BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260412T061308Z UID:190-247358@elcacoaching.org DTSTART:20251105T190000Z DTEND:20251105T200000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260106T190605 DESCRIPTION:"Rarely\, if ever\, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion." -- bell hooks\, All About Love\nELCA Coaching is collaborating with Rev. Brenda Smith (ELCA)\, Deacon Tammy Devine (ELCA)\, and Rev. Candy Holmes (MCC) to facilitate our gatherings on the first Wed nesdays of each month through January 2026\, with a focus on Healing Toget her.\n--- --- ---\nWe began gathering online with faith leaders* in March of 2020 to wrestle together with Being Church in a global pandemic\, whic h transitioned over the summer of 2021 to Courageous Leadership\, as COVI D revealed our perceptions and misconceptions about most things in life. W e continue to discern where Spirit might be collectively leading us as peo ple of faith. Jesus is our primary model as we move toward Creating Belove d Community: Healing Together to learn together and experiment in communi ty with a variety of spiritual practices and focus areas.\nWe believe this is in attunement with our call as Christians from:\n\nScripture and our e xpanding understanding and expression of love for ALL of our neighbors\nML K's Letter from Birmingham Jail and Vision of the Beloved Community\nWh at Is the Beloved Community and Why Is It Important?\nThe Idea of the Belo ved Community: The creative friendship of Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh\nELCA Teaching\, and especially our "connection to all of life" \nELCA Living Our Baptismal Covenant\nELCA Truth and Healing Movement (fac ilitated by ELCA's Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations)\nELCA Ecume nical and Inter-Religious Relations\nDr. Shawn Ginwright's The Four Pivot s: Reimagining Justice\, Reimagining Ourselves\nAnd so many other diverse voices and sacred ways we engage with each other and with the world.\n\n* An important definition: The coaching ministry defines "faith leaders" as all members of the Body | "priesthood of all believers"| Beloved Community \, so even if you do not feel like you are a leader\, you are welcome in t his space.\n--- --- ---\nTo answer some commonly asked questions about the se regular gatherings:\n"Why are you still meeting?" "Don't become too fa miliar with loneliness. Community is a risk\, but liberation depends on th e collective. Who can you trust to hold you?" -- Cole Arthur Riley\, auth or of Black Liturgies\n"How can I prepare?" Beloved Community members pa y attention and listen actively. We invite you to bring a spirit of curios ity and openness to these gatherings and to all aspects of your life. What are you noticing? Where is Spirit moving? How are you being invited to pa rticipate in the work God is already doing\, especially outside the walls of the building where the church often gathers?\n "What if I'm not a grou p person?" Beloved Community members take calculated risks. We invite yo u to take a small step outside your comfort zone and allow yourself to be seen and witnessed. We can almost guarantee that you will be pleasantly su rprised by the loving\, caring\, and nurturing nature of community in this time together.\nRecordings from prior gatherings can be found here: htt ps://www.elcacoaching.org/podcasts/media\n--- --- ---\nCREATING BELOVED CO MMUNITY hosted by ELCA Coaching\nMost Wednesdays -- 9:00am Hawaii | 10:00a m Alaska | 11:00am Pacific | 12noon Mountain | 1:00pm Central | 2:00pm Eas tern | 3:00pm Atlantic (Time zones may vary with Daylight Saving Time. We always begin at 1:00pm Central time.)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web .zoom.us/j/85394476190?pwd=VUh1UElEbXZoMnpheXc4S0llaG91dz09\nMeeting ID: 8 53 9447 6190\nPasscode: 466634\n---\nOne tap mobile:\n+16694449171\,\,8539 4476190#\,\,\,\,*466634# US\n+16699006833\,\,85394476190#\,\,\,\,*466634# US (San Jose)\n---\nDial by your location:\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 301 7 15 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 38 60 US\nMeeting ID: 853 9447 6190\nPasscode: 466634\nFind your local number : https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcXHRZ7a9m LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T190605 LOCATION:Zoom SUMMARY:Creating Beloved Community: Healing Together URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.elcacoaching.org/events/creating-beloved-communit y-healing-together--190/2025-11-05 ATTACH;FILENAME=Beloved Community.png;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq5pwpg1q8r u0.cloudfront.net/2024/08/26/22/00/07/ccc41bd0-a2b5-42a8-8641-b13bdab516f7 /Beloved%20Community.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR