The Living Spiritual Elders Project!
a 10-week discovery and discussion series
 
Sarasota, Florida 2010 Session:
 January 14th thru March 25th
Psychotherapist, spiritual director and author Meredith Jordan invites you to join her for The Living Spiritual Elders Project 2010, an inspiring ten-week discovery and discussion series.

The Living Spiritual Elders Project uses rare DVD films and audio CDs to explore the teachings of revered spiritual elders from diverse faith and spiritual traditions. In this series of ten weekly sessions, we will plumb the wisdom of the elders of our human family: wisdom that assists us in renewing our personal lives and shaping our common destiny.

Please note that the Winter 2010 Series is longer than usual. This is because the times in which we live are turbulent and, more than ever, we are actively being called to take up the role of elder ourselves. This is a time to look to the sages of our times for guidance, to listen to the voice of inner wisdom and to make responsible choices that will shape the world for the children to come. We honor the importance of this time in human history by creating a time for quiet reflection and deep conversation with others who share this awareness with us.
What people are saying...

"Thanks to Meredith Jordan and the Living Spiritual Elders Project, I was introduced to amazing men and women whose teachings will comfort, inspire and guide me well into the future. But of even more importance, I was shown a window into my own soul and discovered qualities and abilities I never suspected I possessed. What a marvelous gift." (Burt Kempner, Dreamkeepers Media)

 

"The Living Spiritual Elders Project awakened in me a feeling of great responsibility to share deeply with my daughters and grandchildren the fragile beauty of our environment and the need to nurture it in an outspoken and protective way. It also encouraged me to make them aware there is nothing they cannot undertake or accomplish; not to be uncertain or afraid to express their deepest feelings and to honor them fully." (Elaine Tobler)

About the Project... 
 
Using audio-visual DVDs and audio CDs, our study circle will share in the sacred wisdom teachings of multi-cultural and interfaith living elders such as Sufi mystic Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Pema Chodron, Rachel Naomi Remen, Annita Roddick and Lynne Twist, Jane Goodall, Fritzof Capra, Shirley Windward and Lavadda Campbell, the singing group Young at Heart, Eckhart Tolle and others who represent diverse spiritual traditions.

Now in the second half of their own lives---some in their last years---these inspiring multi-cultural teachers provide a rich source of collective wisdom to those of us poised to inherit the role of elder within our families, communities, workplaces and the world. This is a rare chance to experience and assimilate the richness of their stories: now, when humanity needs the  wise counsel of the elders who walk a wisdom path and mark the way for all of us!

Participants will be encouraged to search our own depths to find the particular gifts we carry for the good of all. In small study circles---exploring interfaith spiritual practices, listening to one another in sacred witness, sharing both the laughter and tears of our human journey---we have an extraordinary chance to enrich one another's lives and inspire all of us to affirm our place as living elders. 
 
Register early as space is limited!
We meet ten successive Thursday afternoons 4:00-6:30 pm from January 14th through March 25th, 2010. Cost for the 10 week series is $265. For those who register before January 1, 2010,we offer an early registration fee of $235.  The series will be held in Sarasota, with the exact location to be announced following the close of registration.  (The meeting space will be determined by the number of registered participants.)
 
The groups are limited to 25 interested women and men. A reading list will be given to those who want to deepen their study outside the group sessions.
 
Attention! For the first time this year, we are also offering a certification process for individuals who have participated in at least 2 sessions of The Living Spiritual Elders Project and would like to honor that achievement by becoming certified as a "Spiritual Elder" in their families, churches, organizations and communities. This process, facilitated by Meredith Jordan, will involve six small group meetings (at a modest cost) with other certification process members.
 
For more information, call Rogers McKay at 941-378-3863 or email meredithjordan@comcast.net. 
Registration

 

The Living Spiritual Elders Project

 
Sarasota Series 2010
January 14th thru March 25th 
 

To register, please complete and send:

Name:_________________________________________
 
Address:_______________________________________
 
Telephone:_____________________________________
 
Email: ________________________________________
 
Mail with full payment payable to Rogers McKay, a non-profit, multi-faith, spiritual-educational organization. Mail registration and payment to: Meredith Jordan, 5562 Chanteclaire, Sarasota, FL 34235.
Questions: Call Rogers McKay at 941-378-3863 or email meredithjordan@comcast.net.
ABOUT MEREDITH JORDAN: An acclaimed psychotherapist and interfaith spiritual director, Meredith Jordan is founder of The Living Spiritual Elders Project and co-founder and director of Rogers McKay, a non-profit, multi-faith, spiritual-educational organization. Jordan is author of two books, Standing Still: Hearing the Call to a Spirit-Centered Life (2006) and Embracing the Mystery: The Sacred Unfolding in Ordinary People and Everyday Lives (2004). Both are available at major booksellers or online at Amazon.com.