Saturday, September 17, 2022, 9am-Noon
Vestavia Hills Baptist Church Fellowship Hall

Presenters: Mary Porter & Beverly Brasell of Contemplative Outreach Birmingham

This workshop is open to the community.

What is Centering Prayer?

Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer. In Centering Prayer we experience God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship.

​Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer. Rather, it adds depth of meaning to all prayer and facilitates the movement from more active modes of prayer — verbal, mental or affective prayer — into a receptive prayer of resting in God. Centering Prayer emphasizes prayer as a personal relationship with God and as a movement beyond conversation with Christ to communion with Him.

If you have any questions reach out to Laura Tadlock at laura@vhbc.com or George VanKirk vankirkg@gmail.com