Events

Make cake. Write stories. Share them aloud.

About This Workshop

This hands-on workshop brings together two of life's great pleasures: cake and stories. Participants will make cakes while engaging in guided storytelling exercises, then share their stories aloud over slices of what we've created together.

Kids are welcome — this is a multigenerational gathering.

What to Expect

• Hands-on cake making (no experience required)
• Guided storytelling prompts and writing time
• Sharing stories aloud
• Enjoying cake together

Details

• When: Saturday, January 31, 2026
• Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Where: Washington, DC (location details upon registration)
• Cost: TBA (includes all materials)

Kids welcome. All baking levels welcome. All storytelling levels welcome.

Faith-based or secular options for navigating professional transitions.

About This Retreat

Navigating a career transition — whether chosen or thrust upon you — is both practical and deeply personal work. This retreat offers space to reflect, discern, and plan your next steps with intention.

Co-facilitated with JourneyUp Solutions, the retreat is available in faith-based or secular formats, depending on your preference.

What to Expect

• Small group setting for intimate conversation
• Guided reflection on your professional journey
• Practical tools for discernment and decision-making
• Space for silence and personal reflection
• Optional one-on-one coaching sessions

Details

• When: Flexible scheduling available
• Where: Rock Creek Sanctuary, Washington DC
• Format: Small group retreat
• Options: Faith-based or secular approach

Reach out to discuss scheduling and format options.

A collaboration with 4word - presenting a workshop for 4word Leaders' Gathering.

This group is for anyone who finds themselves consistently asking the question “What’s mine to do?” in light of current events.

Join Bonni Mace & Jeannie Rose Barksdale as we read through Kat Armas’ latest release Liturgies for Resisting Empire.

This 11-week group will focus on reflection, community building, and small actions based on Kat’s profound ideas. Come and let yourself be inspired or challenged.

We will meet virtually and asynchronously on an every other week rotation. See the full schedule on the registration page.

This group is free to join, but donations are welcome. The estimated value of this group is $35.

An intimate group of IJM Alumna will gather in the Shenandoah Valley for a day (+ optional overnight) of rest, fellowship, and delight. Meals will be provided. Attendees will get a sneak peek at our ideas for (and get to help shape!) future gatherings - like gathering in Spain?! Attendees can arrive Thursday evening to get the ball rolling with a celebratory feast & restful evening, or roll in Friday morning for a delightful day (and optionally, stay overnight on their own). More details to come!

Weekly collective times of silence with God, using music, art, poetry, scripture & wisdom.

About This Gathering

Join us on Mondays in Advent for an hour of guided contemplative practice. Every week we'll gather virtually for collective silence, using music, visual art, poetry, scripture, and wisdom to create space for encounter with the sacred during this season of waiting.

What to Expect

• Opening music and centering
• Guided reflection using art, poetry, or scripture
• Extended time of silence
• Gentle closing

No preparation needed — just show up as you are.

Details

• When: Mondays in Advent (December 1, 8, 15, 22)
• Time: 11:30 AM EST / 8:30 AM PST
• Where: Virtual (Zoom link provided upon registration)
• Cost: Free

All are welcome. Drop in for one session or join us for the whole season.

A celebration of the saints in our lives through storytelling.

About This Event

On All Saints Day, we gathered to tell stories of the ordinary saints who have shaped us — the grandmothers and mentors, the friends and strangers who showed us something holy.

An evening of storytelling, remembrance, and celebration.

A day of rest and renewal for women serving in ministry.

About This Retreat

Women in ministry carry unique burdens and joys. Reservoir offered a day of intentional rest — space to be filled rather than poured out, to receive rather than give.

The day included guided reflection, silence, community, and nourishment.

Hands-on workshops combining making and storytelling throughout the summer.

About These Workshops

Throughout Ordinary Time (summer 2025), we gathered for experiential storytelling workshops — making things with our hands while exploring the stories that shape us.

Each workshop combined a hands-on activity with guided storytelling exercises and sharing.

Intimate gatherings in Ojai, California.

About This Event

La Sala gatherings brought together a small group in Ojai for conversation, reflection, and community in the beautiful California landscape.

A weekend retreat for women of Church of the Advent.

About This Retreat

Led a weekend retreat for the women of Church of the Advent, creating space for reflection, prayer, and community.

An Advent day retreat exploring themes of emptiness, fullness, and overflow.

About This Retreat

This Advent 2024 retreat invited participants to explore the movement from emptiness to fullness to overflow — the rhythm of the spiritual life made visible in this season of waiting and preparation.

The day included teaching, guided reflection, silence, and community.