The following programs of the Spiriutal Growth and Community Center are weekly, biweekly, or monthly.  To register, email the SGCC Director, or use this form: 

Buddhist Book & Meditation Group (weekly, online)

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Facilitated by: Ruth Hanlon
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The group is open, and follows a format which includes meditation, reading, and discussion. Books are chosen by the group and have a “Buddhist-oriented content.” Familiarity with Buddhism is not required; the group learns from one another and our exploration of our readings is applied to real life experience. Books are suggested by the attendees and selections are chosen by the group. All are welcome!

Whether you need a time of solace during a busy weekend, want to deepen your personal practice, or uncluttered your mind, you are welcome.

Sessions will include about 25 minutes of meditation. No experience is necessary to join. 

Open Creativity Studio (twice a month, in-person)

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Facilitated by: Elisa Abatsis and Jennifer Rambridge
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Is there something you’d like to create in the New Year? Give yourself the gift of dedicated time to work on your project in the company of fellow creatives. Bring your novel-in-progress, your half-knitted sweater, your blank canvas, your barely-started dissertation, your architectural blueprint, your nascent symphony, your coding project, or your business plan. Or just bring a desire to explore the possibilities. We provide coffee, a short nugget of creative inspiration, some rudimentary art supplies, and time-keeping so you can lose yourself in creative flow; you bring the mojo and a willingness to clean up after yourself at the end of the night.

Free Your Inner Artist Collab! If you don’t currently have a project in the works, no problem! Jen Rambridge will be on hand with materials and supplies that you can experiment with. (Additional $5 donation requested for materials)

This group is suitable for adults and mature teens.

Pub Theology (monthly, in-person)

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Facilitated by: Caitlin Eaton-Robb
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We welcome atheists, agnostics, humanists, people of all faith traditions, and people who identify as “spiritual but not religious” to gather together to talk while enjoying drinks and other refreshments. Join us for deep, respectful, and reflective conversation with our community. Each month we will reflect on a different theme.

Feel free to join in the discussion or just come to listen. Please bring your own wine, beer, or nonalcoholic beverage, and dinner or a snack if you wish – there are a number of great restaurants right nearby!  You can also take out beer from our neighbors across the street at Medusa. Everyone is welcome to participate! Contact Caitlin Eaton-Robb with any questions.

Playing With Tarot (every other month, in-person)

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Facilitator: Cynthia Menard
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Join us for a gathering where we ‘play’ with our tarot decks, ask tarot questions, and nerd out over tarot details and trivia.

These gatherings are not concerned with a card-by-card teaching of ‘how tarot works’. Rather, we play with our decks in fun and intuitive ways that build our unique understanding of the cards.

Advance registration requested.

Reiki Healing and Meditation Circle (monthly, in-person)

Details coming soon.

Shamanic Journey and Drumming Group (monthly, in-person)

Details coming soon.

Soul Collage (monthly, in-person)

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Facilitator: Nadine Lucas
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SoulCollage® is a deeply personal and intuitive form of art therapy developed by Seena B. Frost in the late 1980s, designed to facilitate self-discovery and emotional exploration through creative collage-making. Participants create 5×8 inch cards by intuitively selecting and arranging images from magazines, photographs, and personal artwork that resonate on a profound emotional level, representing different aspects of the self. For more information about SoulCollage, please visit: https://compassionbasedhealing.com/soulcollage-workshop/