chalice circles

CHALICE CIRCLES

Enable each person to have friends to share the most burdensome and liberating moments of their life.

Cultivate meaningful,

deep and intimate

relationships

Provide an opportunity for engaged, open

hearted conversation in a small (6-10) group setting.

Offer a network of small, caring groups embracing all who wish to be included.

Perform an annual service project of the group’s choosing

in support of the greater good of the community.

Some of the topics discussed this year have been:

• Covenant Open the Door• Forgiveness Gift of Conflict• Faces of Love Asking for Help• Community Democracy• The Transforming Power of Resolutions• To Thine Own Self Be True• Going Into the Silence (Deep Listening)• Living a Purposeful Life

Comments by current participants:• “To be part of a conduit that allows others to be able to discuss

and/or verbalize feelings is such a wonderful feeling of having done something worthwhile that I personally am left speechless.”

• “I had this overwhelming need to share and it is a testament to this group that it is a safe, loving and accepting group to let my emotional barriers down..”

• “I want you to know what incredible good luck on my part to have been slotted into this Chalice Circle so that I could have the privilege of meeting so many extraordinary and caring individuals.”

• “I look forward to the companionship and open communication that has occurred in our group.”

• “I feel that it is one of the most rewarding things that I have done this year.”

Comments by current participants:• I really liked the ability to talk freely without

judgment• I liked talking about various ideas• I liked the openness of the group• I enjoyed the sharpening of ideas for myself

and the others in the group• It was more open and sharing than I expected• I liked that it was alright not to speak• The new people felt accepted by the others

Summer Drop-in sessions will be held the 2nd & 4th Monday evenings 7-9 pm and Friday

mornings 10 am-noon in July, August and September

Fall Chalice Circles to be held:

2nd & 4th Monday evenings and 2nd & 4th Friday mornings October through June. Sign up now! Email: maidiec@gmail.com