Final Session Sunday “Divine Therapy: Centering Prayer and the 12 Steps” at All Saints Church, Winter Park Play Invitation Video: The New Testament calls it salvation. The 12-step program calls it recovery. In step 11 of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program, participants are invited to engage in a practice of meditation...
Registration is now open for COCFL’s April retreat in Cocoa Beach on John of the Cross. Click here for more information. “THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL” The Night of Sense, The Night of Spirit Presented by Susan Komis Sponsored by Contemplative Outreach of Central Florida Church of Our...
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Click Here to View/Download COCFL Newsletter February 2016 Here is an article from this issue. Contemplative & Wild by Kathy Kotas “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver 2016 is six days old as I sit here writing...
Registration Now Open for February 13 Centering Prayer Workshop Join us Saturday, February 13, for All Saints’ first Centering Prayer workshop and a day of reflection, learning, and rest in God. For millennia, Christians have taken the opportunity of Lent to explore new ways to develop a deeper relationship with...
Each March, COCFL encourages the chapters to plan and host United Day of Prayer activities for our chapter. Often a media resource from Contemplative Outreach, LTD is available for viewing as part of planned activities. Send us your group’s plans and we will post them on our COCFL WEB activities...
The Welcoming Prayer With Mary Dwyer February 5 and 6, 2016 (Starts Friday 6:30 PM, ends Saturday 3:30 PM) St George Episcopal Church 1250 Paige Place, The Villages, FL 32159 Cost: $45.00 (Includes Friday night coffee and dessert and Saturday lunch) “To Welcome and let go is one of the...
In the January 4 meeting of the Leadership Service Team, the following statement of Contemplative Outreach of Central Florida’s vision and mission was reaffirmed. “We believe it is possible to develop a relationship with Christ that will transform and enrich our lives and, through us, the lives of those we...
Extension Contemplativa Internacional In Central Florida by Ilse Reissner, Margarita Shephard and Rosana Villarreal The history of the Spanish Centering Prayer Groups in Central Florida started in 1991, when Ilse Reissner moved to Altamonte Springs from Miami. She had learned and practiced Centering Prayer for a few years with Father...
Church of Our Saviour, Cocoa Beach by Beth Murphy The oak trees covered with resurrection fern fill the grounds at the Church of Our Saviour in Cocoa Beach, providing a heavenly setting for our contemplative prayer. There was a Centering Prayer group at Our Saviour when the prayer was introduced...