and action provide the foundation for your learning.

Sustain

You’ll be invited to find, return to, remember, discern, and/or clarify your own spiritual center—that place inside of your being that provides the curious, open, compassionate, and inspired foundation for your ministry in the world.  

Meet your Retreat Facilitators

Abby is the Community Coordinator at ChIME. She is the lead developer of the Centering retreat and the "voice" that you will come to know as you spend a few days, hours or weeks with us.
Abby Hall Luca
Craig is the Academic Coordinator at ChIME. He will be joining you in discussion boards, and offering reflections, questions, and inspiration.

Craig Werth
Lisa is the Dean and Executive Director at ChIME. She will be joining you in discussion boards, and offering reflections, questions, and inspiration.

Lisa Steele-Maley