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our programs

The Center offers workshops, conferences, group learning, retreats, and pilgrimages to promote Vibrant Spiritual Life.
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CSW 10 Year Celebration – Nov. 5th!

CSW 10 Year Celebration – Nov. 5th!

Join Us for Our 10 Year Celebration! Thursday, November 5th — 5:30 to 7:30 PM in Brevard Calling all CSW friends and program participants: we're throwing a party in November, and we want you there! We're planning a potluck celebration of where we've been and where...

Monthly Therapeutic Touch Sessions – Donation Based

Monthly Therapeutic Touch Sessions – Donation Based

Join us the 3rd Saturday of the Month from 11am-1pm Elk Haven Wellness Center Community Room  “The prime characteristics of energy are that it flows or is continuous as it moves through space, that its flow has a coherence or rhythm, and that it has the capacity to do...

Iona Pilgrimage 2027 FREE Info Session Oct. 28th

Iona Pilgrimage 2027 FREE Info Session Oct. 28th

Free Online Info Session for Remembering Home: An Embodied Pilgrimage to IONA in 2027 October 28 at 7:00 PM Eastern Join the co-leaders of the Center's 2027 pilgrimage to Scotland for a free 1-hour info session Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7:00 PM Eastern. The session will...

Introduction to Perennial Wisdom Oct. 24

Introduction to Perennial Wisdom Oct. 24

The Perennial Tradition recognizes an exuberant and hopeful universal wisdom that lies at the mystical heart of all religious traditions. Come and learn from master teacher who is both a Catholic priest and Buddhist roshi.

Waldensian Pilgrimage Oct. 10, 2026

Waldensian Pilgrimage Oct. 10, 2026

The Waldensian Trail of Faith & Heritage Museum Oct. 10, 2026  One Day Pilgrimage to Valdese, NC        Join us for a unique one-day pilgrimage to the North Carolina foothills. There, in the charming town of Valdese, you will witness the unfolding of an adventure...

Pilgrimage to IONA Scotland 2027

Pilgrimage to IONA Scotland 2027

Remembering Home: An Embodied Pilgrimage to IONA August 27—September 6, 2027       Spend 5 days on IONA and visit Loch Lomond, Kilmartin Glen, Haddington & Rosslyn Chapel                  REGISTRATION IS OPEN Attend our Free Info Session on Oct. 28orRegister now...

Healing Grief with Lani Leary

Healing Grief with Lani Leary

Join this 6-week series on loss, with author, psychologist and TEDx speaker     Healing Grief will be an interactive and experiential learning series. The goal of the program is for participants to develop practical strategies for managing end-of-life grief (and grief...

Rhineland Pilgrimage Oct. 2026 – register now

Rhineland Pilgrimage Oct. 2026 – register now

OCTOBER 3-13, 2026 Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart & The Beguines *Amsterdam, Cologne, Bingen, Rudesheim, Strasbourg*       REGISTER NOW! Pay your deposit to reserve your spot. OUR SPACES ARE NEARLY FILLED Join us October 3-13 as we journey into the heart of...

Weekly Group Meditation Practice

Weekly Group Meditation Practice

Join us Tuesdays from 7:30 - 8:30 AM Main floor Conference Room at Brevard College's Dunham Hall            In meditation and in our daily lives, there are three qualities that we can cultivate. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness,...

Soul Friend, Spiritual Companion Sessions

Soul Friend, Spiritual Companion Sessions

CSW Director Rob Field offers Soul Friend sessions at Elk Haven Wellness Center, in person, by telephone, as well as video conferencing. Some people refer to soul friend work as a “Spiritual Direction” or “Spiritual Companioning.” “When I was a pastor, much of my work...