Conversations We Need to Have
March 23rd, 2023
11:00 am EST
No registration required
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As we continue to find our way during difficult times, it's important to explore our feelings. Of one thing we can be sure, many of us are grieving. We are grieving the deaths of beloved family, church members, friends and strangers. We are grieving losses of safety, personal freedoms, economic stability, trust, and so much more. Yet, even when struggling, we show up, preaching a Word of hope and life. There are conversations we need to have.
To help you take care of yourselves, CBMM has scheduled monthly conversations for clergy and chaplains on Zoom to share your stories, lament, rejoice, grieve and talk about COVID-19, systemic racism and whatever else is on your minds and hearts.
Rev. Maggie Lewis will facilitate monthly dialogues to give you an opportunity to take a breath and acquire additional tools for coping over the long haul.
Join us on Thursday, March 23rd at 11:00 a.m. No need to register, whosoever will, please come.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86374572942?pwd=LzdoQ1lvU2RFYnNrV0g2UVJXYTdpQT09
Meeting ID: 863 7457 2942
Passcode: CBMM
What to Do Now to Walk Through Lent and Easter with Clarity and Hope
January 24 and 31, 2:00 - 4:30 pm EST
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A Virtual Mini-Retreat with Margaret Marcuson available FREE to CBMM Members! ($250 value)
Brought to you by the Center for Career Development and Ministry
To register, contact CCDM executive director, Maggie Lewis, at exec@ccdmin.org
Blue Christmas Service
December 15th at 7:00pm via Zoom
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Join us for a time of prayer, remembrance, music, scripture, poetry, and silence during the holiday season-- for all of us who have grief and losses or who need a quiet time of worship.
Zoom Link:
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Meeting ID: 915 1022 3931
Password: 751143
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Book Talk
Book Talk with Rev. Christine
& Special Guest Rev. Maggie Lewis
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Last Session Postponed - details coming soon!
All are welcome!
JOIN US for three Wednesday evenings via ZOOM to discuss “The Power of Ritual“ by Casper Ter Kule.
“Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more than ever for our spiritual and emotional well-being in the age of COVID-19.” (Amazon.com)
ZOOM INFO BELOW!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ministrelife.zoom.us/j/4307410515
Meeting ID: 430 741 0515
Rolling Ridge Advent Retreat
In the busyness of the season, we invite you to come away to Rolling Ridge and gather with other CBMM colleagues as we make time to embrace the waiting and settling in and breathe in the hope, joy, peace and love that the season of Advent offers.
In the quiet and silence of this retreat, we invite you to sit, linger, ponder, behold, wander, wonder...wait. We will offer some reflections and spiritual exercises to prepare you for the holy days of Advent using nativity scenes from around the world. During the times of silence, there will be items to create, coloring pages and mandalas to capture your feelings and reflections of the day, and expansive space for your soul to be still. We will also have both indoor and outdoor labyrinths and outdoor lakeside trails for you to walk and pray through the day.
We invite you to sit by the fire, enjoy the beauty of the Ridge, and live into the season of Advent as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. Join us on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 from 9:30am –3:30pm. Space is limited to 20 participants.
Register with Deb Lee at office@conferenceofbaptistministers.com.
Welcome to Our New Operations Manager!
CBMM Operations Manager: Rev. Debra Lee
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Rev. Lee is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Swansea, MA. She is a tri-vocational pastor, directing the New Bedford Council on Aging during the day, pastoring the church, and working as a Chaplain for Community Nurse and Hospice in her spare hours. Rev. Lee is a 2010 MDIV Graduate of Andover Newton and a 2004 MPA Graduate of Bridgewater State University. Rev. Lee is married and lives with her husband, youngest daughter, and three golden doodles in New Bedford.
